Whats on the Horizon? Accountability, Compliance & Monitoring - PDF document

What’s on the Horizon? Accountability, Compliance & Monitoring will have some changes based on mandates under Senate Bill 1, Rider 70 Texas 83 rd Legislative Session, 2013 Impl plem emen entation tion of of St Stan and ‐ Al Alone Specia Special Educ ducation ion Mo Monit nitoring ring Syste Systems (2004 (2004 ‐ 2011) 2011) Performance ‐ Based Residential Facility Federally Required Monitoring Analysis (RF) Monitoring LEA System Implementation Determinations (PBMAS) beginning in 2006 Implementation Implementation beginning beginning in 2005 in 2004 Federally Defined Elements CTE NCLB BE/ESL SPED 1. Compliance SPP Indicators 9,10,11,12,13 2. Valid, reliable, and timely data submission 3. Uncorrected noncompliance 4. Financial audit findings State Defined Elements 5. PBMAS SPED stage of intervention (2008) 6. Significant Disproportionality (2012) On-site Reviews Required Determination Levels: Stage of Intervention Stage of Intervention Stage of Intervention Stage of Intervention Meets Requirement, Needs Assistance, Needs Intervention, Needs Substantial Intervention Meets Requirement = LEA Allowable Maintenance of Effort (MOE) Flexibility 1

Weblink: tea.texas.gov/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=25769819435 Charge: Coordinate & Align Monitoring, Accountability & Compliance Requirements Rider 70 Legislative Report 2

Rider 70 Legislative Report Tr Transition to to a Unifie ified Specia Special Educ ducation ion Mo Moni nitori ring ng Syste System (2012 (2012 ‐ Pres esen ent) t) Performance Based Monitoring (PBM) Federally Required LEA Performance Based Residential Facility Determinations Monitoring Analysis (RF) Monitoring System Federally Defined Elements (PBMAS) 1. Compliance SPP Indicators 9,10,11,12,13 2. Valid, reliable, and timely data submission CTE NCLB BE/ESL SPED 3. Uncorrected noncompliance 4. Financial audit findings State Defined Elements 5. PBMAS SPED stage of intervention 6. Significant Disproportionality Stage of Intervention Stage of Intervention Stage of Intervention Stage of Intervention Stage of Intervention Required Determination Levels: Meets Requirement, Needs Assistance, Needs Intervention, Needs Substantial Unified State & Intervention Federal Accountability System Meets Requirement = LEA Allowable MOE Flexibility Integrated Intervention (assigned a stage of intervention for more than one program area) (required engagement in the Texas Accountability Intervention System (TAIS)) 3

Proposal Unified Special Education Monitoring System (2015 and Beyond) Unified Performance Based Monitoring System (PBM) CTE NCLB BE/ESL SPED : Residential Facility Integrated analysis of: (RF) Monitoring 1.PBMAS indicators 2.Compliance SPP Indicators 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 3.Valid, reliable, and timely data submission 4.Uncorrected noncompliance 5.Financial audit findings Stage of Intervention Stage of Intervention Stage of Intervention Stage of Intervention Stage of Intervention/Federal LEA Determinations: Stage 1 or Not Staged = Meets Requirement Stage 2 = Needs Assistance Unified State & Stage 3 = Needs Intervention Federal Stage 4 = Needs Substantial Intervention Accountability System Integrated Intervention (assigned a stage of intervention for more than one program area) (required engagement in the Texas Accountability Intervention System (TAIS)) St Stagin aging of of Special Special Ed Educat ation Pr Progr ogram in in th the Uni Unified ied Syste System Performance levels of indicators from PBMAS report + Performance levels on 4 federally required determination elements 1. Compliance SPP Indicators 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 2. Valid, reliable, and timely data submission 3. Uncorrected noncompliance 4. Financial audit findings = State of Intervention/Determination 4

Result ‐‐‐ This year will be a transition year for Determination ratings. 34 Code of Federal Regulations §300.616 requires states to make annual determinations about the performance of districts. Determinations based on 2013 ‐ 2014 district data must be provided this year. For technical assistance, contact SPP 3, 5 Kirsten Omelan, Ph.D. komelan@esc4.net SPP 4 Clynita Grafenreed, Ph.D. cgrafenreed@esc4.net SPP 6, 7, 12 Sonja Hollan sonja.hollan@esc4.net SPP 8, 13, 14 Karen Pepkin karen.pepkin@esc4.net SPP 9, 10 Gayla Lutz gayla.lutz@esc4.net SPP 11, 12 Kara Zwolinski kara.zwolinski@esc4.net Linda De Zell Hall, Ph.D. lhall@esc4.net Jerry Klekotta gklekotta@esc4.net 5