March 4, 2015 at 2:00 PM - SPED Committee Meeting

Discussion:  Call to order at 2:04. Staff: David Ludwig, Deb Hericks

Discussion:  Michele Borg, the NDE consultant that I am partnering with on this site, will no longer be reporting to the Special Populations department. Her contact will now be supervised by the Commissioner’s Office. Dean Folkers will be her supervisor We have been meeting to develop our strategy for improving the AAP site for this new grant year.These plans include: Working with Dean Folkers to connect AAP to the NDE data warehouse. Develop reporting system so that our users can utilize the data stored on the site. Updating user privilege levels to ensure that users have the appropriate amount of access to student records on the system.

Discussion:  Marjorie is in the process of updating the code for all of the pages with forms. This is an on going process and will continue for several more months. Updated code will improve stability and security of site. Small design changes are being made as well.

Discussion:  New Features went live on the site. Notice and Consent for Early Intervention Initial Multidisciplinary Evaluation and Child Assessment. Notice of Meeting (IFSP) Filter to sort student lists by Case Manager, Team Member, and with or without NSSRS ID#. Added validations to MIPS consent form. Work has begun on our new NSSRS Reporting system. New system will streamline the process and should reduce the amount of man hours it takes to submit this report. We have developed a series of test cases to help us identify any errors or inaccuracies in the NSSRS reporting system. We have developed a help desk monitoring system to help us monitor response times and frequently reported issues. We have addressed several bugs including problems with validations on the IEP, Batch Printing, and the NSSRS report. We interviewed three additional candidates for the Systems Analyst position.

Discussion:  We continue to maintain the ILCD Staff Survey site. Our office emails data (along with a summary) to school districts upon request

Discussion:  Executive Director discussed the interview process for the last three candidates. Recommend to hire Mike Danahy for position of Systems Analyst. Systems Analyst is working on PHP refresher course and will continue to work on code to get familiarized with SRS coding. Will have Systems Analyst go to Chicago to work for about a week. Attorney's will work with Soliant on transition of program.

Discussion:  Executive Director reports that he is continuing discussions with Steve Milliken and DHHS regarding Medicaid.

Discussion:  Rule 11 addresses Early Childhood.

Discussion:  Discussion was held around boundaries for ESUs regarding Title III and Migrant. How are lines drawn for consortium.

Discussion:  Executive Director discussed Master Service Agreement (MSA) and budget goals of the SRS Project. SRS Advisory Committee will review tier structure process.

Discussion:  Tier Structure Special Ed Staff Development