1. Office of Special Education UPDATES
December 2011

2. WHAT’S NEW?
Maintenance of Effort and Coordinated Early Intervening Services
Updated state and district level data for Part B and Table 8 can be found at National Data Accountability Center

3. WHAT’S NEW?
Final data notes document for Table 8 data collection can be found at
Questions can be directed to Danielle Crain –

4. WHAT’S NEW? Publications Guidance documents
Requirements for MARSE Part 10 – Stakeholder group meeting will be in early December
Federal Regulation and MARSE side by side document is being revised

5. WHAT’S COMING? Monitoring December CIMS Workbook
December 15, Workbook launches
January 15, 2012 – Reports acknowledged
February 1, 2012 – Corrective Action Plans due

7. WHAT’S COMING? Monitoring Training Opportunities
December 12, 2011 at 1:30 “December Workbook Preview” webinar
View training materials at

8. WHAT’S COMING?
Are you new to Medicaid? MAER Medicaid Allowable Expenditure Report

9. WHAT’S COMING? Medicaid – finance report
MAER process will change after December 31, 2011
MAER report forms were mailed October 31 for you to begin working on them now and avoid the last minute December rush

10. WHAT’s COMING? Data Collection Initial IEPs
Date of Parental Consent must be submitted in MSDS during the reporting period
If parental consent to evaluate is received by February 8 must be reported in spring MSDS collection

11. UPCOMING LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
For an ISD MARSE presentation, contact Linda Van Horn-Price Policy Unit (517) Medicaid SBS Implementers Meetings from 1:00-3:00 at Ingham ISD scheduled for – January 10, 2012 and March 13, 2012

12. HOT TOPICS Comments to OSERS due December 12
Regulations that amend the requirement to obtain parental consent prior to billing Medicaid
National Alliance for Medicaid in Education has drafted four templates that can be used to write comments sent out on listserv
Find information at

13. UPDATES & REMINDERS Program Finance - Federal
ARRA Final Narrative Reports Due in MEGS on November 29
ARRA IFER3 and IFER4
Due November 15 and November 29
Flowthrough IFER2 currently 11 9 ISDs have not submitted their IFER2 – due August 29, 2011

14. UPDATES & REMINDERS Finance Continued 2010-11 Flowthrough IFER1
24 14 ISDs & state agencies need to submit IFER1 – Due August 29
Flowthrough Grant –
If returned for amendments – must be completed before the grant can be approved

15. UPDATES & REMINDERS
ISDs must get all information submitted immediately Questions: Linda Domine at or (517)

16. Early Childhood Special Education (IDEA Part B, Section 619)
What’s Coming?
In mid-December updated Early Childhood Outcomes Manual will be on the website and can be found at and/or
Data collection for Early Childhood Outcomes is ongoing and can be entered in MSDS at any time

17. Early Childhood Special Education (IDEA Part B, Section 619)
Upcoming Learning Opportunities
All day training opportunity for Early Childhood Outcomes on January 25, 2012 at Dearborn Hyatt
Register at

18. Early On (IDEA Part C) What’s Coming?
Part C Regulations required new policies for Early On
In January Part C application for funds will be out for public review
Early On data collection will be due for December 1 count in MiCIS

19. From The Director’s Desk

22. From The Director’s Desk
Proposed Changes to SPP Indicators
Disproportionate Representation
Underrepresentation may be deleted
SPP 9 & 10 could be collapsed
Proficiency rate for assessment
Remove one year requirement

23. From The Director’s Desk
State School Reform/Redesign Office (SRO) and the Education Achievement Authority (EAA)
School year
38 DPS schools
May consider additional schools from other LEAs

24. From The Director’s Desk
Critical Shortage Legislation
Final language written
Legislator will sponsor
Hopeful for “After Holiday Recess” action
Cyber Schools
Funding Challenges
Stakeholders Meeting

25. From The Director’s Desk
Combined Count
Data available for review by late December
Data Collection
Early On; Fall 2012
MSDS
Data Portraits, Public Reporting – 2013
MI School Data Portal

26. From The Director’s Desk
Data Management Systems
MiCIS Discontinued – Fall 2012
Unanswered Questions
Availability of historical data
EIEPs for Monitoring of Goals and Objectives

27. From The Director’s Desk
Low Incidence Outreach (LIO) relocated to Lansing
702 W. Kalamazoo Street
Lansing, MI 48933
Main Number 

28. From The Director’s Desk
Michigan School for the Deaf
120 students
65 students are “day students”
55 students are residential students
Administrative Changes
Departmental Manager
Principal
Educational Consultant

29. OSEP Continuous Improvement Visit (CIV)

30. From The Director’s Desk

31. PART C

32. From The Director’s Desk
Veni, vidi, vici.

33. From The Director’s Desk

35. From The Director’s Desk
Preliminary Notes
Michigan was well prepared
Submitted materials that were comprehensive and complete; 3,300 pages
Organization was phenomenal
While the Director promised “no snow”; there was noncompliance

36. From The Director’s Desk
Data
EDFacts
Determinations
SPP/APR
Finance
Maintenance of Efforts
Excess Costs
Program Fiscal Review

37. From The Director’s Desk
Monitoring
Focused Monitoring
CIMS
Cyclical & Implementation of IEP Monitoring
SLCAPS – Prong 2
Complaints & Due Process
Due Process
Complaint Forms

38. FOCUS ON RESULTS

39. NEED
CAPACITY/ CONTEXT
IMPACT

40. During the 2009–2010 school year, Michigan students with IEPs lost days of instruction due to suspensions and expulsions.
226,837

41. In 2010, black students with IEPs ages 3 to 21 comprised 20% of all students with IEPs.
Yet nearly 50% of the students with IEPs ages 3 to 21 with disciplinary removals greater than 10 days are black.

42. Specific Measurable Accountable Realistic Timely
SMART Topic
Specific Measurable Accountable Realistic Timely