Pays Ponzuric Learning Solutions up to $9,000 to train special education staff on eligibility testing
Ponzuric Learning Solutions of Chatsworth provides professional development on a method for deciding whether a student qualifies for special education under the Specific Learning Disability category. Training covers school psychologists, speech and language pathologists and special education teachers, plus a small group learning to train others. The agreement began July 31, 2024, before the Board's vote, and is limited to $9,000.
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- Vendor / partner
- Ponzuric Learning Solutions · Chatsworth, CA
- Action
- New agreement
- Category Categories and sub-categories are assigned by AI from each item's official text, using a fixed set of definitions. They can be wrong. How categories work
- Special education“Special Education” lumps together very different kinds of spending, from full-time private school placements to everyday staffing, and the public record rarely says which is which, so read its totals with caution. Why this matters
- Sub-category
- Programs & support
- Term
- Jul 31, 2024 – Jul 30, 2025
- This vote
- $9,000
- Funding
- Special Education Funding
- Resource / site
6500-5825- Vendor no.
009129- Presented by
- Chief Academic Officer
- File
24-1849· agendaL.-13- Outcome
- Adopted on the General Consent Report, Oct 9, 2024
Official text
Ratification by the Board of Education of a Services Agreement by and between the District and Ponzuric Learning Solutions, Chatsworth, CA, for the latter to provide professional development for school psychologists on Patterns of Strengths and Weaknesses methodology for determining eligibility for special education under the Specific Learning Disability category; provide additional professional development to the speech and language pathologists and Special Education teachers on special assignment to gain foundational understanding of the methodology; and provide professional development for small cadre of school psychologists and one Special Education administrator to develop their skills as a trainer of the methodology with access to online services for support, via the Special Education Department, for the period of July 31, 2024 through July 30, 2025, in an amount not to exceed $9,000.00.
History
- Adopted on the General Consent Report