Recommendation R8
Findings and Recommendations
The Grand Jury recommends the District’s administration consider by January 1, 2027 creating an educational pathway that would train high school students to become classroom instructional aides upon graduation and, possibly, coordinate with the District’s existing teacher preparation program to become credentialed teachers.
Jury report: The Natomas Unified School District Special Education Program Struggles to Meet Student Needs · PDF page 13
Permanent linkOfficial response
Natomas Unified School District Board of Education
Agency says implementedThe district says consideration was implemented through a 2023 pathway planning grant; enrollment projections led it not to launch the pathway.
Read official response · PDF page 8The recommendation asks for consideration, not guaranteed creation. The response describes a completed planning and feasibility decision, so it addresses that action without claiming an operating pathway.
This review evaluates the response document. Implementation claims have not been independently verified.