Transcript Understanding Coordinating, Early Intervening Services

BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION
Division of Performance and Accountability
Special Education Program
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
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What are Coordinated, Early Intervening Services
(CEIS)?
 § 613 of IDEA: 34 CFR § 300.226 (a) CEIS is a set of
coordinated services for students in kindergarten through
Grade 12 (with particular emphasis in K-3) who are not
currently identified as needing special education or
related services, but who need additional academic and
behavioral support to succeed in a general education
environment.
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COORDINATED EARLY INTERVENING SERVICES (CEIS)
 Sec. 300.711 Early intervening services.
(a) The Secretary of the Interior may allow each elementary school
and secondary school for Indian children operated or funded by the
Secretary of the Interior to use not more than 15 percent of the amount
the school receives under Sec. 300.707(b) for any fiscal year, in
combination with other amounts (which may include amounts other than
education funds), to develop and implement coordinated, early
intervening services, which may include interagency financing
structures, for children in kindergarten through grade 12 (with a
particular emphasis on children in K through grade 3) who have not been
identified as needing special education or related services but who need
additional academic and behavioral support to succeed in a general education
environment, in accordance with section 613(f) of the Act.
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CEIS is:
 A general education activity
 Voluntary use of up to 15% of IDEA, Part B funds.
 A supplemental funds to ensure that services provided
are in addition to, and not replace or supplant services
that students would otherwise receive.
 Specific to Kindergarten through grade 12.
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CEIS is not:
 A special education activity or program
 Mandatory for Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) funded
schools
 Used to provide intervention to students who are
currently identified as needing special education and
related services.
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Allowed activities for implementation of CEIS
 Employment of general education teachers and
paraprofessional to deliver coordinated early intervening
services (CEIS).
 Professional Development for CEIS teachers and other
school staff.
 Providing educational and behavioral evaluations,
services, and supports, including scientifically based
literacy instruction.
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What are the school’s responsibilities?
 CEIS Plan Submission
 Report in NASIS – track students
receiving services
 Account for funds used for this
activity – in final spending plan
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CEIS Plan Submission
Due on November 16, 2012, if the school indicated use
of up to 15% of Part B funds. The plan should include
the following components:
•Identify targeted grades
•Estimate anticipated number of students to be served
•Document how students will be identified for CEIS
•Identify scientifically research-based activity
•Describe progress monitoring process used to monitor
student progress
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Reporting
 Sec. 300.711 Early intervening services.
(b) Each elementary school and secondary school for
Indian children operated or funded by the Secretary of
the Interior that develops and maintains coordinated
early intervening services in accordance with section
613(f) of the Act and Sec. 300.226 must annually report
to the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with section
613(f) of the Act.
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Data to be Collected:
 Fiscal Data:
 Did the School voluntarily use up to 15% of Special Education
Part B funds for CEIS in SY 2010-2011 (Yes or No)
 Amount allocated for Optional CEIS in SY 2010-2011 (in whole
dollars).
 Number of Children Receiving Coordinated Early Intervening
Services:
 Total number of children receiving CEIS under the IDEA in the
School during SY 2010-2011.
 Total number of children who received CEIS under IDEA anytime
in SY 2008-09, SY 2009-10, and SY2010-2011 and who received
special education and related services in SY 2010-11. (Tip: How
many students who got CEIS over the three year period ended up
needing special education services?)
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Where will we get the information?
 From NASIS. We will go back the years needed and look at
each year.
 We will ask schools to verify numbers as well as numbers of
students who were subsequently identified for special education
services.
 From information submitted by the school. Example the school
indicates they spent $$ on CEIS yet we find no students
identified as receiving CEIS in NASIS. We will ask school to
clarify.
 From fiscal reports by school that identify the dollar amount
used for CEIS (SY 2011-2012) or projected (SY 2012-2013).
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NASIS Special Education Process Guide
 BIE Website – www.bie.edu/
 Links:
 NASIS

NASIS Training
 NASIS Special Education Process Guide, pages 7-10
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Tracking students who receive CEIS in NASIS
This is the process BIE uses to identify children with learning and/or behavioral
challenges for CEIS.
Index>Student Information >General > Student > Enrollment > Calendar
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Continued:
Index>Student Information >General>Student > Enrollment > Calendar>BIE Reporting
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Tracking students who receive CEIS and who
subsequently received special education and related
services.
a) Schools are able to provide additional details about the CEIS in the Program
Participation Detail Editor and indicate the start and end dates of services. The
length of time a student receives CEIS depends on the interventions as described in
the school’s CEIS program.
Path: Index>Student Information >General > Student > Programs > Program
Participation > BIE-CEIS
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Continued:
Path: Index>Student Information >General > Student > Programs > Program
Participation > BIE-CEIS
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Referral?
b. If the intervention strategies are not successful, the team may
determine that a referral to special education should be
initiated. BIE-funded schools report this information in the
Enrollments-BIE Reporting tab for a child and document as 02:
Being Evaluated, in the Reporting section (shown below).
Schools are able to develop an Ad Hoc report indicating notice
that the 60 day timeline is near.
Upon referral, schools will now indicate the student is in the
evaluation process, placing the student in Special Ed Status 02,
and removing the student from receiving CEIS as indicated above.
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Placing the student in 02 status – Being Evaluated
Path: Index>Student Information >General > Student > Enrollment > Calendar > BIE
Reporting
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Fiscal Accountability Findings
In November 2009, the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)
monitored the BIE and issued the following directives:
1. The BIE must ensure appropriate use of Part B
IDEA funds allocated under IDEA 611 (h)(1)(A) for
the education of children with disabilities enrolled
in BIE funded schools.
2. The BIE must inform schools that only students
who have not been identified with disabilities are
eligible for Coordinated Early Intervening Services
(CEIS) funds.
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Monitoring to ensure appropriate use of CEIS funds for
allowable purpose (CFR 34 Sect 300.226)
 Schools will be submitting a final special
education spending plan for SY 2012-2013
with actual dollar amounts, indicating how
they are using Part B CEIS funds, if
applicable.
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Further information or questions,
contact:
 Gloria Yepa, (505) 563-5264 or
[email protected]
 Laura Tsosie, (505) 563-5275 or
[email protected]
 Connie Albert, (505)563 – 5381 or
[email protected]
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