Ms. Tucker,
Attached to this message you will find a copy of the Special Education Determination letter for Lee’s Summit school district.
Below is the state-wide breakdown for Special Education Determination letters:
518 school districts/responsible public agencies received “Meets Requirements”
6 received “Needs Assistance”
3 received “Needs Assistance” for 2 consecutive years
None received “Needs Intervention”
None received “Needs Substantial Intervention”
Sincerely,
Dana Desmond
Data Specialist III
Missouri Dept. of Elementary & Secondary Education
Special Education Compliance
Phone: 573-751-0186 / Fax: 573-526-5946
http://www.dese.mo.gov/divspeced/Compliance/
Dr. David McGehee
Superintendent
Lee's Summit R-VII
301 N.E. Tudor Road
Lee's Summit, MO 64086-5702
Re: “Determination Category” for your school district/responsible public agency
Dear Dr. McGehee:
The purpose of this letter is to inform you that your public agency’s determination
category is Meets Requirements in Implementing the Requirements and Purposes of
the IDEA, and to provide a brief summary of the regulatory requirements related to these
determinations as well as information about the data that was used to make this
determination. The determination category is based on an evaluation of your progress on
some of the State Performance Plan (SPP) indicators and targets.
The categories states must use for annual determinations of local agencies are established
by the U.S Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), and
are the same four categories OSEP used in identifying each State Educational Agency’s
determination category:
• Meets the requirements and purposes of the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (IDEA)
• Needs assistance in implementing the requirements of the IDEA
• Needs intervention in implementing the requirements of the IDEA
• Needs substantial intervention in implementing the requirements of the IDEA
Missouri was recently notified that it was placed in the category “Meets Requirements of
the IDEA,” and more information is available regarding Missouri’s determination in the
SELS messages dated June 10 and July 15, 2008.
This year when making local determinations, states are required to review local
performance in these areas:
• Compliance under SPP Indicator 12 (Part C to Part B Transition Timelines)
• Compliance under SPP indicator 15 (Correction Of Non-Compliance)
• Compliance under SPP indicator 13 (Secondary Transition Planning)
• Compliance under SPP indicator 11 (Initial Evaluation Timelines)
• Compliance under SPP indicators 9 and 10 (Disproportionality)
• Timely/Accurate Data
• Special Education Audit Findings
When making determinations about local education agencies, states have been given the
discretion to consider data related to additional SPP performance (results) indicators; to
be consistent with our focus on the areas of transition and elementary achievement, we
felt it was important to include a review of performance indicators on graduation rate,
dropout rate, and MAP assessment in elementary communication arts.
Attached you will find a description of the criteria DESE used in making the
determinations for districts this year. In addition, the chart shown below provides
information about your district’s scores in each area reviewed as well as the overall
determination score.
DETERMINATION AREA DISTRICT SCORE
Special Education Audit Findings 4
Timely/Accurate Data 4
Graduation Rate 4
Dropout Rate 4
Assessment Participation 4
Assessment Performance 4
Disproportionality 4
Initial Evaluation Timelines 4
Part C to Part B Transition Timelines 4
Secondary Transition Planning 4
Correction of Noncompliance 4
Determination Score 4
It is important to keep in mind that in some cases these determinations are based on a
different set of data and criteria than the data and criteria used in making compliance
decisions or Improvement Plan recommendations during the cyclical monitoring process.
It is our hope that this process, along with the other processes Missouri DESE uses to
meet its responsibilities for general supervision and monitoring will not only lead to
increased compliance with the requirements of IDEA, but ultimately, and most
importantly, will help improve outcomes for students with disabilities throughout our
state.
If you have any questions, please contact the Division of Special Education, Compliance
Section 573-751-0699.
