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The CDE has identified Natomas SELPA as a special education program that overidentifies African American/Black students as emotionally disturbed and that has an excessive number of African American/Black special education students missing school

What should residents consider about Finding F2: The CDE has identified Natomas SELPA as a special education program that overidentifies African American/Black students as emotionally disturbed and that has an excessive number of African American/Black special education students missing school, and the County’s response?

Natomas Unified School District Board of EducationAudit assessment: Addressed
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Audit context

What the response says and how it was assessed

Response says

The district partially disagrees: it accepts racial overidentification but disputes the state absenteeism classification.

Audit analysis

The two propositions are explicitly separated and the accepted and disputed portions are identified. No underlying determination letter is attached.

Finding-response score

Document completeness and usefulness—not factual verification or a legal conclusion.

8/10

4/4

Statutory elements

Stated position
2/2
Applicable disagreement elements
2/2

4/6

Public usefulness

Coverage
2/2
Reason specificity
1/2
Support traceability
1/2

The two propositions are explicitly separated and the accepted and disputed portions are identified. No underlying determination letter is attached.

Scoring confidence: high

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