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Significant Disproportionality Overview�PAIU February 2022

Dr. Delmar Hart, Fiscal Chief

Jodi Rissinger, IDEA – B Data Manager

Dan Ficca, Project Manager

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Significant Disproportionality Update

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Significant Disproportionality Overview – 2021-22

Significant Disproportionality Next Round: (2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21)

There are 33 LEAs flagged in this round.

Nine LEAs are new to the list

Two LEAs include Early Intervention students and OCDEL will need to work with those LEAs to have the MAWAs involved.

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Significant Disproportionality Notifications – New LEAs

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With coordination of BSE Special Education Advisers, Del, Jodi and Dan conducted notification meetings with Administrators of 8 of the 9 newly identified LEAs.

Notification meetings consisted of:

Overview of Significant Disproportionality and CCEIS fiscal implications.

Demonstration of the Significant Disproportionality Dashboard

Discussion about the data and calculation process

Question/Answer opportunity

Written notification to 33 LEAs and Estimated Expenditure (15% CCEIS) emailed to IUs on February 18, 2022

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Significant Disproportionality Next Steps – Policy Review

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LEAs are required to conduct a review of the Policies/Practices/Procedures (PPP) related to the area identified as significantly disproportionate.

If changes are necessary, LEA must make public notification of the change

Examples:

- discussion at a School Board Meeting

- updated information of the LEA website

Submit Assurance of Review/Changes via the Significant Disproportionality Dashboard

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Significant Disproportionality Next Steps – CCEIS/Fiscal

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Schools notified of being flagged for Significant Disproportionality in 2021-22 must set-aside and expend 15% of the total IDEA-B 611 and 619 allocations for Comprehensive Coordinated Early Intervening Services (CCEIS). Each school will be provided with an estimate of the 15% set-aside in February 2022, and will receive the amount of the finalized 15% in January 2023. Intermediate Units will also receive this information at the same time.

Federal guidance permits the schools to use the 15% set-aside to address the issues that contributed to the finding of Significant Disproportionality. The funds may be used to address such issues with both regular education students and special education students. As the CCEIS activities are executed, the corresponding invoices for these services should be directed to the Intermediate Unit, which will then reimburse the schools, as long as the appropriate documentation has been received by the Intermediate Unit.

The set-aside funds should be expended from July 1, 2022 – September 30, 2023. If the funds are not able to be expended by September 30, 2023, the school is able to invoke the Federal Tydings Amendment, which would then permit the deadline for expenditures to be extended to September 30, 2024. Schools which choose to use the Tydings Amendment must notify the I.U. of their actions.

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Significant Disproportionality Dashboard

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In 2019-20 SY the Significant Disproportionality Dashboard was created by our partners at Penn State Data Center.

The Dashboard contains:

An overview page with resources for Significant Disproportionality

Results of Significant Disproportionality by Category

Drill Down options for deeper analysis of data results

Policy/Practice/Procedures Assurance Page

CCEIS/Fiscal Assurance Page

Capability of sending reminders to LEAs to submit Assurances

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