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• 06-23-2023-Preparing for Cyclical Monitoring: A Focus on Secondary Transition (Indicator 13)

• 06-12-2023-Survey of Parents of Students with Disabilities

• 06-09-2023-July 2023 Special Education Table 8A Submission

• 05-19-2023-Ensuring Educational Stability for Children and Youth in Foster Care

• 05-05-2023-Local Educational Agency Special Education Data Reports Online Preview

• 05-01-2023-Revised Special Education Forms: Prior Written Notice for a Reevaluation Form and Request for Consent for a Reevaluation Form 

• 03-17-2023-2022-23 School Year Restraint Information System Collection Tracking and Training Third Quarter Reporting Window

• 02-17-2023-State Performance Plan Data Requirements – Postsecondary School Survey – Cohort 2 (POSTS)

• 01-24-2023-State Performance Plan Data Requirements – Postsecondary School Survey(Cohort 3 Exit)

• 12-29-2022-2022-23 School Year Restraint Information System Collection Tracking and Training Second Quarter Reporting Window

• 12-29-2022-Annual Deaf-Blind Child Count for Infants, Toddlers, Preschoolers, and Students

• 10-17-2022-Special Education Plan Information for Phase 2 School Districts 

• 10-17-2022-2022-23 Inclusive Programming Opportunities through Mikayla’s Voice

• 10-14-2022-Communication Plan

• 08-30-2022-Reporting of Expenditures Relating to Exceptional Students

• 08-29-2022-Basic Education Circular - Educational Programs for Students in Non-Educational Placements

• 08-29-2022-Fiscal Training for IDEA-B 611 Funding and Other Fiscal Items

• 08-22-2022-2022-23 School Year Restraint Information System Collection Tracking and Training-First Quarter Reporting Window

• 08-22-2022-2022-23 School-Based ACCESS Program Statewide Training Sessions

• 08-15-2022-Pennsylvania’s Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part B 2022 – Determinations Notification 

• 08-15-2022-State Performance Plan Data Requirements - Postsecondary School Survey (Cohort 3 Exit)

• 07-27-2022-2022-23 Gifted Compliance Monitoring Schedule

• 07-25-2022-2022-23 Special Education Compliance Monitoring Schedule

• 07-18-2022-Act 55 Amendment to the State Graduation Requirement-State Board of Education Action Amending State Graduation Requirement

• 06-13-2022-Survey of Parents of Students with Disabilities

• 04-21-2022 -Special Education Plan Requirements – Identification of Students with Specific Learning Disabilities using Response to Intervention  

• 04-11-2022- Approved Private Schools and Chartered Schools for the Deaf and Blind Electronic Management Calendar Submissions for the 2021-2022 School Year (Fiscal Year 2022-2023) 

• 04-01-2022- State Performance Plan Data Requirements – Postsecondary School Survey –  Cohort 1 (POSTS) 

• 02-24-2022 - Individuals with Disabilities Education Act: State Regulations that Exceed Federal Requirements 

• 01-27-2022 - 2021-22 School Year Restraint Information System Collection Tracking and Training     Third Quarter Reporting Window 

• 01-21-2022 - State Performance Plan Data Requirements – Postsecondary School Survey (Cohort 2 Exit) 

• 01-14-2022 - Instructions for Reviewing 2020-21 Enrollments in the Approved Private School Electronic Management (APSEM) System 

• 10-01-2021 -Contingency Funds for Extraordinary Expenses 

• 09-20-2021 Pennsylvania Alternate System of Assessment (PASA): 2021-22 Updates and Training Announcements 

• 09-20-20211 Fiscal Training, including IDEA-B, 611; and ARP Supplemental IDEA funds 

• 09 -13-2021 Reporting of Expenditures Relating to Exceptional Students 

• 09-13-2021 -2021-22 Inclusive Programming Opportunities through Mikayla’s Voice  

• 08- 16, 2021-  Pennsylvania’s Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part B 2021 – Determinations Notification 

• 08- 06, 2021 -2021-22 School Year Restraint Information System Collection Tracking and Training First Quarter Reporting Window 

• 07-30-2021 -2021-22 School-Based ACCESS Program Statewide Training Sessions 

• 07-19-2021 - 2021-22 Special Education Compliance Monitoring Schedule 

• 06-25-2021- Approved Private School Preliminary Deductions 

• 06-16-2021 - July 2021 Special Education Table 8A Submission 

• 05-07-2021 -Local Educational Agency Special Education Data Reports Online Preview

• 05-07-2021 - 2020-21 School Year Restraint Information System Collection Tracking and Training      Fourth Quarter Reporting Window 

