Office of Special Education and Early Intervention Services

Office of Special Education and Early Intervention Services UPDATES April 2011

WHAT’S NEW? Bureau of Assessment & Accountability (BAA) Office of Educational Assessment & Accountability (OEAA) Joseph Martineau, Executive Director 2

WHAT’S NEW? Memorandum Early On® Finance Updates 3

Publications Technical assistance document “Evaluation Procedures” Available April 29. MI-CIS 4 for public input website Data Portraits

Publications cims. cenmi. org April 2011 Workbook Preview State Strand Report Tips & Tricks for ISD Monitors How to use FM Module for Locals How to Prepare for FM on-sitevisit 5

Publications State Assessments Findings issued in April 15 workbook for B-3 Data verification completed in Fall 2010 6

WHAT’S COMING? APR Public Reporting Preview: May 13, Posted: June 1 Opportunity Discipline Review Initial to Correct data for under-reporting, add missing IEP Over-reporting, need to contact CEPI Review for under-reporting, add missing 7

WHAT’S COMING? Local Determinations June release LEAs and ISDs Revised Early Guides/Manuals - June Childhood Outcomes Manual Guide to Transition www. michigan. gov/ecse 8

WHAT’S COMING? April 15 CIMS Workbook Strand Report Indicator 5 Educational Environments Indicator 8 Facilitated Parent Involvement Spring 9 FM Notification Letters (B 5)

WHAT’S COMING? April 15 CIMS Workbook B-4 FM On-site and Desk Audits B-3 Verification B-11 Child Find Logs B-13 Data Collection Pilot 10 – Re-designed Transmittal Form

WHAT’S COMING? May 15 Required Workbook Acknowledgment 11

WHAT’s COMING? Medicaid School Based Services Program All MI Medicaid enrolled providers subject to federal audits including ISDs State reviews and audits are occurring Sanction for non-compliance can be return of Medicaid reimbursement 12

WHAT’s COMING? Finance Early On® will distribute memorandum within the month detailing specifics related to finance updates for the program. Review of annual MAER reports are moving slowly 13 due to retirements.

WHAT’s COMING? Education Entity Master (EEM) Data collection/communication 14 Update special education contact

DID YOU KNOW? Early On System Update meetings are scheduled for May 2011 May 12 – Jackson ESD May 17 – COOR ISD May 19 – Kent ISD May 25 – Marquette RESA Medicaid Penny 15 policy questions: Dipple at Dipple. P@michigan. gov

UPCOMING LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES 16 Michigan Division for Early Childhood (Mi. DEC) Annual Conference April 29, Central Michigan University www. michigandec. org Medicaid Implementers meetings Ingham ISD October 4, 2011 January 10, March 13, May 22, 2012

HOT TOPICS Public comment Complete for Administrative Rules for Special Education and School Social Workers Next Steps: Compiling the comments Develop Administrative Rules Report for the Joint Committee Public comment complete: Due Process Complaint Procedures Special Education Disputes Notice and Consent Procedures 17

UPDATES & REMINDERS IDEA ARRA Flowthrough (100455) Application amendments need to be submitted as soon as possible Monitor ISDs draw down of funds Timely matter Grant ending date; September 30, 2011 IDEA Regular Flowthrough (100450 FT) 18 Grant ending date; June 30, 2011

UPDATES & REMINDERS Enhancing Opportunities for Students with Disabilities (EOSD) (110480) Grant ending date; June 30, 2011 Michigan Electronic Grants System (MEGS) Moving to a new platform MEGS+ 2011 -2012 fiscal year 19

DISTRICT PERFORMANCE QUESTION OF THE DAY What is happening to my B-7 Early Childhood Outcomes data? Data is reported in Public Reporting for the 2009 -2010 school year. No additional action required to B-7 this year Spring Technical Assistance and Professional Development 20

From The Director’s Desk 21

FEDERAL There is also a. 2% across the board cut, which will affect education programs Includes IDEA FFY 2010 No additional cuts to Title I or IDEA state grants Head Start got an increase above FY 10 of $340 M. 22

FEDERAL Education programs definitely eliminated include: Striving Readers Literacy Through School Libraries Byrd Honors Scholarships LEAP Education Technology State Grants Javits gifted and talented education 23 Grants for Gulf Coast schools Smaller Learning Communities B. J. Stupak Olympic Scholarships Teach for America (TFA) National Writing Project (NWP) Close-Up Foundation

FEDERAL State Performance Plan Amnesty 24 Week; April 11 – April 18

Educational Interpreters Michigan requires : Certification and DODHH Registration Division of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Registration information available at: http: //www. michigan. gov/mdcd/0, 1607, 7 -12225392_28545 ---, 00. html. 25

MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Michigan Department of Education, Bureau of Assessment and Accountability, will conduct twelve public hearings to receive public comments on the Michigan School Accreditation and Accountability System (MI-SAAS) In February 2011, the State Board of Education approved the MI-SAAS as the state's new accreditation system to provide a means of setting standards for continuous school improvement. http: //www. michigan. gov/documents/mde/MISAAS_Public_Hearing_349242_7. pdf 26

MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 27 Removal of Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) and accounting for subgroup achievement Removal of graduation rate from the “Compliance and Board Policy Factors” MI-SAAS will be revised when at least 80% of students are scoring proficient or higher in at least 80% of Michigan schools

Michigan Department of Education Special Education Shortages Sunset Clause – June 20, 2011 Significant Disproportionality Notifications 28 - 1 st week in May

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Against All Odds Research conducted by BAA/OEAA 12 LEAs have been identified # 1 reason School-wide 30 Response to Intervention

MITS recently improved the accessibility of their website (http: //mits. cenmi. org/) Added a program called "Click Hear Mobile" read the website aloud translate to other languages and read it in that language Serves as a screen reader for blind/visually impaired Text-to-speech reader for those with reading/print disabilities 31