CEPI Announcements: 8.17.2016

August 17, 2016

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MSDS EC End of Program Collection Closes Today

The EOP 2016 Early Childhood Collection will close at 11:59 p.m. EDT tonight (Wednesday, August 17, 2016). The Certification Status for your district's collection must be "Written to Queue – Available for Certification," "Processing Certification" or "Certified" by this deadline. Remember, your collection must be error-free and you must successfully complete the Quality Review process before the system will allow you to certify.

Application Maintenance August 27

The MILogin application will be offline for maintenance this Saturday, August 27, from approximately 6 p.m. to 12 a.m. The Educational Entity Master (EEM) and Michigan Student Data System (MSDS) will be unavailable during this time.

MSDS Direct Certification Report Refresh: August 12

The report of students who are directly certified to receive free supplemental nutrition services was refreshed Friday, August, 12 using the following records:

  • EOY 2016 General Collection certified records.
  • Early Roster Collection records that were resolved and error-free prior to August 10.

MSDS Volunteers Needed to Test Fall Collections

CEPI is seeking volunteers to test the MSDS fall collections. We anticipate the testing window to be open August 18-29, 2016. If you or any of your colleagues are available during this time, and would be interested in testing, please complete the Non-State Tester Security Agreement Form and return it either by fax to 517-335-0488 or via email to CEPI@michigan.gov by August 19.

MSDS Section 23a Reporting Reminder

Districts with dropout recovery programs that receive funding under Section 23a of the State School Aid Act (MCL 388.1623a) must submit outstanding Section 23a membership claims for instructional services provided from July 2015 through June 2016 no later than August 31, 2016. Beginning on September 1, 2016, these claims will be denied.

Effective mid-September 2016 (after the MSDS has rolled over to the 2016-17 school year), Section 23a claims for a particular month must be certified in the SRM Collection no later than 30 calendar days after the end of that month. For example, claims for September 2016 must be certified by October 30, 2016.

For questions regarding claim submissions in MSDS, please contact CEPI customer support. For questions regarding Section 23a legislation, please contact Brian Ciloski in the MDE Office of State Aid and School Finance at 517-373-3352 or CiloskiB@michigan.gov.

MSDS Section 64b Incentive Funds Claims Form Submission Deadline August 31

All Section 64b Incentive Funds Claims forms for school year 2015-16 must be submitted by August 31, 2016. Claim forms submitted past the deadline will not be processed for funding.

Districts may claim Section 64b funding by submitting the claim worksheet, located on the MSDS web page under Technical Material.

Questions regarding Section 64b or dual enrollment should be directed to the MDE Office of Career and Technical Education at 517-373-3373, or the Office of Education Improvement and Innovation at 517-241-3147.

MSDS Guidelines for Exiting Proficient English Learners

MDE has loaded ELL scores to the Secure Site and districts can use this to determine which EL students (formerly referred to as Limited English Proficiency [LEP]) should be exited as proficient. Students may be exited in the MSDS Student Record Maintenance (SRM) Collection through September 14, 2016 at 11:59 p.m.

2015-16 LEP exit records at this point must have all of the following to successfully exit the student from an EL/LEP program:

  • Use the 2015-16 Student Record Maintenance (SRM) Collection in MSDS
  • Have an [LEP Exit Date] on or before 6/30/2016
  • Have an [As Of Date] on or before 6/30/2016
  • Have a [Certification Date] on or before 9/14/2016 (i.e., records must be uploaded and certified by this date)