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State Performance Plan 2005-2012 - Part B - Arkansas Department Of Education Page 157

Arkansas Department of Education Special Education Unit

Part B State Performance Plan

o Eligibility determination occurred after the child’s third birthday (exceeding timelines) and no

reason was recorded

Identification of Non-compliance

• Prior to calculation of Indicators 11 and 12 for the APR in October/November, referral records

exceeding the 60 day evaluation timeline for which a code of “other” was recorded are closely

examined to determine if they meet exclusionary criteria. If further clarification is necessary, LEA

supervisors are contacted via phone or email. For compliance of State regulations this process also is

applied to the 30 day eligibility determination timeline.

• Further, failure of a LEA to submit referral data, without prior notification that they had zero

referrals for the year, results in an automatic 0% LEA rate for the related indicator(s) and any data

missing which prohibits the calculation of a record (i.e. a missing date) are considered a missed

timeline since verification of timeliness cannot be made. This results in the elevation of the record

being “flagged” for noncompliance.

Verification of Services and Correction

• The referral tracking data captures eligibility determination date, placement to special education

(y/n) and parent consent to place date, thus allowing verification of the whole process. If these data

elements are missing, the IDEA Data & Research Office staff reviews the APSCN special education

modules and/or the MySped Resource DDS Application to verify that students who had their

evaluation timelines exceed 60 day were evaluated, had eligibility determined, and had an IEP

developed when found to be eligible.

• Verification of correction of noncompliance is further conducted by reviewing the referral tracking

data for the current school year. Referrals already entered into the student management system are

reviewed to determine if the LEA is currently in compliance. If correction of noncompliance cannot

be verified the records are elevated from a “flag” to a “red flag”.

Baseline Data for FFY 2004

a. Number of children who have been served in Part C and referred to Part B for eligibility

determination: 1,210

b. Number of those referred determined to be not eligible and whose eligibilities were determined prior

to their third birthdays: 163 or 13.47%

c. Number of those found eligible who have an IEP developed and implemented by their third birthday:

881 or 72.81%

Overall Percentage = 881/ (1,210-163) = 84.15%

Account for children included in a but not in b or c . Indicate the range of days beyond the third birthday

when eligibility was determined and reasons for the delays.

There are 162 or 13.39% of children with eligibility not determined by the time they exited Part C. The

status of these children is unknown; therefore, we will be revising data collections on this indicator to

insure the most accurate and reliable data available.

Discussion of Baseline Data

Report

Measurable and Rigorous Target

Year

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