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This document outlines the responsibilities required for effective supervision and accountability in the implementation of special education policies and practices in Oregon. Key areas covered include child find, confidentiality, educational opportunities, and compliance with federal regulations, including the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The document highlights necessary staff development, program implementation, and various procedural safeguards, ensuring every child receives a Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) in the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE). Importantly, it also identifies critical deadlines for data collection and reporting on special education metrics.
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Fundamentals General Supervision & Accountability Oregon Department of Education Office of Student Learning & Partnerships October 2006
Responsibility to ensure: Policy + Practice + Staff development + Program development + Service implementation ------------------------------------------- FAPE
District Policies & Procedures for Special Education • 1. Child Find • 2. Records Access and Confidentiality • 3. Full Educational Opportunity Goal • 4. Comprehensive System of Personnel Development • 5. Least Restrictive Environment • 6. Individualized Education Program • 7. Procedural Safeguards • 8. Evaluation and Eligibility • 9. Free Appropriate Public Education • 10: Application Available to the Public • 11. Nondiscrimination • 12. Discipline • 13. Parentally Placed Private School Students • 14. Approved Private Schools • 15. Services for Home Schooled Students
Policy: Know the source • Oregon Administrative Rule (OAR) • Oregon Revised Statute (ORS) • Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) • Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 2004 (IDEA)
IDEA Assurances
Ensuring Policy to Practice : Staff training & development
Ensuring Policy to Practice: Required ODE forms: • Oregon Standard Individualized Education Program (IEP); District forms: • Prior Written Notice and: • Consent for evaluation; • Consent for initial placement into special education; • Of special education action; • Medical statement/ Health Assessment; • Eligibility Determination(s); • Written agreements; • Manifestation Determinations; • Summary of Performance; • Notice of Team Meeting; • Notice of Procedural Safeguards;
Mark your calendars! 9/30: Early Intervening Services Collection • 11/1: Private School Count • 12/1: Special Education Child Count (SECC) • 3/31: Staff Position Collection • 4/15: SPR& I data submission deadline • 6/30: June Special Education Exit Collection • 6/30: Suspension/Expulsion/Removal/ Truancy (SET) Collection • 6/30: Child Find Collection
Public Reporting • Beginning in 2008: • Graduation rate; • Drop-out rate; • Statewide assessment; • Suspension/expulsion rates; • Suspension/expulsion ethnicity • FAPE/LRE; • Disproportionality; • Disproportionality /disability; • Child Find; • Parent Involvement • Secondary Transition • Post-school outcomes • : In 2007: • Graduation rate; • Drop-out rate; • Statewide assessment; • Suspension/ expulsion; • LRE
Who do you call? • General questions; • Questions specific to: • Funding/MOE; • SPR&I; • Mediation/Dispute Resolution; • Active complaint CAP’s • Data collections; • Secondary Transition; • Statewide assessment; • LTCT; • YCEP, JDEP, state schools
Where do I look ? • www.ode.state.or.us • Listserv messages • mailings
