Special Education Leadership Network

Meeting

January 17, 2008

Agenda Welcome and Celebrations Legal Update Bilingual/Sped Update Public Meeting Update SLP Speech Program TEA’s IEP Development Guidance SPP Regional Data and 125% Data Disproportionate Representation SPP Indicators # 7 and #13 Accommodations Manual Update Announcements

Legal Update

Jim WalshWalsh, Anderson, Brown, Schulze &

Aldridge, P.C.

Bilingual/Sped Update

Janet O’Keefe

Stephaine Camarillo

Yvette Alvarado

Public Meeting Update2006-2007 Regional and

State Summaries

Shirley Sanford

SLP Speech Program

Kathy Clapsaddle

TEA’s IEP Development

Guidance

Jim Gonzales

SPP Regional Data and

125% Data

Shirley Sanford

2006-2007 SPP Indicators 1 and 2

Regional Data using 2005-2006 Data

Student

Category

# All Students

# Grad Students

# Dropout Students

% Grad

Students

% Dropout Students

All Students

20152 16503 1608 81.89 7.98

Regular Students

17639 14739 1332 83.56 7.55

Sped Students

2513 1764 276 70.19 10.98

Targets for SPP Indicators # 1

State

Target

State Rate

Regional Rate

LEA

Rate

2005–2006

75.6%(using 04-05 data)

74.8%

Not

Available

Rec’d

June 2007

2006-2007 75.8%

(using 05-06 data)

Spring 2008 70.19

Spring

2008

Targets for SPP Indicators # 2

State

Target

State Rate

Regional Rate

LEA

Rate

2005–2006

1.9%(using 2004-2005 data)

6.8%

Not

Available

Rec’d

June 2007

2006–2007

2.9%(using 2005-2006 data)

Spring 2008 10.98

Spring

2008

2006-2007 SPP Indicators 3B and 3C

Regional Data using 2006-2007 Data

State Target State Rate Regional Rate LEA Rate

05-06

3B – Reading Math

95% 95%

3C – Reading Math

53% 42%

05-06

3B - R M

95% 95%

3C – R M

66% 65%

05-06

Not

Available

Rec’d

June 2007

06-07

3B – Reading Math

95% 95%

3C – Reading Math

60 % 50%

06-07

Spring

2008

06-07

3B – Reading Math

98.25% 98.75%

3C – Reading Math

67.89% 65.43%

Spring

2008

2006-2007 SPP Indicator 5Regional Data using 2006-

2007 DataState Target State Rate Regional Rate LEA Rate

2005–2006

5A - 54.44%

5B - 12.43%

5C - 1.33%

5A - 55.99%

5B - 12.61%

5C - 1.27%

Not

available

Rec’d

June 2007

2006-2007

5A - 55.54%

5B - 11.95%

5C - 1.27%

Spring

2008

5A - 62.02%

5B - 11.46%

5C - 2.41%

Spring

2008

2006-2007 SPP Indicator 6Regional Data using 2006-

2007 DataState Target State Rate Regional Rate LEA Rate

2005–2006

6.75% 6.62% Not

available

Rec’d

June 2007

2006-2007

8.40% Spring

2008

14.65% Spring

2008

125% Data

Number of LEAs 05-06 06-07

8 Y N

3 Y Y

4 N Y

Disproportionate Representation

June 2007 – Spring 2008Tools & Trend Data

Shirley Sanford

Stephaine Camarillo

Yvette Alvarado

Disproportionate Representation

June 2007 – Spring 2008June 2007 Seven LEAs identified state-wide having

significant disproportionality One LEA in Region XIII 05-06 PBMAS indicators #15 and #16 05-06 SPP indicators #9 and #10 Required to use EIS funds in 07-08

Disproportionate Representation

June 2007 – Spring 2008November 2007 301 LEAs identified state-wide having potential

issue with disproportionality 18 LEAs in Region XIII 06-07 PBMAS indicators #15 and #16 06-07 SPP indicators #9 and #10 Is disproportionate representation a result

of inappropriate identification?

Disproportionate Representation

June 2007 – Spring 2008December 2007 TEA convened stakeholder group

Discussed implementation of federal requirements for disproportionate representation and significant disproportionality

Based on feedback TEA will develop guidance and provide direction to LEAs

Disproportionate Representation

June 2007 – Spring 2008Spring 2008 TEA to conduct statistical analysis to determine

significant disproportionality Analysis will focus on 301 LEAs Identified LEAs will:

Review policies, practices & procedures concerning identification practices

Report revisions to policies, practices & procedures to public Be required to use EIS funds

Disproportionate Representation

Tools and Trend Data

Stephaine Camarillo

Yvette Alvarado

SPP Indicator #13 Transition

Linda Hughes

SPP Indicator #7 Early Childhood

Update

Brenda Bush

Accommodations Manual Update

Martha Blanton

John Fessenden

Preschool LRE Opportunity

Joan Altobelli

Announcements