OSEP sends revised Part B indicators to OMB, seeks public comment

[TheOnlyMe]

OSEP sends revised Part B indicators to OMB, seeks public comment
OSEP has sent a revised set of IDEA Part B compliance indicators to the Office of Management and Budget for review. The public will have 30 days to comment on these revisions, which arrive more than a year after the public first commented on proposed changes to the way in which the Education Department measures compliance. The new list of 20 IDEA Part B indicators addresses state IDEA data on everything from graduation rates for students with IEPs and the percent of youths with IEPs dropping out of high school, to the participation and performance of children with disabilities on statewide assessments. In August, OSEP told attendees at the National Accountability Conference that states must be more diligent in looking for signs of noncompliance with the IDEA by LEAs and in reporting all such incidents to the agency.

 

[TheOnlyMe]

Attempting to get info for where to go to make public comment and to review current revisions. will f/u when receive answer!

 

[TheOnlyMe]

FR doctor E8-25134[Federal Register: October 22, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 205)]
[Notices]
[Page 62967-62968]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of Education.

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DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
November 21, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to the Office of
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Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, NW., Room 10222,
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Dated: October 16, 2008.
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Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services

Type of Review: Revision.
Title: IDEA Part B State Performance Plan (SPP) and Annual
Performance Report (APR).
Frequency: Annually.

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Affected Public: Federal Government; Business or other for-profit;
Not-for-profit institutions; State, Local or Tribal Gov't.
Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:
Responses: 60.
Burden Hours: 19,500.
Abstract: The Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement
Act, signed on December 3, 2004, became PL 108-446. In accordance with
20 U.S.C. 1416(b)(1), not later than one year after the date of
enactment of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement
Act of 2004, each State must have in place a performance plan that
evaluates the State's efforts to implement the requirements and
purposes of Part B and describe how the State will improve such
implementation. This plan is called the Part B State Performance Plan
(Part B--SPP). In accordance with 20 U.S.C. 1416(b)(2)(C)(ii) the State
shall report annually to the public on the performance of each local
educational agency located in the State on the targets in the State's
performance plan. The State also shall report annually to the Secretary
on the performance of the State under the State's performance plan.
This report is called the Part B Annual Performance Report (Part B--
APR). Information Collection 1820-0624 corresponds to 34 CFR 300.600-
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Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may
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[Sheila]

Thanks for the info!

Accountability Conference that states must be more diligent in looking for signs of noncompliance with the IDEA by LEAs and in reporting all such incidents to the agency.

I hope they are just as diligent in enforcing IDEA.

 

[TheOnlyMe]

I hope they are just as diligent in enforcing IDEA.

After 30 years, you would think it was about time huh?

 

[TheOnlyMe]

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/outlook/6101911.html

Who believes in fairy tales or unenforced laws ? LOL

 

[TheOnlyMe]

Here are the revisions they are looking at changing and are waiting on comments from the public until the 29th of November (I think) http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/main?main=UnifiedAgenda