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State Performance Plan 2005-2012 - Part B - Arkansas Department Of Education Page 161

Arkansas Department of Education Special Education Unit

Part B State Performance Plan

corrective actions into their Arkansas School Consolidated Improvement Plan (ACSIP). Early childhood

programs will be required to submit a written plan of corrective action to the ADE-SEU.

The ADE-SEU M/PE Section will continue to review district policies, procedures, and practices that may

lead to inappropriate identification.

The ADE-SEU M/PE Section will update the AMI

software to facilitate desk audits of IEPs in the review of

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district policy, procedures, and practices that may lead to inappropriate identification.

ADE-SEU will conduct activities with the Department of Human Services/Division of Developmental

Disability Services (DHS-DDS) Children Services Section.

• The ADE-SEU and DHS-DDS will jointly conduct regional trainings on Part C to Part B Transition

throughout the state.

• The ADE-SEU and DHS-DDS will enter into a new, updated Memorandum of Understanding

(MOU).

• General Supervision guidelines will be implemented by the ADE-SEU concerning the oversight of

the Developmental Day Treatment Service Clinics (DDTSC) serving children with disabilities ages

3-5.

• Quarterly meetings will be held between the two agencies. These meetings will include the State 619

Coordinator, the Director of IDEA Data & Research, the ADE-SEU Finance Administrator, and

DDS staff including Part C staff.

• The DDTSC program three-year monitoring system will be implemented, utilizing a new monitoring

protocol in the 2009-10 school year. The ADE-SEU EC Program Director will assist in the training

and participate with the DDS/Children Services staff in the monitoring of these programs.

The IDEA Data & Research Office in partnership with the ADE-SEU Grants and Data Management

(G/DM) section will further refine and update technology solutions for preschool education programs.

The IDEA Data & Research Office will host the Arkansas Special Education Data Summit in July, 2009 at

the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. As part of the Summit the Southeast Regional Resource Center

will present on the Part C to Part B federal regulatory requirements.

The IDEA Data & Research Office will provide training and technical assistance on data collection and

submission of the required information.

The IDEA Data & Research Office will conduct an analysis of the Part C to Part B transition

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data and the results will be forwarded to the Monitoring and Program Effectiveness Section (M/PE). The

M/PE Section will notify any LEA that fails to conduct timely evaluations. If the failure to meet timelines

for school age children is due to policies, procedures, or practices, LEAs will be required to incorporate

corrective actions into their Arkansas School Consolidated Improvement Plan (ACSIP). Early childhood

programs will be required to submit a written plan of corrective action to the ADE-SEU.

Activities of the IDEA Data & Research Office and Grants and Data Management Section will include:

• Increasing the business rules in APSCN and MySped Resource

• Web-based and face-to-face training for the DHS-DDS 3-5 programs on using the MySped Resource

DHS-DDS Application

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