QUESTIONS AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT Questions pertaining to student approval should be directed to: Illinois State Board of Education Jamie Johnson Phone: (217) 782-5256 Fax: (217) 782-3910 Email: Questions pertaining to State Performance Plan Indicators 8, 11, and 13 should be directed to: Shuwan Chiu Illinois State Board of Education Data Analysis Division 100 North First Street Springfield, Illinois 62777-0001 Phone: (217) 782-3950 Fax: (217) 524-7784 Email: Questions pertaining to the operation of I-Star should be directed to: Harrisburg Project 512 North Main Harrisburg, Illinois 62946 Phone: (800) 635-5274 Fax: (618) 252-0704 Email: SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS The names of all students receiving services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) via an IEP or ISP services must be entered in the Student Information System (SIS) in order to generate an approval record in I-Star. You must enter the student’s resident district and school. For selected fund codes, you must also enter the student’s serving district and school. In general, the resident district and/or the special education cooperative to which that district belongs are authorized to report student data. However, the serving district for nonpublic parochial students with an ISP who are being served outside their resident district must report these students (Fund Code L only) as long as the student is not dually enrolled. If a student has changed resident districts but will be claimed for a portion of the 2017-18 school year in the reporting district, add the student’s end date in I-Star and complete the Reason for Exit. The end date entered in I-Star must align with the exit date recorded in SIS.
Local Education Agency Category Serving Serving Fund Fund Description District School F Orphanage Act Private Facilities D Orphanage Act Group Programs Two 6’s Provided by ISBE 7 within Serving District, E J Private Res Facility Public District Extraordinary 2 6 8 1 4, 3, E 7, 4, 3, E 8, 3, E A, 3, E H Phillip J. Rock 7 P Home School 2 6 1 4, 3, E 7, 3, 4, E A, 3, E N Nonpublic School Students NOT Receiving Services For 2 6 8 1 0 B (Same as above) U Public School Students NOT Receiving Services For 2 6 8 1 0 B (Same as above) Local Education Agency Category Serving Serving Fund Fund Description District School A IDEA Child Count Categories 2 6 8 1 0 B (State- Authorized Charter Schools: Prairie Crossing, Southland, McKinley Park, LEARN, Amandla, Bronzeville Lighthouse, Betty Shabazz International 4, E 7, 4, E 8, E A, E A, E X Excess Cost: Students in district/coop programs > 4 times district per cap 2 6 8 1 0 B (Same as above) 4, E 7, 4, E 8, E A, E A, E B Private Day Residential Facilities Out-of-State Public E Orphanage Act Individual District/Coop Programs 2 6 8 1 0 B (Same as above) 4, E 7, 4, E 8, E A, E A, E K IDEA Child Count Public & Nonpublic 2 6 8 1 B (Same as above) 4, 3, E 7, 3, 4, E 8, 3, E A, 3, E B, 3, E L IDEA Child Count Nonpublic Not Enrolled 2 6 8 1 B (Same as above) 4, 3, E 7, 3, 4, E 8, 3, E A, 3, E 3, E Local Education Agency CATEGORY NUMBERS 0 Public: Intermediate Service Centers 1 ROE 2 Public: Districts 3 Nonpublic Schools 4 Public: Schools 6 Public: Sp. Ed. Coop Districts 7 Public: Sp. Ed. Coop Schools 8 Public: Other State-Funded Districts & Schools A Public: Regional Programs & Schools B Charter Schools
The Illinois State Performance Plan Indicator 8 requires ISBE to conduct a survey of parents of students with disabilities. ISBE will be sending this survey annually to a random sample of parents of students with disabilities. Districts will not be required to conduct these parent surveys, but the following fields are required components for student I-Star records: Resident Address Resident City Resident State Resident ZIP Code This address should be the address of the parent/guardian who makes the educational decisions on behalf of the student. These fields are not required for I-Star records using Fund Codes N or U. STATE PERFORMANCE PLAN INDICATOR 11 Indicator 11 measures the percentage of students with initial parental consent to evaluate who were evaluated and had eligibility determined within 60 school days. A school day is defined as a pupil attendance day based on the evaluating district’s official calendar submitted annually to ISBE. The evaluating district is the resident district of the student at the time of the initial eligibility determination, unless the student has been parentally placed in a nonpublic school (Fund Code L or P). The evaluating district for students parentally placed in a nonpublic school (Fund Code L or P) is the district whose boundaries include the area where the nonpublic school is physically located. Indicator 11 data is required for all student records. I-Star records without Indicator 11 data will result in errors. If Indicator 11 data is not provided, one of the following reason codes must be entered to avoid an error: 01 Initial eligibility determination was completed prior to August 1, 2006. 02 Initial eligibility determination completed when the student was a resident of another district. 03 The student was referred from the Child and Family Connections office and the IEP team determined further evaluation was unnecessary. (This code is only applicable for students transitioning from Early Intervention to Early Childhood Special Education at age 3). Please note: Only initial parental consent and eligibility determination dates should be reported. Do not provide re-evaluation dates. For students who had an initial eligibility determination after August 1, 2006, the following information is required to avoid an error: Date initial parental consent for evaluation signed (i.e., the date that the parents sign the consent form). Date initial eligibility determination completed (i.e., the date of the eligibility determination meeting).