significant disproportionality symptoms, remedies and treatments
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Significant Disproportionality
Symptoms, Remedies and Treatments
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Significant Disproportionality
• How do you get it?
• What are your symptoms?
• How do you get rid of it?
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Significant Disproportionality
IDEA 20 U.S.C § 1418(d)
IDEA 20 U.S.C § 1413(f)
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Significant Disproportionality
Based on race and ethnicity, the:
identification of children with disabilities;
identification of children with particular impairments;
incidence, duration, and type of disciplinary actions
placement of children with disabilities in particular educational settings;
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Autism Spectrum Disorder
Cognitive Impairment
Emotional Impairment
Other Health Impairment
Specific Learning Disability
Speech & Language Impairment
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African American
American Indian
Asian
Hispanic
White
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
Two or More Races
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Significant Disproportionality
Data Sources
Identification and Ed Settings MSDS Fall 2012 and Fall 2013
Discipline MSDS 2012-2013 School Year
suspensions /expulsions
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Significant Disproportionality
Identification and Ed Settings Risk Ratios
For two years:
Weighted Risk Ratio, Alternate Risk Ratio, Risk Ratio > 3.0
Operating District or Resident District
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Significant Disproportionality
Discipline Risk Ratios
For one year: Weighted Risk Ratio, Alternate Risk Ratio
or Risk Ratio > 3.0
Operating District OnlyOut of School +10 daysOut of School 2-10 days In-School +10 daysIn-School 2-10 days
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Significant Disproportionality
Check your data!
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Significant Disproportionality
Annual opportunities/reminders to check your data.
•June – Quality data message from CEPI about discipline data. Discipline data reports available in MSDS all year long.
•August – Significant Disproportionality warning letters (for Ed Settings and Identification only) in CIMS workbooks.
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FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS
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Federal requirements
• Review policies, procedures, and practices.
• Publicly report any policies, procedures or practices that are changed.
• Coordinated Early Intervening Services (CEIS)
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Coordinated Early Intervening Services (CEIS)
It is the intent of CEIS that districts have the flexibility to use IDEA and Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) funds in a coordinated manner in order to provide equitable services across districts for students with unique needs.
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CEIS
General Education Initiatives K-12 but emphasis on K-3 Academic or Behavioral
Support Professional Development
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CEIS
Any district that receives IDEA funds must reserve 15% of the Section 619 (preschool)/Section 611 (flowthrough) funds for coordinated early intervening services.
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CEIS
• If 619 funds are used for CEIS, then those activities supported with the 619 amount may ONLY be used for kindergarten activities (not preschool).
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CEIS
Program DesignWho:
Realistic # of students to be served General Education At-Risk
StudentsState specific target group
What: What will money be spent on? e.g.
professional development or staff salary, etc..
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CEISCEIS
The Target Population:
General Education At-Risk Students
Activity:
Purchasing Supplies
Activity:Professional Development
Activity:Hiring Staff
Activity:Purchasing Programs
Activity:Purchasing Technology
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CEIS
• Identify students for one-year CEIS activities
• Maintain database for three (3) years for identified student population that received benefit from CEIS
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CEIS
# of students
receiving
CEIS services
implementation year
Year 1
How many
subsequently
were identified?
Year 2
How many
subsequently
were identified?
Year 3
How many
subsequently
were identified?
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Significant Disproportionality
District participates in a CEIS review:
Is district doing what they said they
were going to do? Is district on track to spend money?
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Significant Disproportionality
Informational Webcast on Coordinated Early Intervening Services posted at OSE website:
http://www.michigan.gov/mde/0,4615,7-140-6530_6598_8391-287354--,00.html
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Significant Disproportionality
• Review your data! Review your data!– Discipline Data Reports available within
MSDS.– Warning letters sent annually in August
CIMS workbook. (Identification and Educational Settings ONLY)
• Make changes as needed!
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Why it Matters ?
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QUESTIONS
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Contact Information
• CEIS questions contact Deb Maurer at [email protected] or 517-373-7062
• Data questions contact Nick Thelen at [email protected] or 517-241-4418
• Julie Trevino at [email protected] or 517-241-0497
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