Board reviews draft ElCAP; parents and special‑education educators press for clearer targets and accounting

District staff opened the public hearing on the 2026–27 Local Control and Accountability Plan (ElCAP), described the document as a first draft and invited community input on goals and action areas for the coming year.

Dayanne Luis, who identified herself as a special‑education teacher and longtime Pasadena resident, told the board that students with disabilities show high chronic absence and low performance in math and graduation metrics and requested explicit ElCAP goals and transparency about how federal and concentrated funds will be spent to protect IEP services. “Los estudiantes con dishabilidades tienen muchas ausencias crónicas… 22.22 por 100,” she said, asking the board to set measurable goals and to document that interventions and funds will preserve services for students with IEPs.

Staff responded that the draft lists action areas and that staff are working to incorporate public comments; staff acknowledged missing or incomplete reports in the draft and committed to provide additional documents and data for the board packet on June 25. Staff also described the ElCAP structure: five broad goal areas tied to academics, school climate, operations, family and community engagement and equity, plus targeted actions for high‑need groups.

Board members and members of the public pressed for clearer line items that link federal funds and concentrated‑student funding to specific services and asked how the district will measure and report progress. Staff said some funding is restricted and that they will clarify the distribution of base, supplemental and concentration funds in the updated materials.