Sincerely,
Heidi Atkins Lieberman, Assistant
Commissioner
Division of Special Education
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Enclosure
cc: D. Kent King, Commissioner of Education
Bert Schulte, Deputy Commissioner of Education
Tony Stansberry, DESE Area Supervisor
Jerry Keimig, District Special Education Contact
Kathy Whited, Kansas City RPDC
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The Division’s services are primarily supported by federal funds appropriated in accordance
with provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
webreplyspeco@dese.mo.gov
Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Criteria for Local Determinations
2008
The criteria used for issuing determinations on implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
(IDEA) for each responsible public agency in Missouri are described in Table A. The determinations are based on
2006-2007 data except for the areas of Initial Evaluation Timelines, Part C to Part B Transition Timelines,
Secondary Transition Planning, Disproportionality and Correction of Noncompliance. For these areas, districts
reviewed in 2005-2006 received a score ranging from 4 to 1, depending on their review findings and correction of
noncompliance. All other districts received a score of 4 unless they had continuing longstanding noncompliance, in
which case they received a score of 1.
The district’s determination was based upon the average of its scores in the eleven categories listed in Table A in
accordance with the ranges shown in Table B.
Table A: Criteria Used to Make Determinations
Audit Findings
• 4 - No Findings
• 3 - Findings – reconciled timely (6months)
• 2 - Findings – reconciled untimely (+ 6
months)
• 1 – Findings – not reconciled
Graduation Rate (SPP Indicator 1)
• 4 – Within 5% of State Target
• 3 – Within 15% of State Target
• 2 – Within 25% of State Target
• 1 – Greater than 25% from State Target
• NA – n less than or equal to 10
Timely and Accurate Data
• 4 – 3 out of 3 data submission points, data was
submitted timely and accurately
• 3 – 2 out of 3 data submission points, data was
submitted timely and accurately
• 2 - 1 out of 3 data submission points, data was
submitted timely and accurately
• 1 – 0 out of 3 data submission points, data was
submitted timely and accurately
Dropout Rate (SPP Indicator 2)
• 4 – Within 1% of State Target
• 3 – Within 2% of State Target
• 2 – Within 4% of State Target
• 1 – Greater than 4% from State Target
• NA – n less than or equal to 10
Disproportionality (SPP Indicators 9 & 10)
Initial Evaluation Timelines (SPP Indicator 11)
Part C to B Transition Timelines (SPP Indicator 12)
Secondary Transition Planning (SPP Indicator 13)
Correction of Noncompliance (SPP Indicator 15)
• 4 – In compliance or timely correction of non
compliance (within 12 months)
• 3 – Untimely correction of non-compliance
(greater than 12 months and less than 18
months)
• 2 – Untimely correction of non-compliance
(greater than 18 months)
• 1– Longstanding uncorrected non-compliance
Assessment Participation (SPP Indicator 3b)
• 4 – Within 5% of State Target
• 3 – Within 10% of State Target
• 2 – Within 15% of State Target
• 1 – Greater than 15% from State Target
• NA – n less than or equal to 10
Assessment Performance (SPP Indicator 3c)
• 4 – Within 10% of State Target
• 3 – Greater than 15% of State Target
• 2 – Greater than 25% of State Target
• 1 – Greater than 25% from State Target
• NA – n less than or equal to 10
Table B: Range of Scores Used to Make Determinations
Needs Substantial Intervention 1-1.999
Needs Intervention 2-2.749
Needs Assistance 2.75-3.329
Meets Requirements 3.33-4
From The District's Website and Newsletter
R-7 RECOGNIZED BY STATE FOR MEETING REQUIREMENTS IN IMPLEMENTING INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT
The Lee's Summit R-7 School District recently received the top designation for its successful implementation of the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The district was notified by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education that Lee's Summit R-7 had met the requirements for implementation and the purpose of this federal law.
The categories that states must use for annual determination of local agencies are established through the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs. The R-7 School District earned the highest determination category offered in this evaluation process. In all 11 categories related to the determination category, Lee's Summit R-7 scored a "4," the highest ranking available. Categories evaluated include special-education audit findings, timely/accurate data, graduation and drop-out rates, assessment participation and performance and transition planning.
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