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 maurerd@michigan.gov or 517-373-7062

• Data questions contact Nick Thelen at thelenn1@michigan.gov or 517-241-4418

• Julie Trevino at trevinoj1@michigan.gov or 517-241-0497

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