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11.  If a student comes into the school district in January and leaves sometime during the remainder of the school year, should they be included on Screen 12?

12.  How do we report students who went to Job Corp?

13.  Is the reporting for students with disabilities ages 3-13 new this year?

Questions And Answers

Districts are to report all students with disabilities ages 3-22 who exited special education from July 1 to June 30 of the current school year.  The data is to be reported by disability category, basis of exit, race/ethnicity, and age.  The data should include students served by your district either through direct service or by contract. 

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2.   Q:  Should I report a student who has left the district to be home-schooled?

Students who leave the district and transfer to a home school or private/parochial school should be reported as Moved, Known to be Continuing.

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3.  Q:  If a student leaves prior to December 1, should I report his or her age at the time of exit?

No.  The student's age should be reported as of December 1 Child Count they were reported on.  If the student left in August and was reported on the prior December 1 Child Count, report the age as of that December 1 Child Count.

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4.  Q:  How do I report students who are incarcerated?

• Students sent to a Department of Corrections facility should be reported as Dropped Out.

• Students sent to a Division of Youth Services facility should be reported as Moved, Known to be Continuing.

• Students in a county jail located in the school district still receiving services from the school district should NOT be reported on
  Screen 12.

• Students in a county jail located in a different school district should be reported as Moved, Known to be Continuing.

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5.  Q:  How do I report a student who has completed his or her IEP goals and objectives and has graduated?

The graduation Requirements for Students in Missouri's Public Schools states that all students with disabilities who meet state and local graduation requirements by taking and passing regular courses with or without modification and/or successfully achieving IEP goals and objectives shall be graduated and receive regular high schools diplomas.

• Students who complete their IEP goals and objectives and receive a regular high school diploma should be reported as Graduated with Diploma.

• Students who reach age 21, or otherwise terminate their education, and who have met the district's attendance requirements but who have not successfully completed the goals and objectives of the IEP, receive a certificate of attendance and should be reported as Received a Certificate.

• Students who reach age 21 who have not successfully completed the goals and objectives of the IEP and have not met the district's attendance requirements should be reported as Reached Maximum Age.

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6.  Q:  How is the information collected on screen 12 used?

Data from Screen 12 is used to determine the special education dropout and graduation rates for each district.  See Data Notes for additional uses of this data at local, state and national levels.

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7.  Q:  Which exit categories constitute a dropout?

In accordance with "Graduation Requirements for Students in Missouri's Public Schools," the Division of Special Education has determined the following exit categories constitute a dropout:

            Dropped Out
            Moved, Not Known to be Continuing
            Reached Maximum Age
            Graduated with a Certificate

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8.  Q:  How is the special education dropout rate calculated?

Division of Special Education uses the following formula to determine the dropout rate for students with disabilities:
Number of Dropouts Ages 14-22
Child Count Ages 14-22

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9.  Q:  How is the special education graduation rate calculated?

      The formula of calculating the graduation rate for students with disabilities is as follows:
     Number Graduated with a Diploma
     (Number Graduated with a Diploma 14-22 + Number of Dropouts 14-22)

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10.  Q:  Should I report a student that exited during the summer and thus did not return to school in the fall?

Yes, the student should be reported under the appropriate exiting category.

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11.  Q:  If a student comes into the school district in January and leaves sometime during the remainder of the school year, should they be included on Screen 12?

Students reported on Screen 12 should generally be the same students included on the December child count.  The previous district, on whose child count the student was reported, should report the student as exiting.

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12.  Q:  How do we report students who went to Job Corp?

It depends.  Job Corp Centers offer credits towards a high school diploma or a GED.  If the student is pursuing a high school diploma, then he or she would be coded as "06-Moved, Known to be Continuing"; if the student is pursuing a GED, then he or she would be coded as "08-Dropped Out".

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Yes.  In the past, Early Childhood exit data was collected as part of the Early Childhood Budget.  Starting with the 2005-2006 school year all students leaving the early childhood special education or school aged special education program will be reported on Screen 12.

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