1. Office of Special Education and Early Intervention Services UPDATES
June 2011

2. WHAT’S NEW? APR Public Reporting Special Education Facts
Available at
Data for all indicators:
What is working well
Areas of need
Special Education Facts
Updated to reflect the FFY 2009 APR
Available at cenmi.org website

3. WHAT’S NEW? CCRESA’s website has posted two webinars:
Early Childhood Transition
Early Childhood Educational Environments
Written Prior Notice (WPN)
Early Childhood specific
Plan to learn more at Summer Institute

4. WHAT’S COMING? In Process - Guidance
Parentally Placed Nonpublic Students with Disabilities
Surrogate parents and students with disabilities in city or county jails

5. WHAT’S COMING? In Process – Revisions In Process Evaluation procedures
Notice and Consent
Administrative Rules for Special Education
In Process
Monitoring Standards

6. WHAT’S COMING? www.michigan.gov/ecse Early Childhood Outcomes Manual
Updates:
Early Childhood Outcomes Manual
Early Childhood Transition Guide

7. WHAT’S COMING? Monitoring Dates: June 15 Corrective Action Plans Due
B-4A
B-4B
B-3
August 15 – Notification Letters
CIMS Workbook
September 19-October 28, 2011
Fall Focused Monitoring Cycle

8. WHAT’S COMING?
Finance
End of Year Checklist for IDEA Flowthrough Funds for Fiscal Year
July 1, 2011
Part C Formula Applications for ISDs due

9. WHAT’S COMING? Data Collection SPP Extension APR/SPP - Feb. 1, 2012
Final data year ( ) for the original State Performance Plan
SPP Extension
Data years; &
Similar targets

10. WHAT’S COMING? Data Collection Preschool Education Environments –
10 or more hours/week for next submission
MSDS Student Exit Status
Use correct reason > impact grad, drop out rate
Initial IEPS
Parent Refusal – Code 1 – Eligible ONLY
Annual IEPs
Current IEP date > 201s Determinations

11. WHAT’s COMING?
End-of-Year REP – Update all name changes (use legal name)
June 30 - Early Childhood Outcomes Data due in MSDS

12. DID YOU KNOW? 2011 Local Determinations
SPP Compliance Indicators
Timely, valid, reliable data
Audit findings
Timely IEPs*
754 districts “Meet Requirements”
70 “Need Assistance”

13. UPCOMING LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
Medicaid Implementers meeting
Medicaid School Based Services 101
Ingham ISD
August 17, 2011

14. HOT TOPICS
New Rule package for Fall 2011
Early Childhood Rules

15. UPDATES & REMINDERS
LEAs/PSAs submit any ISD ARRA expenditures to ISD for reimbursement
MDE is closely monitoring the draw down of ARRA funds
ISD/LEA/PSAs planning on recoding any Regular IDEA ARRA grant funds
Activities and expenditures must be approved first through an amendment to applications

16. UPDATES & REMINDERS July 5 - ARRA Section 1512 Report due
Special Education Flowthrough and Enhancing Opportunities for Students with Disabilities grants are live in MEGS
Estimated Allocations loaded
Submit by July 1

17. UPDATES & REMINDERS
Due Process Complaints/Hearings- NOT state complaints
Resolution session within 15 days (7 for MDR)
Both parties can agree to waive resolution session
OSE-EIS will send district resolution summary form
LEA is required to provide OSE-EIS with resolution summary information

18. DISTRICT PERFORMANCE QUESTION OF THE DAY
How can the Early Childhood Outcomes in MI-CIS help you identify potential professional development needs for the upcoming school year?

19. From The Director’s Desk

20. From The Director’s Desk
ESEA Reauthorization
USED will have a process that will enable schools to move ahead with reform
Provide regulatory flexibility in exchange for reform
Not replace a comprehensive reauthorization
Not give states/districts a pass from accountability 

21. From The Director’s Desk
OSEP Continuous Improvement Visit
Rescheduled – date undetermined
New Format
Focus on Results

23. From The Director’s Desk
House Bill 4152
Signed into law
Officially changing the fall count day
the first Wednesday in October.
October 5th, 2011

24. From The Director’s Desk
MI-SAS
Michigan School Accreditation Standards
Drop Out Challenge
300 schools
10% graduation; 9% drop -out
Calls and questions
22-26 year old SWDs

25. From The Director’s Desk
Reform Office returns to MDE
Lowest performing schools – not all
$1.3 million in MDE Budget
Personal Curriculum
Local Decision
Not a part of IEPT process
Encourage LEAs to honor requests for team meetings to discuss options

26. From The Director’s Desk
Critical Shortage
Special Education “Wish List”:
Speech & Language Providers
School Psychologist
Audiologist
Occupational Therapists
Teachers of ASD
Teachers of the Deaf & Hard of Hearing
Orientation & Mobility Specialists
Teachers of the Visually Impaired

27. From The Director’s Desk
MITS
Collaborating with a project in Ohio (OCALI)
30 online learning modules in the areas of AT, UDL, and accessible instructional materials
Collaborating with Michigan Rehab Services and Michigan Disability Rights Coalition
develop an online tool to assist in decision making re: Assistive Tech

28. MiBLSi Cohort 4 Middle School MEAP Reading Data (averaged across all grades)
Begin MiBLSi

29. From The Director’s Desk
MSD Property Sale Completed 6/13
Campus Administrator
Position remains unfilled
LIO relocating to Lansing (Mi. Library)
MI-CIS Data Portraits
Parentally Placed Private School Students not included

30. From The Director’s Desk
Significant Disproportionality
41 LEAs
30 Discipline
12 Identification
Determinations
48 Needs Assistance – 2nd Year (NA2)
Maintenance of Effort
Continuing Communication - OSEP

31. From The Director’s Desk
The information desk for the Office of Special Education & Early Intervention Services:
Beth Jarve;
Special education programs and services
Eligibility
Due process and complaint procedures

32. From The Director’s Desk
Staff Updates
OSE-EIS welcome Jayme Kraus
Performance Reporting
MiBLSi waves so-long to Margie McGlinchey
Kalamazoo RESA – Asst. Supt.
OSE-EIS bids farewell to Ann Omans

34. From The Director’s Desk
Staff Updates
OSE-EIS celebrates Sheryl Diamond’s new position:
Program Accountability Supervisor