Special Education Discipline Data Collection Demonstration

1. Welcome Special Education Discipline Data Collection Demonstration

2. Technical Assistance • Please mute phone with *6 • For information about accessing the webinar, contact Annette at the SDE: 208-332-6912 • For ANY assistance during the webinar: • dial *0 for operator assistance

3. Questions • Questions will be taken at the end of each page of the presentation • Participant lines will be muted during the presentation to reduce background noise • This presentation will be recorded and the link to the recording will be sent following the presentation

4. Differences Between Safe & Drug Free and Special Education Reports • IDEA requires additional items: • Total days of in-school suspensions per student • Total days of out-of-school suspensions per student • Services provided for expelled students • Definitions of weapons and drugs are different • SDE is attempting to combine the two reports for next year

5. Getting Ready to Report • Collect the following information: • For each student with an IEP who was suspended or expelled: • Gender • Race/ethnicity • Disability • LEP status (yes or no) • Type of suspension: IAES, ISS, OSS • Total number of days for each type of suspension

6. Go to SDE Website • http://www.sde.idaho.gov/SpecialEd/Discipline/default.asp • For instant HELP… Instructions & Q & A documents

7. Log In: http://www.sde.idaho.gov/SpecialEd/Discipline/default.asp • Select your district & school • Password: same as CIP Tool or Accreditation password (Need password: email jtaylor@sde.idaho.gov with name of district and school)

8. Report has 4 pages • Page 1: Interim Alternative Educational Setting (IAES) • Page 2: In-school & out-of-school suspensions • Page 3: Total incidents & days suspended • Page 4: Services during expulsions (Y or N)

9. Resources on Opening ScreenHELP! • Note print button icon beside each page • Print a blank working copy • Print a final copy for your file • Note “Final Submit” button location

10. General Information • Include discipline events only for students on IEPs (ages 3-21)…NOT 504s • Covers the entire 2007-2008 school year • Definitions are included in the “Instructions” document - located on the opening page of the Discipline Report site

11. Page 1: Placement in an Interim Alternative Educational Setting (IAES) • Col. 1A Number of Children • Col. 1B Drug Offenses • Excludes alcohol and tobacco • Col. 1C Weapon Offenses • Excluding a knife with blade less than 2 ½ inches • Col. 1D Serious Bodily Injury • Substantial risk of death • Refer to “Instructions” for definitions (p. 1-2)

12. Page 1: Placement in an Interim Alternative Educational Setting (IAES) • Scenario: White, male, ED, non-LEP student brings a pistol and threatens a student. When he is searched, tobacco is found in his pocket. • Administrator suspends the student pending an expulsion hearing • The IEP team meets for a manifestation determination and decides how and where services will continue on the 11th day of suspension (IAES) • The student is educated in the IAES for 45 days before returning to the school

13. Fill Out Page 1: Section A “Disability” & Offense

14. Page 1 Sections B-D

15. TOTALS AGREE

16. Page 1 Column 2: Hearing Officer

17. Page 1 Column 2: • IAES placement as a result of a hearing officer’s determination of likely injury • Impartial hearing officer appointed by the SDE • Result of an expedited hearing request • Decision is based on a determination that maintaining the child’s current placement is substantially likely to result in injury to the child or others • IEP team is responsible for determining what the interim alternative educational setting looks like

18. Navigation Options • “Save & Return” takes you back to the opening screen

19. Error Messages

20. Back to Opening Screen

21. Questions on Page 1? • If you have a question on reporting students sent to an IAES for drugs, weapons, or serious bodily injury, press *6 on your phone to un-mute • Press *6 to re-mute your phone

22. Select Page 2

23. Page 2 Scenario • The gun incident was not the first behavior event for our ED, White, Male, non-LEP student you met in Scenario 1. • On another occasion he cussed at the teacher and was suspended in-school for 1 day; he also engaged in a fight and was suspended out of school for 3 days. • The school also had a female, Asian, Health Impaired, LEP student who stole money from the teacher and was suspended out of school for 3 days.

24. Page 2: ISS & OSS

25. Page 2: Bottom Portion

26. Questions Page 2 ISS or OSS? • Press *6 to un-mute your phone to ask a question • Press *6 to re-mute your phone

27. Page 3: Total Removals • Include all students reported on pages 1-2 in these totals

28. Last Half of Totals Page 3

29. Page 4: Services During Expulsion • Page 4 applies only to students who are expelled • Compares services for expelled with and without disabilities (no legal requirement to offer services to non-disabled expelled students) • When finished, hit the “Save & Return” button

30. Final Submit • After selecting “Save & Return” on p. 4, click on “Final Submit” • Hopefully you won’t see any error messages!

31. Possible Error Messages: Click “Cancel” and go back to fix WARNING!!! In the Disability subgroup, the total number of children suspended for more than 10 days (page 3 column 5D) must be greater than, or equal to the number of students reported in the following columns: 1A (p.1), or 3B (p.2) or 4B (p.2). Please correct this data and return to this page for a final submit.In the Race/Ethnicity subgroup, the total number of children suspended for more than 10 days (page 3 column 5D) must be greater than, or equal to the number of students reported in the following columns: 1A (p.1), or 3B (p.2) or 4B (p.2). Please correct this data and return to this page for a final submit.In the Gender subgroup, the total number of children suspended for more than 10 days (page 3 column 5D) must be greater than, or equal to the number of students reported in the following columns: 1A (p.1), or 3B (p.2) or 4B (p.2). Please correct this data and return to this page for a final submit.

32. Screen You Want to See Fill in contact information and again click on “Final Submit”

33. After Successfully Submitting… Click again on “Final Submit”

34. Confirmation in Green

35. Questions? • Press *6 to un-mute your phone Contact Information: jetaylor@sde.idaho.gov 208-332-6918 Jean (questions) pbschmidt@sde.idaho.gov 208-332-6911 Pam (passwords)