• 02-25-2021- 2020-21 School Year Restraint Information System Collection Tracking and Training Third Quarter Reporting Window 

• 02-24-2021 -Individuals with Disabilities Education Act: State Regulations that Exceed Federal Requirements 

• 02-19-2021 State Performance Plan Data Requirements – Postsecondary School Survey – Cohort 5 

• 02-11-2021 Review of Enrollments in the Approved Private School Electronic Management (APSEM) System 

• 01-08 -2021 -State Performance Plan Data Requirements – Postsecondary School Survey (Cohort 1 Exit) 

• 12-11-2020 -Revision to Act 26 Transition and Work Experience Data Collection

• 12-07-2020 - Gifted Education Updates

• 12-04-2020 - Phase 3Special Education plan extension 

• 11-23-2020 - Special Education Plan Information for Phase 3 School Districts 

• 10-26-2020-  Reporting Window 2020-21 School Year Restraint Information System Collection Tracking and Training 􏰀 Second Quarter 

• 10-9-2020- 2020-21 Inclusive Programming Opportunities through Mikayla’s Voice 

• 09-16-2020- Gifted Compliance Monitoring Schedule 

• 09-15-2020 - State Performance Plan Data Requirements - Postsecondary School Survey (Cohort 1 Exit) 

• 09-01-2020- Contingency Funds for Extraordinary Expenses

• 09-01-2020 -2020-21 School Year Restraint Information System Collection Tracking and Training – First Quarter Reporting Window 

• 08-17-2020- Reporting of Expenditures Relating to Exceptional Students

• 08-05-2020 -Pennsylvania’s Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part B 2020 – Determinations Notification

• 07-31-2020- Approved Private School and Chartered School for the Deaf and the Blind Preliminary Deductions

• 07-27-2020- Bureau of Special Education (BSE) Spring 2020 Bulletin

• 07-10-2020- 2019-2020 School Year Restraint Information System Collection Tracking and Training – Fourth Quarter Reporting Window

• 01-23-2020-  Annual Deaf-Blind Child Count for Infants, Toddlers, Preschoolers, and Students

• 01-06-2020 -State Performance Plan Data Requirements–Postsecondary School Survey (Cohort 5 Exit)

• 12-16-2019 -  Individualized Education Program (IEP) Alternative Assessment Changes

• 12-02-2019 - Pennsylvania Family Engagement Birth through College, Career, Community Ready Framework

• 11-27-2019 -Bureau of Special Education (BSE) Bulletin

• 11-20-2019 - 2019-2020 School Year Restraint Information System Collection Tracking and Training –  Second Quarter Reporting Window

• 10-21-2019 - 2019-2020 Contingency Funds for Extraordinary Expenses

• 10-09-2019 - Special Education Students Placed in Homebound Instruction or Instruction Conducted in the  Home

• 10-09 -2019 -2019-2020 Inclusive Programming Opportunities through Mikayla’s Voice

• 10-09-2019 -Training in Response to Recent Changes by the Federal Office of Special Education Programs

• 09-26-19 - Dyslexia Screening and Early Intervention Pilot Program

• 09-11-19 - Accommodations for 2020 State Assessments

• 09-09-19 - Pennsylvania Alternate System of Assessment (PASA): Updates and Training Announcement  

• 09-09-19 - Pennsylvania Alternate System of Assessment (PASA) 1.0 Percent Participation Threshold Justification

• 09-09-19 - 2019-2020 School Year Restraint Information System Collection Tracking and Training – First Quarter Reporting Window

• 09-05-19 - State Performance Plan Data Requirements - Postsecondary School Survey (Cohort 5 Exit)  08-29-19 - Reporting of Expenditures Relating to Exceptional Students

• 08-26-19 - Pennsylvania’s Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part B 2019 – Determinations Notification

• 07-26-19 -Special Education Plan Requirements – Identification of Students with Specific Learning Disabilities using the Response to Intervention

• 07-26-19 - 2019-20 School-Based ACCESS Program Statewide Training Sessions

• 07-12-2019 - Special Education Performance Grant – Competitive Integrated Employment Grant 2019-2020

• 07-05-2019 - Indicator 13: What Local Educational Agencies (LEAs) Need to Know for Compliance  Monitoring for Continuous Improvement (CMCI)

• 06-13-2019 -    Approved Private School and Chartered School for the Deaf and the Blind Preliminary  Deductions

• 06-05-2019 - July 2019 Special Education Table 8A Submission

• 06-04-2019 -  2019-2020 Special Education Compliance Monitoring Training and Schedule

