Recommendation R2-R4a
Findings and Recommendations
The Grand Jury recommends the Natomas SELPA administration address the African American/Black overidentification and suspension issues by holding listening sessions with African American/Black families and leaders by January 1, 2027. Information and feedback from this process should then be incorporated into the plan CDE has ordered resulting from the disproportionality citation.
Jury report: The Natomas Unified School District Special Education Program Struggles to Meet Student Needs · PDF page 12
Permanent linkOfficial response
Natomas Unified School District Board of Education
Agency plans to implementThe district says it is implementing focus groups through its Compliance and Improvement Monitoring Plan.
Read official response · PDF page 5Focus groups and plan amendments engage the requested process, but no completion timeframe or explicit family-and-leader participation scope is supplied.
This review evaluates the response document. Implementation claims have not been independently verified.