Texas Education Agency

Special Education Compliance Status (SpECS) 2000

September 20, 2000

SPECIAL EDUCATION COMPLIANCE STATUS (SpECS) 2000

Beginning with 1999-2000 school year, the Texas Education Agency is required to determine the special education compliance status (SpECS) of each school district and charter school in the state. For the 1999-2000 school year, the Agency determined the SpECS of each school district and charter school in accordance with the methodology described below. The SpECS of each school district and charter school is based upon information available to the Agency as of August 31, 2000.

1.Desk Audit: Compliant

Based on the Agency’s analysis of the special education program data of every eligible school district and charter school (i.e., a “desk audit”), the Agency selected certain school districts and charter schools for either an on-site monitoring visit or a self-evaluation review. All school districts and charter schools not selected for either an on-site monitoring visit or a self-evaluation review were assigned the status Desk Audit: Compliant, unless the school district or charter school received an on-site review of its special education program during the 1999-2000 school year or was required, during the 1999-2000 school year, to implement corrective actions relating to outstanding compliance discrepancies resulting from an on-site monitoring review conducted prior to the 1999-2000 school year. The special education compliance status (SpECS) of each such school district and charter school was determined in accordance with the descriptions below.

2.Desk Audit: Self-Evaluation Required

This is the SpECS assigned to each school district and charter school for which the Agency’s analysis of special education program data resulted in the school district or charter school being required to conduct a self-evaluation review during the 1999-2000 school year.

3.Desk Audit: Site Visit Pending

This is the SpECS assigned to each school district and charter school for which the Agency’s analysis of special education program data resulted in a decision to conduct an on-site monitoring visit to the school district or charter school and, as of the end of the 1999-2000 school year, the visit had not been completed.

4.Site-Visit: Compliant

This is the SpECS assigned to each school district and charter school which received an on-site monitoring visit of its special education program during the 1999-2000 school year (whether the result of the Agency’s analysis of special education program data or for other reasons) and no compliance discrepancies were cited by the Agency.

5.Site-Visit: Corrective Action Compliant

This is the SpECS assigned to each school district and charter school involved in the implementation of corrective actions during the 1999-2000 school year (based on compliance discrepancies noted during an on-site monitoring visit by the Agency) which resulted in a finding by the Agency that the corrective actions were sufficient to bring the school district or charter school into compliance with federal and state laws relating to special education.

6.Site-Visit: Corrective Action Required (Under Review by TEA)

This is the SpECS assigned to each school district and charter school involved in the implementation of corrective actions during the 1999-2000 school year (based on compliance discrepancies noted during an on-site monitoring visit by the Agency), and the corrective actions are still being reviewed for sufficiency by the Agency as of August 31, 2000.

7.Site-Visit: Corrective Action Required (Unresolved)

This is the SpECS assigned to each school district and charter school involved in the implementation of corrective actions during the 1999-2000 school year (based on compliance discrepancies noted during an on-site monitoring visit by the Agency), and the Agency has responded to the corrective actions and discrepancies continue to be unresolved.

8.Sanctions Imposed: Unresolved Corrective Actions

This is the SpECS assigned to each school district and charter school involved in the implementation of corrective actions during the 1999-2000 school year (based on compliance discrepancies noted during an on-site monitoring visit by the Agency), and the failure of the school district or charter school to adequately address outstanding discrepancies has resulted in the imposition of one or more sanctions by the Agency.

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