For your records, please see the Oklahoma State Department of Education, Office of Special Education Services Topical Directory.
Attendance and behavior information was recently added to the Review of Existing Data page. Currently, these new fields are set up to only allow numbers to be entered. This has posed a problem for students who may have multiple tardies that lead to absences reported, or be new to the district, and attendance/behavior information from the previous district is not available, even when calling the previous district multiple times to obtain this information. PCG is releasing a feature that will allow for text in these fields. If attendance/behavior information from the previous district is not available, the user can enter ‘unknown’ or ‘not available' due to previous district not responding with the information, or further explanation about the student's absences or behavior incidents.
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*NEW* EdPlan Restraint Seclusion Report Guidance
- IDEA Private School Consultation Process Guidance
- Alternate Diploma for Parents Guidance
- Physical Restraint Guidance
The Office of Special Education Services through the State Systemic Improvement Plan (SSIP) seeks to improve the outcomes of early literacy in K-3 students with a primary focus on students with disabilities.
Within the framework of the SSIP, the Office of Special Education Services (with the State Personnel Development Grant (SPDG)) has developed a resource platform to provide information regarding the following topics: evidence-based practices, sustainable teaming, data driven decisions, and continuous school improvement. Constantly updated, the platform encourages educators to utilize resources for K-3 early literacy improvement. You can access the table directly from the Oklahoma MTSS Webpage.
Asthma is one of the most common chronic childhood illnesses in the United States, affecting nearly 7 million children. Although common, asthma can be challenging to manage, and its impact on the well-being of children and families ripples through communities nationwide. To aid schools and students with this chronic issue, the state of Oklahoma has passed legislation to allow and fund stock inhalers in schools. In 2019, Senate Bill 381 passed, allowing schools to elect to provide stock inhalers in their districts. 70 O.S. § 1-116.3 outlines the school requirements concerning stock inhalers. For the 2023-2024 school year, Senate Bill 36X has appropriated $250,000 to school districts to fund stock inhalers and single-use spacers in schools. Every district can apply for one stock inhaler per school building for the 2023-2024 school year through OSDE. The invoice can be submitted to sdeaccountspayable@sde.ok.gov.
If your district is anticipating more than 1.0 percent of your testing population (Grades 3-8, and 11) will participate in the OAAP/DLM testing in the 2024 spring operational window, the survey: “2024 Justification for Exceeding 1.0 % in OAAP Participation” must be completed online by March 1, 2024.
If your district is not expecting to exceed the cap, no action is required. The survey is designed to be completed by someone at the administrative level with special education and state testing knowledge. It may be completed by either the District Testing Coordinator, Special Education Director, or someone in a similar position.
Public Notice and Comment Period for the 2023-2024 1.0 Percent Waiver Extension Request Pursuant to 34 C.F.R. §200.6(c)(4) is now open.
OSDE is requesting that Special Education Directors submit a public comment regarding the plan, timeline, and progress we have made implementing the plan described in the waiver. Unfortunately, the data is not available at this time. We will post the data as soon as we receive it. The US Department of Education considers waivers with public comments to have met the public interest threshold defined in section 8401(d)(2)(B) of ESEA.
Public comments must be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m. on Friday, December 1, 2023.
REMINDER: Project 615 budget applications must be submitted by December 1, 2023. Districts not submitting an application by December 1 will forfeit their allocation.
Based on new legislation, Oklahoma has a new graduation pathway for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities. The new state-defined alternate diploma is available for the school year 2023-2034. Following graduation, students who graduate with an alternate diploma must be afforded a Free Appropriate Public Education through the school year in which the student turns 22 years of age. This change will require districts to provide additional services through the Extended Secondary Transition Program. More information is available regarding the following:
The Oklahoma State Department of Education, Office of Special Education Services will continue to hold Secondary Transition/Alternate Diploma Collaborative meetings monthly beginning in August.
Zoom meetings will typically be held on the 4th Thursday of each month at 3:00 p.m., except for holidays/school vacation weeks.
The schedule of monthly sessions and known topics through the November of 2023 are listed below:
Join us via Zoom for all sessions scheduled through November 2023.
Meeting ID: 160 702 2023
Passcode: 393839
OSDE-SES is providing Transition Technical Assistance through a temporary, part-time Secondary Transition Program Specialist. Assistance to schools/districts will be available through various formats to include e-mail, phone, virtual (via Microsoft Teams) and/or in-person. Please use this link to complete a Transition Technical Assistance Request for your school/district regarding Secondary Transition topics, including the new Alternate Diploma and 18-22 Transition Programs. For brief questions and/or more information about Transition Technical Assistance, please contact Claudia Beckner or Lori Chesnut.
