Annual SPED Data Collection

The Annual SPED Data Collection is an annual federal data reporting requirement, mandated under IDEA 2004 Section 618 and the State Performance Plan/Annual Performance Report (SPP/APR).

Important Dates

ESS Discipline Data Collection (DDC) was an initiative to improve the collection, use, and reporting of safety and discipline incident data for use in IDEA data reporting. Discipline data is extracted for the ESS Annual Data application.

Outside of special education discipline reporting, there is currently no other unit that discipline data for reporting purposes. This means that the only information that is required to be submitted into ESS DDC is discipline incidents for students with disabilities. Specifically, incidents which lead to the removal of the child from the educational environment (suspension, expulsion, etc.)

This application is not used to support general education discipline data, any questions related to that information should be forwarded to the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) as they primarily now oversee that data collection. The application will no longer allow no special education information to be submitted.

Supporting Documents coming soon for FY21.

Manual entry and XML upload feature will open on March 15, 2021.

  • XML Schema (Student Information Systems updated in FY20 do not require to be updated for FY21 XML exports) 

Annual SPED Data Collection Reports and Federal Citations

Instructions General

SPED Exit Flow Chart

FAQ: General

FAQ: ADEConnect

Flowchart: Reporting Requirements for PEA Types

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