CEPI Announcements: 9.7.2016

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

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CEPI Master Calendar is Updated

The CEPI master calendar for the 2016-17 school year has been updated and posted for your reference. It provides a list of important dates and deadlines relating to CEPI data collections throughout the year.

MSDS Direct Certification Report Refresh: August 26

The report of students who are directly certified to receive free supplemental nutrition services was refreshed Friday, August 26, using the following records:

  • EOY 2016 General Collection certified records.
  • Early Roster Collection records that were resolved and error-free prior to August 24.

MSDS Graduation Rate Appeals Window Closes Sept. 14

The graduation rate appeals window in the Michigan Student Data System (MSDS) will close at 11:59 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, September 14. This is your final opportunity to review and correct the data used to calculate your graduation rate.

During this window, you may submit cohort change requests to correct a student's cohort year or cohort status. For more information on when a cohort change request is appropriate, please review this reminder for the Graduate Rate Appeals Window.

MSDS System Rollover for the 2016-17 School Year

The MSDS is scheduled to be offline from 12:01 a.m. on Thursday, September 15 through approximately noon on Monday, September 19, for the system rollover for the 2016-17 school year.

MSDS Section 23a Reporting Reminder

After the MSDS has rolled over to the 2016-17 school year, Section 23a claims for each month must be certified in the SRM Collection no later than 30 calendar days after the end of that month.

Claims for July 2016 must be certified in the 2015-16 SRM Collection no later than 11:59 p.m. EDT on September 14, 2016. After this date, claims for July 2016 will no longer be accepted. Claims for August 2016 may be submitted in either the 2015-16 or 2016-17 SRM Collections. However, they must be certified no later than September 30 (30 days after the end of August).

FID 2015-16 Collection Now Open

The Financial Information Database (FID) application is now open for the collection of 2015-16 financial data. FID data are due to CEPI by Tuesday, November 1, 2016.

Support materials can be found by going to the FID web page. Information on the Michigan Public School Accounting Manual is located on MDE’s website. If you have application questions, please contact CEPI customer support at cepi@michigan.gov. If you have questions related to the Michigan Public School Accounting Manual and accounting codes, please contact Chris May at 517- 335-1263 or mayc@michigan.gov.

REP Fall 2016 is Now Open

The Fall 2016 Registry of Educational Personnel (REP) opened September 1. Districts may submit their REP data now through 11:59 p.m. EST, December 1, 2016. Please be sure to review the Fall 2016 REP Data Field Descriptions, Record Layout, and other important help material located on the REP web page under the Manuals, Help and Training and Technical Material sections of the page.

MI SCHOOL DATA NEWS: New and Updated Reports Available to the Public

  • College Readiness. Our newest report features 2015-16 College Board SAT data and is available to the public.
  • Grades 3-8 Assessments. 2015-16 school year M-STEP and MI-Access data have been updated and are available to the public.
  • H.S. Assessments. 2015-16 school year M-STEP, MI-Access and SAT data have been updated and are available to the public.