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Arkansas Department of Education Special Education Unit

Part B State Performance Plan

Monitoring Priority: Effective General Supervision Part B

Indicator 13: Secondary Transition

Percent of youth with IEPs aged 16 and above with an IEP that includes appropriate measurable

postsecondary goals that are annually updated and based upon an age appropriate transition assessment,

transition services, including courses of study, that will reasonably enable the student to meet those

postsecondary goals, and annual IEP goals related to the student’s transition service needs. There also must

be evidence that the student was invited to the IEP Team meeting where transition services are to be

discussed and evidence that, if appropriate, a representative of any participating agency was invited to the

IEP Team meeting with the prior consent of the parent or student who has reached the age of majority.

(20 U.S.C. 1416(a)(3)(B))

Measurement

Percent = [(# of youth with IEPs aged 16 and above with an IEP that includes appropriate measurable

postsecondary goals that are annually updated and based upon an age appropriate transition assessment,

transition services, including courses of study, that will reasonably enable the student to meet those

postsecondary goals, and annual IEP goals related to the student’s transition service’s needs. There also

must be evidence that the student was invited to the IEP Team meeting where transition services are to be

discussed and evidence that, if appropriate, a representative of any participating agency was invited to the

IEP Team meeting with the prior consent of the parent or student who has reached the age of majority)

divided by the (# of youth with an IEP age 16 and above)] times 100.

Overview of Issue/Description of System or Process

The State recognizes the interrelationship of State Performance Plan Indicators centering on graduation

rates, dropout rates, coordinated and measurable IEP goals, and post-school success. This interrelationship

has been documented in prior State Annual Performance Reports (APRs) highlighting the ongoing emphasis

on the general supervision continuous improvement monitoring system which focuses on specific school

districts showing poor performance on graduation and dropout rate indicators and secondary grade

benchmark assessment results.

Beginning no later than the first IEP to be in effect when an Arkansas youth with an IEP is 16, appropriate

measurable postsecondary goals based upon age appropriate transition assessments related to training,

education, employment, and, where appropriate, independent living skills and the transition services

(including courses of study) needed to assist the child in reaching these goals are developed.

Arkansas has demonstrated in prior APRs the ongoing development of technical assistance and direct

service models designed to demonstrate to school districts the importance of effective early Transition

strategic planning (prior to age 16) in the areas of training, education, employment, and independent living

designed to increase educational benefit and improve youth with an IEP post-school outcomes. The State

partners in secondary and postsecondary education established the Arkansas planning priorities surrounding

the critical activities.

The Monitoring/Program Effectiveness Section of the Special Education Unit reviews district IEPs to

ascertain a district’s status with regard to secondary transition plans. If an IEP is found to be noncompliant,

the district is issued a “CAP” and must submit a corrective action plan to the ADE-SEU.

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