TEA - Local Education Agency Determinations

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Information provided by the Partners Resource Network. The link to the

information Mr. Noe is referring to is:

http://www.tea.state.tx.us/special.ed/spp/leadetermin.html

I ran across two items on the TEA special education website that might be of

interest to some of you.

Under " Local Education Agency Determinations " TEA discusses how they must

annually rate districts' special education programs. The rating is based on

measurements of certain aspects of the special education programs. Districts

can be rated: " Meets the requirements " , " Needs assistance " , " Needs

intervention " or " Needs substantial intervention " . Currently, this is based

on whether data submitted by school is valid, reliable, and timely,

uncorrected noncompliance from other sources (complaints resolution, due

process, and monitoring and any audit findings. In 2008, the district's

performance on program compliance indicators will be added to the process.

Ratings were to be determined in August, 2007 and sent to schools shortly

after that. It is probably difficult or impossible for a parent to get TEA

to release this information on a school. However, it may become public

information once the district has received the rating.

There is a topic on the page called " In-school Mental Health Services

Resources " that I had not noticed before. It is a link to the UCLA Center

for Mental Health in Schools.

Chuck Noe

Education Specialist

Partners Resource Network

Amy A. Sosa

amy.sosa@...

Coppell, Texas

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