• 06-04-2019 - Survey of Parents of Students with Disabilities

• 06-04-2019   - Local Educational Agency Special Education Data Reports Online

• 05-06-2019 - Public Input: Differentiating Compliance Monitoring for Continuous Improvement Webcast

• 04-26-2019 - Local Educational Agency Special Education Data Reports Online Preview

• 03-20-2019 -2018-19 School Year Restraint Information System Collection Tracking and Training – Third Quarter Reporting Window

• 03-19-2019 - IDEA: State Regulations that Exceed Federal Requirements

• 03-19-2019 - NEW LEA Requirements for Reporting Due Process Resolution Meeting Outcomes 

• 03-19-2019 - Peer Monitoring Training

• 02-21-2019 - Surrogate Parents

• 02-19-2019 - Postsecondary survey

• 02-04-2019 -  Transitioning from Preschool Early Intervention Programs to School Age Programs

• 01/24/2019 - Annual Deaf-Blind Child Count for Infants, Toddlers, Preschoolers, and Students

• 01/03/2019 - State Performance Plan Data Requirements- Postsecondary School Survey 

• 12/18/2018 - Revised Special Education Forms

• 12/12/2018 - Review of Enrollments APSEM (PDF Document)

• 12/12/2018 - 2018-19 School Year Restraint Information System Collection Tracking and Training

• 12/04/2018 - Contingency Funds Extraordinary Expenses (PDF Document)

• 12/03/2018 - Pennsylvania Alternate System of Assessment (PASA) 1.0 Percent Participation Cap Justification

• 11/29/2018 - Career Standards Resources for 2018-19 (PDF Document)

• 10/10/2018 - Special Education Plan Information for Phase 1 School Districts

• 10/10/2018 - Special Education Plan Information for Phase 2 School Districts

• 09/11/2018 - Special Education Students Placed in Homebound Instruction or Instruction Conducted in the Home

• 09/11/2018 - PASA Updates and Training for Assessment Coordinators

• 09/07/2018 - Reporting of Expenditures Relating to Exceptional Students

• 09/06/2018 - 2018-19 School Year Restraint Information System Collection Tracking and Training

• 09/05/2018 - Clarification of Medication Administration and Delegation

• 09/05/2018 - Training in Response to Recent Changes by the Federal Office of Special Education Programs

• 08/24/2018 - Amendments to compulsory attendance and truancy laws through Act 39 of 2018

• 08/15/2018 - Postponement of Significant Disproportionality Regulations

• 08/08/2018 - State Performance Plan Data Requirements - Postsecondary School Survey (Cohort 4)

• 08/03/2018 - Pennsylvania's Individuals with Disabilities Education ACT (IDEA) Part B 2018-Determinations Notification

• 08/02/2018 - Indicator 13: Effective Transition Practices

• 08/01/2018 - Pennsylvania Chaper 14: Final-Omitted Rulemaking to Amend Terminology

• 07/23/2018 - Child Find for Thought to be Gifted Students Attending a Charter School or Cyber Charter School

• 07/19/2018 - Indicator 13 - Training Session for What Local Educational Agencies Need to Know for Continuous Improvement for Cyclical Monitoring

• 07/19/2018 - Approved Private School Preliminary Deductions

• 07/18/2018 - 2018-2019 School-Based ACCESS Program Statewide Training Sessions

• 07/12/2018 - Annual Notice Amendment

• 07/12/2018 - Revised Basic Education Circular- Instruction Conducted in the Home

• 2018-2019 Special Education Compliance Monitoring Schedule

• Local Educational Agency Special Education Data Reports Online

• 2017-2018 School Year Restraint Information System Collection Tracking-4th Quarter Reporting

• Survey of Parents of Students with Disabilities

• Local Educational Agency Special Educational Data Reports Online

• Pennsylvania Unified English Braille Implementation Plan Stakeholders' Submission of Written Comments

• Upcoming AEDY Webinar

• 2017-2018 End-of-Year Reporting for Alternative Education for Disruptive Youth (AEDY) Programs

• Individuals with Disabilities Education Act-State Regulations that Exceed Federal Requirements

• Pennsylvania Unified English Braille Implementation Plan Stakeholders' Forums

• State Performance Plan Data Requirements-Postsecontary School Survey-Cohort Two

• 2017-2018 School Year Restraint Information System Collection Tracking 3rd Quarter Reporting

• Pennsylvania Unified English Braille Implementation Plan

• Revised Basic Education Circular Placement Options for Special Education

• 2018 Writing Assessment for Students Enrolled in the Pennsylvania Alternate System of Special Education

