Baseline Year Year	Baseline Data
2018	78.38%

FFY	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Target >=	79.52%	79.52%	79.62%	80.52%	81.33%
Data	79.52%	76.82%	79.65%	78.38%	78.84%

########## Targets

FFY	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Target >=	78.38%	78.38%	78.58%	78.79%	79.19%	80.00%

########## FFY 2020 SPP/APR Data

Number of respondent parents who report schools facilitated parent involvement as a means of improving services and results for children with disabilities of respondent parents who report schools facilitated parent involvement as a means of improving services and results for children with disabilities	Total number of respondent parents of children with disabilities	FFY 2019 Data	FFY 2020 Target	FFY 2020 Data	Status	Slippage
1,821	2,318	78.84%	78.38%	78.56%	Met target	No Slippage

Since the State did not report preschool children separately, discuss the procedures used to combine data from school age and preschool surveys in a manner that is valid and reliable. LEAs provide the USBE with contact information for all students with disabilities that are on the LEA's student list. The par ent survey sample is based on the number of students with disabilities enrolled in the LEA. Parents who receive the survey are based on a statistical sampling of the LEA. The contact information provided by the LEA is sorted based on student grade, least restrictive environment code, and disability category. The sorted data is used to gather a representative sample of the LEA. The student data sorting procedure ensures that parents from all student groups are represented in the sample. All parents receive the same survey. Parents do not report whether their student is a preschool or a school age student. Survey collection procedures ensure both preschool and school age students are represented in an equitable way. Please refer to the 'Sampling Question' section below for additional discussion on how the USBE's data collection procedures ensure equi table representation among preschool and school age students. Once the surveys are completed for all LEAs in the survey sample, the data is aggregated to determine the state rate for Indicator 8. The USBE uses the expertise of a statistician to aggregate the data and increase the validity and reliability of the data.

########## The number of parents to whom the surveys were distributed.

7,265

########## Percentage of respondent parents

- 31.91%

########## Response Rate

FFY	2019	2020
Response Rate	26.05%	31.91%

Describe strategies that will be implemented which are expected to increase the response rate year over year, particularly for those groups that are underrepresented. Our overall response rate of 31.91% is quite high. This represents an increase from the 2019 - 2020 response rate of 26.05%. Even though results are representative for the state, we are taking steps to encourage more responses. To increase access to the survey, the USBE had a third party translate the survey and accompanying introduction letter into Vietnamese, Tongan, Farsi, Arabic, and Somali - the most common languages spoken in the state beyond English and Spanish. One LEA also requested translation of the survey into Marshallese as several parents in the LEA speak Marshallese as a primary language. This was approved and completed. Additionally, this was the second year the survey had a digital option for families who provided an email address and whose primary language was either English and/or Spanish. LEA Special Education Directors stated the digital survey provided additional access to families, contributing to an increase in returned surveys in both English and Spanish. The first mailing of the paper surveys included the following languages and quantities: English (1220), Spanish (100), Arabic (4), Farsi (1), Somali (3), Tongan (2), Vietnamese (1), Marshallese (6 - introductory letter was sent in English and will be sent in Marshallese in the future. The letter was not translated in time for distribution). The online survey was sent in English (5619) and Spanish (381). The second mailing of the parent surveys included the following languages and quantities: English (4654), Spanish (419), Arabic (4), Farsi (1), Somali (3), Tongan (2), Vietnamese (1), Marshallese (3 - Parent letter was sent in English). The USBE works proactively with families, organizations, and LEAs to provide technical assistance and support to ensure parents are involved in their stu dent's education and LEAs are compliant with parental involvement/engagement as set forth in the IDEA. Parent involvement is a cornerstone of the IDEA and Utah is a state that values and honors parent rights. Parent involvement is a priority area addressed through multiple aspects of the USBE's general supervision obligation.