Office of Special Education and Early Intervention Services UPDATES

1. Office of Special Education and Early Intervention ServicesUPDATES October 2010

2. WHAT’S NEW? • Fall 2010 REP • New Field 17 (Type of Credential) • Code 69 for Licensed and Approved school social workers who provide special education functions Office of Special Education and Early Intervention Services October 2010

3. WHAT’S NEW? • Special Education Membership Count Date • 3rd Wednesday in November (3 WiN) • New Process • ISD Certification Process • MSDS “Official Certifier” Office of Special Education and Early Intervention Services October 2010

4. WHAT’S NEW? • Date of IEP in MSDS • IEPs completed prior to Sept. 2010 • traditional IEP date • IEPs since Sept. 2010 (school opening) • offer of FAPE date Office of Special Education and Early Intervention Services October 2010

5. WHAT’S NEW? • Medicaid School Based Services • DCH/Medicaid decision • Each ISD must go through a ‘desk audit’ • DCH cost settlement staff • Before final settlement can be completed • Medicaid is reviewing a sample of staff lists to verify credentials Office of Special Education and Early Intervention Services October 2010

6. WHAT’S COMING? • Technical Assistance • Funding new or significantly expanding Charter Schools • Guidance on the IEP amendment process • COP Calls for Monitors • Tuesday November 9 – 1:30 PM • Wednesday, December 15 – 1:30 PM Office of Special Education and Early Intervention Services October 2010

7. WHAT’S COMING? • Focused Monitoring On-Site Reviews • September 20-October 22 • Focused Monitoring Forecast • Winter Cycle January 31 to March 4, 2011 • Reports of Findings/No Findings • April 2011 CIMS workbook Office of Special Education and Early Intervention Services October 2010

8. DID YOU KNOW? • IEP, Notice and Amendment forms are located on the OSE-EIS web site • Complaint data reflects early resolution of disputes • CIMS Workbook • 824 locals have acknowledged their August 2010 CIMS workbook Office of Special Education and Early Intervention Services October 2010

9. DID YOU KNOW? • Department of Education formally submitted a Request for Rulemaking to the Office of Administrative Hearings and Rules (SOHAR) • Spring & EOY 2010 MSDS submission of data for B-11 Child Find is being analyzed Office of Special Education and Early Intervention Services October 2010

10. UPCOMING LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES • 2010-11 NASDSE Professional Development Series • Wednesday, December 8, 2010 • Training for New Monitors and Interested Experienced Monitors • October 26, 2010 • Registration through CEN Office of Special Education and Early Intervention Services October 2010

11. UPDATES & REMINDERS • October 29th • Desk Audits and self-reviews • November 17th • 3WiN Special Education Child Count Office of Special Education and Early Intervention Services October 2010

12. UPDATES & REMINDERS • Fiscal Year IFER-1 • Due August 29 • Findings of noncompliance (December 2009) • 2nd progress reports and/or closeout requests are due • Findings of noncompliance (April 2010) • 1st progress reports are due Office of Special Education and Early Intervention Services October 2010

13. UPDATES & REMINDERS • Maintenance of Fiscal Effort will be sent out by October 15 • Review and modification information was sent by email to ISDs • ISDs need to continue to work closely with LEAs & PSAs regarding federal funds Office of Special Education and Early Intervention Services October 2010

14. Recent Lessons Learned for MSDS Office of Special Education and Early Intervention Services October 2010

15. FOCUS ON RESULTS • Data Quality Checks • Grade or Setting • Grade 14 • Use only K – age 26 for ungraded special education programs • Must code a primary disability for these students • Code 30: Use for all pre-K programs Office of Special Education and Early Intervention Services October 2010

16. FOCUS ON RESULTS • Initial IEPs • 20 districts over-reported • 536 students reported did not have initial IEPs during 2009-10 • 80 districts under-reporting • Include Evaluated but Not Eligible Office of Special Education and Early Intervention Services October 2010

17. FOCUS ON RESULTS • Discipline • 95 districts under-reported data • amended during verification • Incidents must be reported consecutively • Counting by student will lead to inaccuracies in federal reporting Office of Special Education and Early Intervention Services October 2010

18. FOCUS ON RESULTS Exiting students ages 19, 20, 21: Other completer or dropout?? • District offers certification of completion • 19, 20, 21 receiving certificate of completion is considered “other completer” • District doesn’t offer certification of completion • 19, 20, 21 year olds are considered dropouts Office of Special Education and Early Intervention Services October 2010

19. Office of Special Education and Early Intervention Services October 2010

20. From the Director’s Desk • U.S. Education Department Awards Grants to Improve Assessments for Students with Disabilities • A new generation of alternate assessments for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities. • Aligned to the common set of college- and career-ready standards • Assess knowledge of mathematics and English language arts in grades 3-8, and one grade in high school. • Awarded $22 million to: • The Dynamic Learning Maps Alternate Assessment System Consortium will be led by the University of Kansas Office of Special Education and Early Intervention Services October 2010

21. From the Director’s Desk On October 6, Michigan received notification from the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) that it is necessary to do a two-year extension for the current SPP. Office of Special Education and Early Intervention Services October 2010

22. From the Director’s Desk • Critical Shortage List • Sunset June 2011 • Michigan Administrative Rules • Spring • Specific Learning Disabilities • Posting of LEA/ISD Processes Office of Special Education and Early Intervention Services October 2010

23. From the Director’s Desk • Shared Educational Entities (SEEs) • Homeless • Student Transportation • MDE Retirements Office of Special Education and Early Intervention Services October 2010

24. From the Director’s Desk • OSE-EIS • Continuous Improvement & Compliance • Coordinator, APR/SPP • NASDSE Office of Special Education and Early Intervention Services October 2010

25. From the Director’s Desk • We have not succeeded in answering all of your problems. • The answers we have found only serve to raise a whole set of new questions. • In some ways we feel we are as confused as ever. • But we believe we are confused on a higher level and about more important things. Office of Special Education and Early Intervention Services October 2010