• Approved Private School Electronic Management System Enrollments

• Out-of-State Transfers for Students with Disabilities

• Pennsylvania Alternate System of Assessment (PASA) Eligibility Mandated Waiver Application for the 2017-18 School Year

• Placement Options for Special Education

• Clarifications Regarding Documents Rescinded by the U.S. Department of Education

• Special Education Plan Information for Phase 3 School Districts

• Training Opportunity – "Getting Ready: Annual PA Alternate System of Assessment Updates"

• Special Education Plan Training for Phase 1 School Districts.pdf

• RtII

• Special Education Students Placed in Homebound Instruction or Instruction Conducted in the Home

• Significant Disproportionality Stakeholders’ Submission of Written Comments

• Survey Regarding the Pennsylvania Alternate System of Assessment's Eligibility Criteria for Student Participation

• Reporting of Expenditures Relating to Exceptional Students

• 2017-18 School Year Restraint Information System Collection Tracking and Training

• State Performance Plan Data Requirements – Postsecondary School Survey (Cohort 3 Exit)

• Pennsylvania Alternate System of Assessment Update – Test Administration Windows-Dates

• Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendment – Rosa’s Law Change in Disability Terminology

• Indicator 13 - Successful Practices in Secondary Transition for Continuous Improvement

• Basic Education Circular Review – Intensive Interagency Coordination

• Training in Response to Recent Changes by the Federal Office of Special Education Programs

• Significant Disproportionality Stakeholders' Forums

• Indicator 13-  Ensuring Success and Compliance

• Significant Disproportionality Requirements under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

• AEDY Application Requirements and Webinars and New Online System Rollout

• Pennsylvania Alternate System of Assessment Update – Alternate Eligible Content

• Special Education Students Placed in Homebound Instruction or Instruction Conducted in the Home Updated Contact List

• July 2017 PennData Table 8A Submission

• Local Educational Agency Special Education Data Reports (SEDR) Online

• Act 26 of 2016-“Work Experience for High School Students with Disabilities Act” Questions and Answers

• Local Educational Agency Special Education Data Reports Online Preview

• Survey of Parents of Students with Disabilities

• Office for Dispute Resolution Timelines

• Revised Basic Education Circular: Least Restrictive Environment and Educational Placement for Students with Individualized Education Programs

• 2016-17 School Year Restraint Information System of Collection Tracking – 3rd Quarter Reporting

• Revisions to the Using Response to Intervention for Specific Learning Disability Determination School Building Application (K-12) for Approval

• Annual Deaf-Blind Child Count for Infants, Toddlers, Preschoolers, and Students

• State Performance Plan Data Requirements – Postsecondary School Survey

• Pennsylvania Alternate System of Assessment Eligibility Mandated Waiver Application

• Transition and Work Experience Data Collection

• Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) and Keystone Exam Accommodation Guidelines for Students with Individualized Education Programs and 504 Plans

• Section 1306 Students with Disabilities in State Hospitals or State Developmental Centers

• Pennsylvania Alternate System of Assessment (PASA) Eligibility Criteria and 1 Percent Cap

• 2016-17 School Year Restraint Information System Collection Tracking and Training

• Special Education Plan Requirements - Identification of Students with Specific Learning Disabilities Using the Response to Instruction and Intervention

• The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act

• Special Education Plan Trainings for Phase 3 School Districts (PDF Document)

• Indicator 13 -  Successful Practices in Secondary Transition for Continuous Improvement towards Competitive Integrated Employment (PDF Document)

• State Performance Plan Data Requirements - Postsecondary School Survey (Cohort 2 Exit) (PDF Document)

• 4010/4011 Early Intervention Clarification (PDF Document)

• Pennsylvania’s Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part B 2016 Determination (PDF Document)

• Clarification of Responsibilities Relating to “Host” Districts, “Resident” Districts (PDF Document)

• Access to Career and Technical Education (PDF Document)

• Truancy Reporting and Transportation to Student with Disabilities (PDF Document)

• Transition From Preschool Early Intervention Programs to Kindergarten or First Grade Programs in Charter Schools (PDF Document)

• Secondary Vocational-Technical Education Criteria for Reporting Program Enrollments and Documentation Required for State Audit (PDF Document)

• Secondary Transition and Postsecondary Education and Training (PDF Document)

• Individuals with Disabilities Education Act: State Regulations that Exceed Federal Requirements (PDF Document)

• Annual Deaf-Blind Child Count for Infants, Toddlers, Preschoolers and Students (PDF Document)