Substitutes. The substitutes really also. It would be nice to see some kind of data how much in their professional development is el driven or based. How much is that is just specifically how they deal with el and el learners and how much do the teachers themselves understand the reclassification process and standards and guidelines so that we are all on the same page when we go back to the parents and we try to explain that to them. It would be nice to see the data how much of their professional development is el based or that they are receiving. Staff, did we take note of that request . Thank you very much. Comments . Yes. Superintendant . Yes, this is incredibly Important Information but i want to be really clear for the public as well that these issues arent issues that are readily fixable with one swoop. For example, we have translators because not everyone speaks a second language. So then to get teachers that have the pedagogical skills to teach in two languages or more than two
We and my own office have 22 percent of our staff are people with disabilities. And we know this, because 22 percent of our staff came in on our state hiring program, which is called leap limited examination i cant remember what the a, stands for. And i will have to look it up. Limited examination and process is the p. And i will be happy to get you that information, 22 percent of our staff came in on the leap as did i. I will tell you that as somebody who came in as a person with a disability, who experienced being hired by an employer that took a chance to me to do a good job. I am more than happy to disclose my disability and i can tell you that the reason that we know that 22 percent, you know of our staff, with the disabilities because they are going to do the same and we know this by virtue of selfdisclosure. And we do, you know, the state organization, we do not coerce people into disclosing, but we have a voluntary state wide not just in the department rehab, we have the volunt
Is telling us not to track that and not be asking for that information. It might be interesting to get all of those attorneys in the same room. Exactly. I think from my perspective, if we are talking about voluntary selfidentification and maybe i will ask our deputy City Attorney if you have a perspective on this issue. You know, if the goal is to increase these numbers, it is hard to achieve that goal if we dont know where we are. And is there a way for us to understand that . Deputy, City Attorney, i am actually not familiar enough with the advice on this issue but happy to circle back with you and dhr after this hearing. All right, right. Right. So there is also gina, Genetic Information act which also prohibits us from collecting any information regarding a disability that is tied to genetics. Okay. And that is a federal law. Okay. You know what . I think that what is interesting about this conversation is that the community representing the people with disabilities is asking us as
And maybe i will ask our deputy City Attorney if you have a perspective on this issue. You know, if the goal is to increase these numbers, it is hard to achieve that goal if we dont know where we are. And is there a way for us to understand that . Deputy, City Attorney, i am actually not familiar enough with the advice on this issue but happy to circle back with you and dhr after this hearing. All right, right. Right. So there is also gina, Genetic Information act which also prohibits us from collecting any information regarding a disability that is tied to genetics. Okay. And that is a federal law. Okay. You know what . I think that what is interesting about this conversation is that the community representing the people with disabilities is asking us as a city to consider tracking and at least monitoring on a voluntary selfidentified way, and so if there is a way for us to consider that i am open to it. Sure. Obviously given the constrictions of the constitutional and legal challenge
We help to fund whether it is retraining or i need to go to the city college and i need to get new skills or Assistive Technology and that kind of thing. And we help to job match our consumers at the end of that process. We and my own office have 22 percent of our staff are people with disabilities. And we know this, because 22 percent of our staff came in on our state hiring program, which is called leap limited examination i cant remember what the a, stands for. And i will have to look it up. Limited examination and process is the p. And i will be happy to get you that information, 22 percent of our staff came in on the leap as did i. I will tell you that as somebody who came in as a person with a disability, who experienced being hired by an employer that took a chance to me to do a good job. I am more than happy to disclose my disability and i can tell you that the reason that we know that 22 percent, you know of our staff, with the disabilities because they are going to do the sam