Office of Special Education

UPDATES

June 2012

WHAT’s NEW?

Publications APR Public Reporting live at:

www.michigan.gov/ose-eis Click on first item in OSE Spotlight box: Public

Reporting Data quality checks

sent by CEPI to targeted support accuracy of MSDS EOY submission

Discipline Initial IEPs and Timely IEPs

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WHAT’s NEW?

PublicationsEarly On public report on MDE website

WebinarsEarly Childhood Special Education

Spring 2012 Updates Educational Environments Webinar

available at: http://eotta.ccresa.org/index.php

WHAT’s COMING?

PublicationsUpdated Early Childhood Outcomes ManualAvailable summer 2012

Monitoring CIMS Workbook August 15, 2012

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WHAT’s COMING?

Finance Federal Sequestration

attachment Michigan Part C/Early On®

cited for not monitoring Maintenance of Effort

additional information will be forthcoming Preschool Grant Applications due in

MEGS+ by July 1

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WHAT’s COMING?

Data CollectionEducational Entity Master (EEM) special

education contact list Is your data current?

Determinations June 18 - June 20

Using EEM email addressessuperintendent special education contact No mailed copies

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WHAT’s COMING?

Data CollectionMI-CIS no longer available after

September 30, 2012If you use MI-CIS for daily management

and/or IEPs, request a data export from MI-CIS now

Save any Data Portraits this summer

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WHAT’s COMING?

Data CollectionSpecial education data inquiries

Available in January MI School Data Portal for the October

2012 collectionEnhanced functionality to report

demographicsNot the traditional Data Portrait

format

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WHAT’s COMING?

Data CollectionMSDS End-of-the-Year (EOY) collection

and Student Record Maintenance (SRM)EOY and SRM will both close July 2

School year program participation and demographic data must be certified by July 2, 2012.

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WHAT’s COMING?

Data CollectionMSDS will re-open for the data

quality corrections between July 12 and July 19 upon district request only. requests reviewed and approved/denied by

CEPI and MDE.SRM will re-open July 23, 2012 for

Graduation and Dropout Appeals only.NO late reporting or corrections after 7/20

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WHAT’s COMING?

Data Collection Reporting Initial IEP Data

Report all initial evaluations that were completed during the 2011-12 school year during the current MSDS End of Year Collection regardless of when SE programs/services

beginNew Characteristic in Fall 2012 MSDS:

Timeliness of Part C Transition. 11

WHAT’s COMING?

Data Collection Report whether IEP was completed by

3rd birthday or reason the IEP was not completed on time.

Report SE Component for All Children Birth – 3 Receiving Michigan SE Programs/Services

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WHAT’s COMING?

Data Collection Due in CIMS Workbook on June 30, 2012

B-13 Secondary Transition checklistsBusiness rules for the fall Early On

Collection CEPI website

The final deadline for Early Childhood Assessments in the MSDS is June 30

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DID YOU KNOW?

Kevin Bauer is the new policy specialist for Medicaid School Based Services (SBS) The Annual Conference of the National Alliance for Medicaid in Education (NAME) will be held October 9-12 in Providence, RI

consider sending Medicaid coordinators

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DID YOU KNOW?

Quarterly meetings /Medicaid Implementers

Ingham ISD;1:00 p.m. -3:00 p.m. November 13, 2012March 12, 2012May 21, 2013

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UPCOMING LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

Camp Tuhsemeheta – MDE-LIO is hosting two camping sessions for students with visual impairments

LIO Events iPad workshops Educational Interpreter Performance

Assessment (EIPA)

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UPDATES & REMINDERS

FinanceThe 2012-13 Flowthrough and EOSD

Grants MEGS+ due July 1, 2012

MEGS+ and Webinar Training (May)powerpoint available:

http://www.michigan.gov/mde

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UPDATES & REMINDERS

Early Childhood Outcomes training is still available: http://eotta.ccresa.org/Training.php?Cat=21

From The Director’s Desk

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From The Director’s Desk

Civil Rights Non-Compliance Dearborn was found to be in non-

compliance with the civil rights law all instruction and services available to

students and parents who do not have English as their primary language.

could have implications for other federally funded programs in Michigan

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From The Director’s Desk

ESEA Eight additional states approved for flexibilityMichigan Sent back to review/revise

GraduationTeacher Evaluations

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From The Director’s Desk

The U.S. Department of Education resource guide on the use of seclusion

and restraint in schools.

www.ed.gov/policy/seclusion/restraints-and-seclusion-resources.pdf

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From The Director’s Desk

IDEA Part B application – proposed changes

Federal Register (June 12) 30-day comment period Link to the Federal Register notice:

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-06-12/pdf/2012-14271.pdf

Link to the proposal:http://edicsweb.ed.gov pending collectionsnumber 04816 Comments are due July 12.

 

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From The Director’s Desk

Cochlear Mapping

Federal appellate court ruledcochlear mapping is not a related service decision does not apply nationwide, the

federal court is often a bell weather for other federal court decisions.

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From The Director’s Desk

House Bill 380.1172 ;Personality Tests - Rep. McMillin Repeal and prohibit personality tests from

being administered locally  Suggested by OSE:

DOES NOT INCLUDE ACTIVITIES FOR STUDENTS WHO HAVE A DISABILITY OR MAY BE SUSPECTED TO HAVE A DISABILITY AS REQUIRED BY THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT, THE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT, THE MICHIGAN ADMINISTRATIVE RULES FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION, AND THE MICHIGAN COMPILED LAW.

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From The Director’s Desk

House Bill 5630 amends sections 1711 and 1751 of the

Revised School Coderemove “develop the maximum

potential” of each student with a disability

replace with “meet the individual needs” of each student with a disability….

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From The Director’s Desk

“USING NETWORKING TO FIND A JOB”

The Michigan Comprehensive Employment Services Grant Print and web tool kit for persons with disabilities finding a job use of social networking methods.

This document can be downloaded from: https://sites.google.com/site/mimigworkgroup/networking-to-find-a-job

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From The Director’s Desk

U.S. Department of Education Email Updates

Department of Education and Secretary Duncan receive breaking news and messages from

to the U.S. Choose among 20 topics

press releasesVideosnewsletters

www.ed.gov/emailupdates

  

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From the Director’s Desk

Monitoring of Timely IEPs Annual review IEPs reported as current as of

the June 30, 2012 EOY MSDS submission will be counted as timely.

*NEW* Locals with annual review IEPs not current as of June 30, 2012 will be issued a finding of noncompliance in the December 2012 CIMS Workbook.

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WHO’s NEW?

Welcome Debbie Young!Data AnalystPerformance Reporting

So Long - Long (no pun intended)Best WishesExpecting Grand things (no pun

intended)

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