There is still time to register for Pathways to Proficient Reading, a comprehensive, online training course being funded by the Oklahoma State Department of Education. Register by November 30th and learn how to provide effective literacy instruction to all students including those with dyslexia. The asynchronous course features AIM's community of practice sessions with trained AIM facilitators to support implementation in the classroom. Learn more and Register today. #Dyslexia #IDAAccreditedTraining
Connect your MTSS implementation efforts with the OKMTSS training. Join us on Thursday, November 30th from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM. Prepare to discuss graphed student level data with baseline and ainline, along with Tier II and III supports.
Please view the OKMTSS Community of Practice Flyer for more information.
DPlan has a suite of tools and services from the Public Consulting Group (PCG) that helps document a plan for student success, not only for students with disabilities in special education but including students who are non-disabled regarding both academic and behavior. The OSDE has purchased the OKMTSS suite which is EDPlan’s early warning and intervention management system with web-based tools designed to identify students at risk, then seamlessly create and manage academic and behavior interventions within a framework of multi-tiered supports and services. These tools integrate all relevant data sources to generate insightful reports that answer critical questions about individual students, classrooms, grade levels, and school sites, providing data-driven planning in the areas of reading, math, and behavior.
If your district is interested, there will be a live webinar to conduct an overview of the EDPlan OKMTSS Intervention Management regarding the tools and interventions within the system. The live webinar is repeated over four different days for your district to choose from: Dec. 5, 7, 12, and 14 of 2023 from Noon to 1:30 p.m. The targeted participants are members of the district's MTSS leadership team, which would include at least one general education teacher.
Please use the OKMTSS Flyer to join the training session.
The Oklahoma School for the Deaf is pleased to present the 2024 statewide Deaf Education Conference.
Professionals in the field of deaf education will come together, engage in dynamic workshops, connect with colleagues, and identify pathways to empowering students through access, language, and literacy. Attendees will include early interventionists, early childhood specialists, teachers of the deaf, and educational interpreters.
The pre-conference will be held June 3-4, 2024.
The conference will be held June 5-6, 2024.
Registration is now open.
We hope you can join us for the 2024 Oklahoma Law Conference. This conference is designed for general and special education administrators and teachers, service providers, lawyers and others involved in developing and supporting special education services for children with disabilities and their families.
Most sessions will require attendees to have a background in special education procedures and practice in order to apply the information to work or advocacy responsibilities. Registration is complimentary.
 
The Oklahoma State Department of Education, Office of Special Education Services will be holding their CPI 2-day Regional Trainings for you to send 4 employees to get blue card certified.
ONLY 40 people will be able to attend each session, so make sure you register ASAP! Waiting lists have been opened for spots that are sold out.
NOTE: A waitlist has opened for the sessions, if the session is full follow the link to join the waitlist.
2023 - First Semester
2024 - Second Semester -
- January 11-12, 2024 - Tulsa, Oklahoma - Tulsa Tech, Riverside Campus
- February 8-9, 2024 - Lawton, Oklahoma - Bishop Public Schools, Gym
- March 14-15, 2024 - Afton, Oklahoma - Northeast Technology - Afton Campus
- April 11-12, 2024 - Guymon, Oklahoma - TBD
CPI is approved through Project 613 for substitutes, travel, and lodging. Keep in mind lodging must be at least 60 miles one way. Questions can be directed to Megan Salisbury.
The OSDE-SES is pleased to offer five regional trainings to empower educators to effectively teach transition skills and monitor student progress. This training will demonstrate how to implement effective instructional practices to teach transition skills to students with significant cognitive and adaptive disabilities who participate in the Oklahoma Alternate Assessment Program (OAAP). Special educators and paraprofessionals will learn to use data collection, task analysis (forward and backward chaining), and prompting (when and how to use prompts, how to fade prompts) to enable students to make progress toward their postsecondary and annual transition goals.
The Oklahoma State Department of Education, Office of Special Education Services will be holding their 2nd Annual Paraprofessional Conference.
Second Semester
Registration is now OPEN for districts to send their SUPPORT STAFF to attend the 2nd Annual Paraprofessional Conference for their yearly Professional Development. Make sure you register for the ONE location you would like to attend before all the spots are filled! Seats are limited! Once you are registered, make sure to PRINT YOUR TICKET!
Districts can use Project 613 funds to pay for substitutes, travel, and lodging. Lodging must be over 60 miles.
NOTE: The dates of the conferences in the Fall of 2023 and Spring of 2024 may interfere with some districts Fall and Spring breaks. The city, date and venues of the conferences were selected before the districts school calendars were made public. Thank you for understanding and we hope to see your support staff at one of the locations of the Paraprofessional Conferences.
If you have any questions/concerns please contact Megan Salisbury and/or Abby Johnson.
If your district employs educational interpreters, please verify that they are on the OSDE Educational Interpreter Registry. All interpreters in an educational setting are required to be on the registry and are required to obtain yearly CEUs.
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