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IDEA section 618(d) requires states to collect and examine data to determine if significant disproportionality over-identification based on a particular racial or ethnic group is occurring in the state and the local educational agencies (LEAs) of the state with respect to:
The identification of children as children with disabilities, including the identification of children as children with disabilities in accordance with a particular impairment;
The placement in particular educational settings of such children; and
The incidence, duration, and type of disciplinary actions, including suspensions and expulsions.
In Maryland, a local education agency (LEA) is identified if it has one or more subgroups of students evidencing a risk ratio of greater than 2.0 for
two or more consecutive years (unless the risk ratio declines by a defined amount (.15 if less than 4.0 and .5 if over 4.0) from one year to the next in any of the noted categories. (COMAR 13A.05.02.04, Adopted May 22, 2018)
IDEA regulations guiding the mandatory provision of CCEIS require LEAs identified by the State as having data leading to over-identification in one or more of the noted categories to reserve 15 percent of IDEA Part B Section 611 and Section 619 funds to implement a comprehensive system of proactive and responsive actions to address root cause factors contributing to these matters with respect to identification, placement, and/or disciplinary removals. CCEIS is defined by regulations at
34 CFR §300.646(d).
CCEIS activities funded under Part B include:
Providing educational and behavioral evaluations, services, and support, including evidence-based literacy instruction (see
34 CFR §300.226(b)).
Providing professional development and educational and behavioral evaluations, services, and supports (see 34 CFR §300.646 (d)(1)(i)).
Additionally, the local system must:
Address the factors contributing to the significant disproportionality (34 CFR §300.646 (d)(1)(ii)); and
Address and review a policy, practice, or procedure identified by the LEA as contributing to the overidentification (34 CFR §300.646 (d)(1)(iii)).
Build systemic awareness and the leadership supports by convening a local implementation team necessary to implement organizational change and promote sustainability.
Establish a diverse stakeholder group inclusive of external and internal partners to develop an understanding of overidentification and the conditions resulting in the LEA's identification.
Engage in a self-assessment/data review process to determine the root cause factors creating the area(s).
Use the root cause factors to plan for proactive and responsive actions necessary to increase equity and decrease overidentification at the district, school, and/or classroom level.
Consider implementation drivers: staffing, training, ongoing coaching, and consultation, staff performance evaluation, data systems that support decision making, progress monitoring, implementation with fidelity, and effective evaluation.
Identify a structure of results-based and job-embedded professional learning experiences to build the capacity of local general and special education personnel who are engaged in the day-to-day implementation of change efforts.
Develop a comprehensive system for the evaluation of plan outcomes that emphasizes teacher/staff fidelity of implementation
and measurable student outcomes.
- Align projected expenditures with specific actions necessary to mitigate root cause factors and meet CCEIS Plan outcomes.
CCEIS Allowable Costs - Stoplight Document
Equity Requirement in IDEA
This resource from
www.ideadata.org defines the three distinct equity requirements of IDEA: Disproportionate Representation, Significant Discrepancy, and Significant Disproportionality,
Racial/Ethnic Disproportionality in Special Education
A data analysis workbook tool developed by Dr. Edward Fergus and Roey Ahram provides an overview of how to analyze special education and general education data to identify rates of disproportionality in special education classification and placement.
Contact:
Gary W. Richardson, MBA
Branch Chief, Resource Management and Monitoring
Office: (410) 767-0706
Fax: (410) 767-8165
gary.richardson@maryland.gov
Demetria White
Interagency Specialist
Office: (410) 767-0491
Fax: (410) 333-8165
demetria.white@maryland.gov