CEPI Announcements: March 6, 2024

 MARCH 6, 2024

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MSDS: Spring General Collection Important Dates

  • March 20: Certification deadline at 11:59 p.m.
  • March 27: Corrections must be complete and data recertified by 11:59 p.m.

The Spring 2024 General Collection Checklist can be used as a helpful tool to confirm that you have included pertinent information.

MSDS: Spring General Collection Office Hours Q&A

CEPI will host a virtual office hour session for the Spring 2024 General Collection on Friday, March 15 from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. 

This session will provide an overview of the MSDS Spring 2024 General Collection Checklist, with the majority of the time being open for districts to ask questions regarding their Spring submissions. Pre-registration is not required for the drop-in session. To join, click the following link, or use the call in options:

Or call in (audio only) +1 248-509-0316,,942412300# Phone Conference ID: 942 412 300#

Fall 2023 Audit Deadline

Per state law, the deadline for ISD auditors to complete the MSDS Fall 2023 General Collection audit is Wednesday, March 20, 2024 (24 weeks after count day).

If you have questions regarding how to complete the audit in MSDS, contact CEPI Customer Support. For general questions related to the audit reporting requirement, contact Brian Ciloski (ciloskib@michigan.gov or 517-241-2209). For specific questions related to audit guidance, contact Gloria Suggitt (SuggitG@michigan.gov or 517-241-2225).

Section 25e Resubmission Window Closes

Through Thursday, March 14, districts may resubmit Section 25e requests that meet all of the following criteria:

  1. The request was previously denied by the ISD auditor.
  2. The ISD auditor requested that the district resubmit the request with corrected information.
  3. The initial request was submitted prior to Feb. 14.
  4. The As Of Date, Enrollment Date, and First Day in Attendance are prior to Feb. 14. 

EEM: Building Licenses

To accommodate buildings with licenses from LARA, CEPI has made updates in EEM to allow a building to have multiple license numbers, license capacities, and license expiration dates. Please use the License Tab at the bottom of your building’s page in EEM to view and edit license numbers.

At this time, license capacity and license expiration dates can only be updated by MDE. Please email MDE-EEM-Administrator@michigan.gov if these fields need to be updated.

Screenshot of licenses in EEM

Featured Report: Graduation and Dropout Rates

The four-year graduation rate for Michigan’s 2023 cohort was 81.77%, the second highest since CEPI began calculating cohort rates in 2007. The 2023 rate was second only to 2020, when graduation requirements were temporarily relaxed due to the pandemic.

The Graduation/Dropout Rate report on MI School Data lets you explore four-, five- and six-year graduation and dropout rates for Michigan students. You can review or compare rates at every level from statewide to individual schools.

Use the Snapshot view to see details for a given year, or switch to the Trend view to see how rates have changed over time.

Graduation and dropout rate trend graph

The Report Category dropdown lets you explore data for different student groups, including gender, race/ethnicity, students with disabilities, and much more.

The report is updated annually in late February/early March.

MI School Data News

Visit MI School Data to view updates to the School-Level Expenditure Report, Pathways to Kindergarten, College Remedial Coursework, Early Childhood Program Participation by Kindergarten Class and Graduation/Dropout Rate reports and the Parent Dashboard.

The College Transfer and College Undergraduate Enrollment reports have been updated in preview and will be publicly available within a week.

See details of this update and upcoming reports on the MI School Data News and Updates page.

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