CEPI Announcements: August 7, 2024

 AUGUST 7, 2024

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MSDS: Early Childhood EOP Collection Important Dates

  • Aug. 12: Mid-Collection Data Quality Analysis. If you wish to have your data reviewed, please submit before this date.
  • Aug. 28: Collection Closes. Data must be certified by 11:59 p.m.

SRM Collection and GAD Appeals

The 2023-24 SRM Collection is open until Wednesday, Sept. 11 at 11:59 p.m. EDT.

Graduation Rate Appeals Window: Appealable graduation and dropout rates are available in the GAD application as of Aug. 5. Additional information was communicated to GAD and MSDS authorized users.

CEPI will host a virtual office hours session on Friday, Aug. 30 from 10 - 11 a.m. This session will provide an overview of the GAD Appeals Checklist, with the majority of the time being open for questions regarding GAD.

August Section 23a claims:

  • Claims may be submitted in the 2023-24 SRM (through Sept. 11) or 2024-25 SRM Collection (opening Sept. 25).
  • Students who are age 20 as of Sept. 1, 2024 must be submitted in the 2023-24 SRM.

EL Exit Guidelines:

  • WIDA Proficient students in grades K-12 were automatically exited by CEPI and MDE on July 21. Do not submit exits for these students.
  • If you believe a student requires a manual exit, please refer to MDE's EL Exit Reporting Guidelines document.

REP Collection and Educator Effectiveness Appeals are Open

REP is currently open and will close at 11:59 p.m. on Dec. 1. Review the Fall 2024 REP Data Field Descriptions for updates to the fall submission. Some highlighted changes include

  • Field 20: Educator Effectiveness ratings and business rule changes.
  • Field 9: Date of Hire required for Vacant Funded positions to reflect vacancy start date.

The Educator Effectiveness Appeals window is open. For more information on how to submit an appeal, please see the Educator Effectiveness Appeals guide. The appeals window will end at 11:59 p.m. on Dec. 1.

FID: SE-4094 and SE-4096 Collections

The Special Education Transportation Expenditure Report (SE-4094) and Special Education Actual Cost Report (SE-4096) are now open in the FID application. District users should log into FID to complete and submit the forms to their intermediate school districts by:

  • SE-4096: Sept. 16
  • SE-4094: Sept. 24

ISDs will submit their own and all constituent district forms by 11:59 p.m.:

  • SE-4096: Sept. 30
  • SE-4094: Oct. 7

User support material is on the FID web page. If you have questions regarding how to submit the data in the FID, please contact CEPI customer support. For program-related questions regarding the SE-4094 or SE-4096, please contact Nichole Northern  from MDE's Office of Special Education at northernn2@michigan.gov and Troy Hansbarger for general education at hansbargert@michigan.gov.

MI School Data News

Visit MI School Data to view updates to the Parent Dashboard. School contact information has also been updated on the Parent Dashboard, Our Schools – At a Glance and the Annual Education Report.

As always, details of this update and upcoming reports will be available on the MI School Data News and Updates page.

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