Finding F10
Siskiyou County Office of Education voluntarily relinquished its Workability Partnership Program (WA1) slot, a fully federally funded vocational training program serving approximately 400 to 450 students with IEPs, without documented SCBE Board of Trustee authorization or student-impact analysis, thereby eliminating a federally supported transition-to-work program for students with disabilities which is inconsistent with 34 Code of Federal Regulations Section 300.43.
Jury report: 2025-2026 The Siskiyou County Office of Education and the Siskiyou County Board of Education Fails Its Most Vulnerable Students · PDF page 13
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Siskiyou County Office of Education and Siskiyou County Superintendent of Schools
Partially disagrees. Respondents accept voluntary withdrawal without Board approval, dispute federal funding and the 400–450 count, identify about 275 participants/25 budgeted paid placements, and argue specific WA1 participation and Board authorization are not legally required.
Read official response · PDF page 15Pages 15–17 explicitly separate accepted withdrawal from disputed funding, counts, authority and service requirements, citing state law/policy and CDE information. They question the meaning of student-impact analysis and assert continued mandatory services without supplying student outcome records. Clear engagement is not verification of equivalent transition services or a legal ruling.
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