Overview of the Five-Year Online Strategic Plan

Accessing and developing the plan Budget Allowable costs Assurances Compliances Practice

Revised to be more strategic, less operational

User-friendly information entry Goals/Objectives/Actions and

Professional Development table accessed from one screen

Budget information removed from main plan

Compliances similar to last year

Serves two purposes› Five Year Strategic Plan for District’s major

improvement goals› Annual funding application for federal

programs Special Education Component

› LEA Annual Application for IDEA, Part B funds and State Aid for Exceptional Children

› Due July 1, 2008

Plan Committee – Special education director is a member

Data Analysis› Content narrative must include student

performance and achievement information relevant to students with exceptionalities

› Must include improvement needs gleaned from District Self-Assessment ;

› other monitoring findings, if applicable

Goals/Objective/Activities› Enter a special education goal or attach

Action Step to an existing goal› Measurable objectives may be added to

special education goal at district option› Action Steps may apply to special

education or a combination of programs to reflect collaborative planning but will apply to only one goal

Professional Development Plan activities are goal-specific

A table is provided to enter all PD activities for the goal

This allows a county print-out of all PD activities for the year by goal

At district option, special education PD activities may be entered under the Special Education Acton Steps.

Two Options:› WRITE NEW ACTION STEPS FOR GOAL › OR› USE THE PRE-WRITTEN SPECIAL

EDUCATION ACTIONS and add Subtasks

Budget information is not included in Action Steps

01- Personnel 02 – Services 03 – Materials, supplies, equipment 04 – Professional development 05 – Early intervening services 06 – Services for students with

disabilities parentally placed in private schools

07 – Facilities 08 - Other

Budget table is provided as a content box

Entry in this table is similar to Microsoft Word

Table can be cut and pasted into Excel to facilitate totaling the rows and columns, then pasted back (or request Excel table from OSP)

Details of budget amounts and use of funds are entered in this table

Missing connection between Plan budget and WVEIS budget

Need to verify the actual budget reflects the approved plan

Considered pulling budget from WVEIS› WVEIS information may not be available by

July 1› Counties’ use of budget codes may not be

uniform› Will consider options next year

Costs of special education and related services for students with disabilities for IDEA funds

State aid for gifted and students with disabilities

IDEA funds provide for excess costs of educating students with disabilities

IDEA funds supplement, not supplant state, local funds and other federal funds

IDEA is for costs over and above what every student should get through the Public School Support Program

May use IDEA funds for special education, related services and supplementary aids and services for students with disabilities in the general education classroom or other settings; incidental benefit to other students who are not students with disabilities is allowed

May use up to 15% of IDEA school age funds for early intervening services for students not identified with disabilities

High cost consortia To purchase technology for data/IEP case

management For schoolwide Title I/IDEA program;

limited to per pupil allocation x number of students with disabilities in the program

Must spend calculated proportionate amount of IDEA funds on students parentally placed in private schools within the district

Must have adopted Policy 2419 as the district’s procedures for implementing IDEA and state code

Must have submitted District Self-Assessment

Must submit EIS report if applicable Must select the caseload rules to be

implemented in 2008-2009 Must provide other assurances

included with grant award

Allocations Private Schools – Calculation of

proportionate amount for students parentally placed in private schools

Excess Costs MOE – Maintenance of effort Early Intervening Services Report Equipment (over $5000) Construction

2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008

Number of students without disabilities who received coordinated EIS

Number of students without disabilities reported above who were Initially referred and found eligible as students with disabilities (within two years).

Sandra McQuain, Assistant Director, Office of Special Programs, Extended and Early Learningsmcquain@access.k12.wv.us(304) 558-26960ut of the office: June 2-6 and 16-18.

Janice Hay, CoordinatorOffice of Internal Operationsjehay@access.k12.wv.us(304) 957-9833 ext.53423