1. October 12, 2011 9:30 am 1

2. Goals Provide an update on upcoming changes to INOW including implementation dates Provide a forum to discuss experiences with the new Direct Certification process 2

3. STI Release Schedule Fall Release – Late October 2011 Winter Release – January 2012 Summer Release – July 2012 3

4. STI Updates Correction of matching criteria used to produce district match file – Implemented via hotfix 10/5/2011 (HF00725) Correction of the logic used in the creation of the district match file to now use the current INOW address for matched students – Winter Release (2011-35) Correction of the logic used in the creation of the district match file to now match against “enrolled” children only – Winter Release (2011-35) Creation of a report providing Highest Daily Membership – Winter Release (2011-38) 4

5. STI Updates Cont’d Locking of Direct Cert status records - Fall Release (Hotfix) Creation of a summary report of F/R/P children w/ Free broken down by DC type – Winter Release (2011-32) Addition of functionality to allow for the changing of a student’s DC status from “4 – DC” to “5 – Parent Declined” – Winter Release (Hotfix) Correction of a bug that prevented a student’s certification status from moving during an in state transfer – Fall Release (Hotfix) 5

6. STI Updates Cont’d Addition of functionality to maintain a student’s DC status for 13 months – Summer 2012 (2011-37) Standardization of a format for data received from POS systems – Summer 2012 (2011-36) DC push to IState – Summer 2012 (2011-30) Identification of Extended Eligibility students in INOW – Summer 2012 (2011-33) Expanded Coding for DC children – Summer 2012 (2011-36) 6

7. Q & A 7