CEPI Announcements: Sept. 18, 2024

 SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

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System Maintenance: CEPI Applications and MI School Data

CEPI applications and MI School Data will undergo maintenance on:

  • Sunday, Sept. 29 from 12 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. EDT. (While unlikely, there may be service interruptions during this 24-hour window.)
  • Sunday, Oct. 6 from 6 a.m. to noon EDT. (Intermittently offline.)

Only limited informational inquires will be available during these times.

MSDS Important Dates

MSDS is offline for system maintenance until the morning of Monday, Sept. 23 in preparation for the 2024-25 school year. Please plan accordingly. UIC services via the Michigan Data Hub remain available.

The following MSDS collections will open on Monday, Sept. 23:

  • 2024-25 Request for UIC
  • 2024-25 Student Record Maintenance
  • 2024-25 Migrant Teacher Student Data Link
  • Fall 2024 General
    • Oct. 2: Fall pupil membership count date
    • Oct. 24: Data quality checks performed on data submitted before this date
    • Nov. 6: Certification deadline
    • Nov. 13: Recertification deadline
  • Fall 2024 Early Childhood
    • Reporting Period: Beginning of program year through Oct. 31
    • Oct. 29: Data quality checks performed on data submitted before this date
    • Nov. 13: Certification deadline

SE-4094 and SE-4096 Closing

The Special Education Transportation Expenditure Report (SE-4094) and Special Education Actual Cost Report (SE-4096) are closing soon.

ISDs will submit their own and all constituent district forms by:

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

User support materials are on the FID web page. If you have questions regarding how to submit data in FID, please contact CEPI customer support.

For Special Education program questions regarding the SE-4094 or SE-4096, please contact Nichole Northern from MDE's Office of Special Education at northernn2@michigan.gov.

If you have General Education Transportation questions related to the SE-4094, please contact Troy Hansbarger at hansbargert@michigan.gov.

REP Navigation Training

CEPI is hosting a REP Navigation Training webinar on Oct. 14, 2024 from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. for new REP users who need help navigating the system. This includes information on the requirements for the REP submission and how to use the system.

Please use this link to register for the REP webinar.

MI School Data News

Statewide attendance among Michigan students increased to 90.8% in the 2023-24 school year, a 0.3% increase from the prior year. This is the second year in a row that attendance has improved. Chronic absenteeism declined in 2023-24, with 21,160 fewer chronically absent students than in 2022-23. Learn more and explore rates for different groups and locations in the Student Attendance Report on MI School Data.

We’ve also posted updates to the English Learner Student Growth report and the Parent Dashboard.

The Student Mobility report has been released in preview and will be publicly available within a week.

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

Words to Know

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