MAASE Announcement MSDS
- From: Anthony Thaxton <anthonythaxton@xxxxxxx>
- To: Listserv Listserv <maase@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:12:38 -0400
Dear MAASE Members,
I have been asked by the Office of Special Education and Early
Intervention Services (MDE) to share the following with the MAASE
membership:
- Tony
Tony Thaxton
Executive Director
Michigan Association of Administrators of Special Education
4769 Crestridge Court
Holland, MI 49423
616-283-0597
Please share the following message with your constituents who may have
responsibilities for reporting data in to the Michigan Student Data
System (MSDS) regarding students with Individualized Education
Programs (IEPs).
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A new characteristic (formerly known as a field) relative to special
education has been added to the Michigan Student Data System (MSDS).
It is in the Initial IEP component.
Date of Parental Consent. This is the date on which the entity
received the signed Parental Consent to Evaluate for an initial
evaluation for special education and is the beginning of the 30 school
day timeline for completion of the initial evaluation and IEP.
Completion of this characteristic is required for all initial IEPs.
Report the date in the MSDS during the collection cycle (fall, spring,
end-of-year) in which the timeline began.
If the Date of Parental Consent occurred in one collection cycle and
the initial IEP was completed in another, report the Date of Parental
Consent both in the collection cycle in which the timeline started AND
the collection cycle in which the IEP was completed.
For example: a district received a signed parental consent to evaluate
on September 20, 2009, but the evaluation and initial IEP were not
completed until December 15, 2009. Report the Date of Parental Consent
in the Fall 2009 collection. Then report it again in the Spring 2010
MSDS collection cycles when you submit the rest of the Initial IEP
information.
These data are sent to the US Department of Education in Michigan’s
Annual Performance Report. The data are also used for district-level
Public Reporting and for district-level Determinations.
If you have questions about this new requirement, please contact
Darren Warner, Office of Special Education and Early Intervention
Services. warnerd@xxxxxx 517-241-0786.
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