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LEA Determination - Due May 2025

LEA Determination Assurances Due May 9, 2025

This required survey collects your LEA Determination assurances and required documentation based on the level of determination/support assigned to your LEA.

For detailed information on the LEA Determination process, please review the Determinations & Differentiated Levels of Support module, which contains detailed information about this process and the required forms based on your level of determination. 
1. Please type your full name , title and email address. *This question is required.
The table below contains your LEA name, number, and corresponding Differentiated Level of Support.  Pay attention to your Differentiated Level of Support.  When completing this survey, you will need this information because questions and requirements populate based on your identified level. 

PLEASE NOTE: Your LEA name will not be listed if you are a new charter school that opened in 2023-2024 or 2024-2025.  You do not have enough historical data to create a determination report—no action is required.
3. Please choose your district/charter's Differentiated Level of Support received in May 2024.
NOTE:
YOUR LEA'S DIFFERENTIATED LEVEL OF SUPPORT/DETERMINATION WAS IDENTIFIED IN QUESTION 2 *This question is required.
Understanding your LEA's data is a key component to the health and success of your special education program. The remaining questions deal with your LEA's data.

Please log into the Secure Server, access your LEA's Data folder, and familiarize yourself with the data in the folder. If you have questions about any of your data, please contact:
Data and Reporting Coordinator Alisa Fewkes (208.332.6919)
Data Analysis and Support Coordinator  Kate Hill (208.332.6933)
OR
Support and Monitoring Coordinator Debi Smith (208.332.6915)
4. My district/charter's special education director or designee attended the Data Drill Down in the fall of 2024. 
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My district/charter has reviewed our special education LEA Determination data issued in May 2024. *This question is required.
*The following question addresses inexperienced staff members at your LEA and the requirement that "new" staff attend SESTA's Essential Components to the IEP Process training.
The SDE allows the district/charter to determine what is meant by "new" staff; however, special education staff who are in their first year in the profession MUST attend Essential Components. The Department encourages LEAs to require staff members who do not have a solid understanding of the IEP process to attend SESTA's Essential Components training. 
5. All *new special education staff in my district/charter completed one of the following:
  • attended the SESTA Essentials training,
  • viewed the IEP implementation modules on the Idaho Training Clearinghouse or,
  • New special education staff attended our district/charter's comparable training.
*This question is required.
After carefully reviewing the LEA's data, self-identified staff members from the LEA attended a SESTA or other training(s) aligned to an area of needed improvement discovered in the LEA's data.  *This question is required.
Please provide information about the training attended.
*NOTE: Your LEA must create an action item(s) aligned to the training the LEA's staff attended.  When creating your action item(s), keep the following steps in mind:
  1. Analyze the Data
  2. Clarify and Prioritize the Problem(s)
  3. Attend a webinar, training, or PD aligned to the priority(s)
  4. Implement Solutions: The Action Item/Plan
  5. Monitor and Evaluate
*This question is required.
It is a requirement for the special education director or designee(s) to identify appropriate staff to attend a SESTA or SDE training around an area of needed improvement as indicated by the LEAs' Determination report. If staff members could not attend a training, please contact Debi Smith, Support and Monitoring Coordinator, for a list of training modules aligned to the LEA's area of need. 
Your LEA is in Level 3: Directing.
Level 3: Directing is a 3-year process. As an LEA in Level 3: Directing, you are required to;

Year 1 of identification- complete a self-assessment around a chosen area of need

Year 1 of identification- create a 3-year SMART goal targeting your chosen area of need

Years 2 & 3 of identification- Report evidence of progress towards the SMART goal

The LEA Determination and Differentiated Level of Support module on the Idaho Training Clearing House under RDA Monitoring contains step-by-step information about your requirements. Lesson 8, Resources & Reminders, within the module, contains all the necessary documents to complete your requirements. 
Please upload your documents here.
  • LEAs in their first year of identification must upload their completed self-assessment and SMART goal.
  • LEAs in their second and third year of identification must upload their SMART Goal Progress Tracking Form. 
*This question is required.
6. By signing below, I certify that the above information is accurate. *This question is required.
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