Special Education Collection
This section describes processing for the Special Education collections.
Submissions
Collection | Description |
|---|---|
Special Ed Snapshot (Submission D) | This collection is submitted in December. It includes all special education students with a valid IEP as of 12/1 of the current school year. Upload is limited to Special Ed students only (Field 38, where the valid value is 'Y - has IEP'. |
Special Ed - EOY (Submissions S) | This collection is submitted in July. It includes all students receiving special education services from July 1 through June 30 who exited during the school year. They must be included in the special ed templates. Upload is limited to Special Ed students only, and only those who exited during the current school year as of June 30 (Field 38, where the valid value is 'E - exited IEP < 2 years'. Also include students with a Special Ed Exit Reason of '06 - Moved out of Pennsylvania, known to be continuing'. |
Special Ed - EOY Requirements
The July submission must include special ed students who exited between 7/1 and 6/30. This includes students who exited over the summer. Verify the correct dates are entered on the Submission Periods List validation table for the Special Ed - EOY (S) Submission.
Additional Information
The following warning message will not be displayed for students who are active in buildings that have not submitted their PIMS data in the PIMS Download Logs whereas it will be printed as usual in the other cases.
Warning message: Student is enrolled in a special education program but does not have an open disability vector.
The Special Education Indicator will only report ‘E’ for the year in which the student exits their Individualized Education Program (IEP). These changes are needed for PA users to assist with remaining in compliance with the data collection.