Special Education Directors
NOTE: This site will be updated on a regular basis. Please check back periodically.
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Part B Budget Application due | ePeGS Part B Budget Application Guide | Finance |
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| Part B Payment Request due | ePeGs Part B Payment Request Guide | |||||
| LEA Accounting System | Accounting Manual | |||||
| Federal Award Identification Information due | Federal Award Identification Spreadsheet | |||||
| LEA Written Procedures due | General Federal Guidance Manual | |||||
| Semi-Annual Certifications | Time and Effort Guidance | |||||
| 1 | Part B Payment Request due | ePegs Part B Payment Request Guide | Finance | |||
| 3-7 | 2020 Virtual Special Education Directors Conference | Click here for additional information and instructions on how to enroll. | Effective Practices | |||
| 15 | Core Data Screen 3 Contacts | MOSIS Core Data Manual | Data | |||
| Annual Secretary of the Board Report due | ASBR Resources | Finance | ||||
| 20 | Part B Payment Request due | ePegs Part B Payment Request Guide | ||||
| 1 | Part B Payment Request due | ePegs Part B Payment Request Guide | ||||
| 18 | Watch CAP Year Webinar | Compliance | ||||
| Receive Special Education Program Review Report | ||||||
| 20 | Part B Payment Request due | ePeGs Part B Payment Request Guide | Finance | |||
| 30 |
Part B Final Expenditure Report due | ePeGs Part B FER Guide | ||||
| High Need Fund Application due | HNF Application | |||||
| Preliminary Special Education District Profiles available | Profile and Profile Review Guide | Data | ||||
| 1 | Part B Payment Request due | ePeGs Part B Payment Request Guide | Finance | |||
| 15 | MOSIS Educator Course and Assignment files due | Technical Assistance Webinar | Data | |||
| Early Childhood Special Education Final Expenditure Report Due | ECSE FER Guide | Finance | ||||
| 20 | Part B Payment Request due | ePeGs Part B Payment Request Guide | ||||
| 31 | Public Placement Fund Application due | PPF Application | ||||
| 18 | Complete Step 1 in IMACS 30 days from date of Special Education Program Review Report. | Compliance | ||||
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Start Conducting Self-Assessment |
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Compliance | |||
| Part B Payment Request due | ePeGs Part B Payment Request Guide | Finance |
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| 20 | Part B Payment Request due | ePegs Part B Payment Request Guide | ||||
| 30 | Readers for the Blind Application | RBP Application | ||||
| December | 1 | Part B Payment Request | ePeGs Part B Payment Request Guide | Finance | ||
| 3 | Continue Self-Assessment | Compliance | ||||
| 15 | MOSIS Child Count and Environments of Students with Disabilities | Technical Assistance | Data | |||
| 20 | Part B Payment Request | ePeGs Part B Payment Request Guide | Finance | |||
| January | 1 |
Semi-Annual Certification due | Time and Effort Guidance | Finance |
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| Part B Payment Request due | ePeGs Part B Payment Request Guide | |||||
| 15 | Child Count Verification due | Instructions | Data | |||
| 20 | Part B Payment Request due | ePeGs Part B Payment Request Guide | Finance |
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| 31 | Special Education Finance Self-Assessment due | Tiered Monitoring and Fiscal Monitoring Guide | ||||
| 31 | Blind Literacy Survey due | Data | ||||
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Self-Assessment in IMACS due |
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| Part B Payment Request due | ePeGs Part B Payment Request Guide | Finance | ||||
| 15 | MOSIS Graduate and Dropout Follow-up due | Technical Assistance | Data | |||
| 20 | Part B Payment Request due | ePeGs Part B Payment Request Guide | Finance | |||
| March | 1 | Proportionate Share Carryover Release Report due | ePeGs Proportionate Share Carryover Release Request Guide | Finance | ||
| Part B Payment Request due | ePegs Part B Payment Request Guide | |||||
| 20 | Part B Payment Request due | ePeGs Part B Payment Request Guide | ||||
| Submit Follow Up Timelines in IMACS | Compliance | |||||
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Submit documentation to clear CAPs |
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| Complete Step 2 in IMACS | ||||||
| Submit verification documentation for the desk review | ||||||
| Part B Payment Request | ePeGs Part B Payment Request Guide | Finance |
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| 20 | Part B Payment Request | ePeGs Part B Payment Request Guide | ||||
| 30 | Part B Budget Application Revision due | ePeGs Part B Budget Application Guide | ||||
| May | 1 | Part B Payment Request | EPegs Part B Payment Request Guide | Finance | ||
| 15 | Part C to B Transition | Compliance | ||||
| Initial Evaluation Timelines due | ||||||
| 20 | Part B Payment Request due | ePeGs Part B Payment Request Guide | Finance | |||
| June | 1 | Part B Payment Request due | ePeGs Part B Payment Request Guide | Finance | ||
| 20 | Part B Payment Request due | ePeGs Part B Payment Request Guide | ||||
| 30 | Parentally Placed Private School Survey due | Data | ||||
| MOSIS Student Core, Enrollment, and Attendance files due | Technical Assistance | |||||
| MOSIS Discipline file due | ||||||
The Office of Special Education hosted a Virtual Special Education Directors Conference on August 3-7, 2020 from 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.. This virtual conference was presented over a five-day period and was designed to provide information that all new special education directors would need to begin the school year. The sessions focused on Compliance and Data. Topics covered included, but were not limited to, Leadership, ECSE, Dispute Resolution, Discipline, Postsecondary Transition, Data and an Overview of Special Education Program Requirements. Check back periodically, as this page will be updated as information and materials are made available.
If you should need assistance, please contact Cheryl Stock at Cheryl.Stock@dese.mo.gov or 573-751-0285.
Special Education Data Sessions
Part 1: The Basics
This session will cover basic data requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; people you should know or get to know who will be instrumental in reporting accurate and complete
data; an overview of the DESE MOSIS and Core Data systems; and a deep dive into the special education child count data collection.
Part 2: Data Reporting
This session will cover special education exit data, graduate and dropout follow‐up and discipline data reporting.
Part 3: Miscellaneous Reporting
This session will review personnel reporting, early childhood outcomes, high need fund reporting and other miscellaneous reporting.
Special Education Data Summary Recording (8/25/2020) (Scroll down the page to last bulleted item)
Special Education Compliance Sessions
Special Education 101 and 102
The basics related to the roles and responsibilities of OSE especially as it relates to ECSE.
Discipline of Students with Disabilities
Focuses on the removal of the student from the current educational placement to another setting where the student does not receive the special education and related services described in the student's Individualized Education Program (IEP).
Dispute Resolution Under the IDEA
Discusses ways to prevent and resolve conflict and stages and timelines for Missouri's Dispute Resolution Process as outlined by the IDEA.
Early Childhood Special Education: Compliance, Data, Finance, and Effective Practices
Highlights how ECSE is addressed within each section of OSE/DESE.
IDEA and Transition Planning
Focuses on Indicator 13 and how it relates to Transition Planning.
