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All steps will be completed in Row 7, downwards.
It is highly recommended that you complete Template 020 in conjunction with the guidance provided in the following Reporting Guides:
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Instructions:
1. Enter IDEAEligibility status:
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This is the reason special education services were terminated for this student.
It is highly recommended that you reference the Reporting Guide for Special Education Termination before continuing.
Refer to the chart below and enter one of the Special Education Termination code values on the left.
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12. Enter the appropriate SpecialEducationSettingDescriptor utilizing:
Setting Codes for Early Childhood Ages 3-4 and Age 5/PK OR Setting Codes for Early Childhood Ages Ages 5/KG and Ages 6-22.
Note: utilizing the above links, make sure you are entering the Code Values from the far right column, NOT the Legacy Codes.
13. Enter the CircumstancesRelevantToTimelineDescriptor by utilizing the chart below:
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14. Enter the TimelineComplianceDescriptor by utilizing the chart below:
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15. Enter the CaseConferenceDate for the most recent initial evaluation.
Case conference date may not be prior to the date of parental consent/referral.
This date must be an instructional day on the school calendar.
Annual Case Reviews (ACR’s) should not be recorded in this data element.
For children with initial evaluations concluded before the 2020-2021 school year, June 30, 2020 may be used.
BLANK is allowable for reporting of incomplete processes (i.e. evaluation starting in May and will be finished in August).
Note: Spreadsheets will often auto-format dates. Be sure to format the cell to “TEXT”, then type the date [MM/DD/YYYY].
16.. Enter the Date of Parent Consent
This date begins the timeline for initial evaluations (20 or 50-day timeline).
Any Timeline Date needs to occur on instructional day within school calendar.
If referral occurred over the summer, parent consent/referral date should be the first day of the current school year.
Reevaluations should not be recorded in this data element.
Note: Spreadsheets will often auto-format dates. Be sure to format the cell to “TEXT”, then type the date [MM/DD/YYYY].
10. If the student is in First Steps, enter their Date Services Begin for First Steps.
Date does not need to be an instructional day.
Note: Spreadsheets will often auto-format dates. Be sure to format the cell to “TEXT”, then type the date [MM/DD/YYYY].
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Remember: Templates must be saved as a CSV file (with cells formatted as TEXT) inside of a Compressed Zipped Folder, in order to process correctly.
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