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April 19, 2024
Updates in this email:
Minnesota Common Course Catalogue (MCCC) will be used to collect class size information as required by Minnesota Statutes 2023, section 126C.12, subdivision 7. Districts need to report class size ratio by each scheduled course section offered at a school. This will require that the MCCC data is reported. MDE selected MCCC for the class size data submission because MCCC is used to collect other mandatory data submissions from districts.
Districts will submit data using MCCC based on the number of students in each section connected to the teacher of record assigned to the class and also the average student to teacher ratio at the school. Submit the class size data through MCCC by October 31, 2024 to meet the 2023-24 class size data reporting requirement. Please pass this onto the person collecting this information. They would benefit by reviewing how the section and student section association is set up in your district's student information system that you will use to report the information to MCCC.
The Minnesota Statutes 2023, section 126C.12, subdivision 7 states: "A school district must annually report the district's class size ratios by each grade to the commissioner of education in the form and manner specified by the commissioner. The department must annually submit a report beginning December 1, 2024, to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 education detailing the statewide ratios by grade starting with the 2023-2024 school year."
For support with MCCC, please contact Karen Millette or the mde_helpdeskmccc@state.mn.us. For support with Ed-Fi, please contact Ed-Fi Support.
The Hmong Early Childhood Coalition partnered with MDE to create a toolkit for teachers to use as they get ready for incoming Hmong kindergarteners and their families. Families and prekindergarten and kindergarten teachers informed the content of these materials. Watch the video to hear directly from parents of incoming kindergarteners. You can find this toolkit on the Kindergarten Transitions website or download the Supporting Hmong Families: Transitions into Kindergarten document.
The sixth webinar in the MDE and Fond Du Lac Tribal and Community College series “Strengthening Community by Lifting the Voices of Indigenous Special Education Staff” will be on the topic of Native Voices Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports. The event will be held Wednesday, April 24, 2024 from 3:30 to 5 p.m. on Zoom. CEUs are available. More information is available from MDE State Personnel Development Grant (SPDG) Coordinator Dr. Becky Gerdes.
Register on the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities website for the SPDG Webinar – April 24, 2024 – Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports: What Does This Mean for Native Children? The Zoom link to the session is sent with your registration confirmation. If you do not receive a confirmation, please verify your email address is current.
MARSS collects student data for the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) from all Local Education Agencies (LEAs). Data collected via MARSS is used for a variety of purposes, including state aid and levy calculations as well as a whole host of other revenue calculations. The data submitted by MARSS coordinators is critical to the ongoing funding of schools in Minnesota. For example, in Fiscal Year 2024 misreporting a single student could result in a loss of the basic formula allowance of $7,138 per student plus the other student driven allowances such as compensatory, gifted and talented, local optional, referendum, etc. Minn. Stat. 126C.10, subd. 2 (2023). The School Finance division has additional information about MARSS and the dedicated staff who manage the data on the MDE website.
Please refer to the MARSS Student Accounting webpage for a memo titled “The Importance of MARSS” for additional information.
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