Attached is a PD-6 form, Report of Personnel Employed or Needed to Provide Special Education and Related Services to Students with Disabilities. It must be completed by all school districts, Boards of Cooperative Educational Services, Charter Schools, selected State agencies, State-operated schools, State-supported schools, and approved private schools for students with disabilities. This report is designed to collect full-time equivalent (FTE) data on or about December 1, 2005, regarding special education personnel who are currently employed according to their certification status and vacancies. The New York State Education Department is required to report these data to the United States Department of Education (USDOE) pursuant to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) [P.L. 108-446, Section 618(a)(3)]. All schools have been issued a User ID and password and must submit this report through our website at http://pd.nysed.gov. Paper copies of this report will not be accepted. The due date is February 2, 2006.

As compared to the PD-6 form for 2004-2005, the PD-6 form for 2005-2006 is revised in the following ways:

• The column for Modified License has been removed. These licenses are no longer valid and were only issued in the 2003-04 and 2004-05 school years. Please see http://www.p12.nysed.gov/specialed/publications/persprep/templicense.htm for additional information.

• A new column, “Not Fully Certified” has been added to collect the full-time-equivalent number of teachers who are needed to meet the identified needs of students with disabilities, but because appropriately certified personnel are not available to fill the position, the position is filled temporarily with not fully certified personnel. Please note, last year’s directions were to report such personnel in the “Vacant but Funded Positions” column.

• “Supplementary Certificates” have been added as another credential type to be included in the “Provisional Certification or Initial Certificate” column. For additional information regarding this certificate, please see http://www.regents.nysed.gov/2004Meetings/December2004/1204heppca7.htm.

• In some cases two certification/position titles are listed in the same line. These are for the pre and post February 2004 K-12 certificates for disability specific titles (blind/visually impaired, deaf/hearing impaired, speech and language).

• Directions have been revised to direct approved private schools for students with disabilities to report general education teachers who are not certified as special education teachers to be reported in the “Not Fully Certified” column. In previous years, directions were to count such teachers in the “Other Professional Staff” title.

• Teachers of English as a Second Language and Teachers of English as a Second Language-Bilingual are eliminated from list of personnel titles for which data are required.

During the 2005-2006 school year, Strategic Evaluation Data Collection, Analysis and Reporting (SEDCAR) personnel may be available to conduct a limited number of regional training programs regarding the various special education data forms (i.e., the PD forms). If you feel that such training would be useful to the data managers in your area, please contact your local Special Education Training and Resource Center (SETRC). The data collected through the PD forms are used in one or more of the following reports and activities:

• Pocketbook of Goals and Results for Individuals with Disabilities

• Chapter 655 Report to the Governor and the Legislature on the Status of the State’s Schools

• Special Education Quality Assurance Reviews

• School District Report Cards

• BOCES Report Cards

• Charter School Report Cards

• Calculations to identify instances of possible race/ethnicity disproportionality

• Other reports required by State or federal statutes

• Evaluation of programs and policies

If you have any questions or are in need of assistance in completing this report, please contact the SEDCAR Unit.

Specific questions regarding certification/licensure requirements should be directed to the Office of Higher Education, Office of Teaching Initiatives at (518) 474-3901 or e-mail your questions to tcert@mail.nysed.gov. You may also visit their website at http://www.highered.nysed.gov/tcert/. This office is located at New York State Education Department, 5N Education Building, Albany, New York, 12234.

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The University of the State of New York
THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
Office of Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities (VESID)
Strategic Evaluation Data Collection, Analysis and Reporting
One Commerce Plaza – Room 1613
Albany, NY 12234-0001

Teacher of the Speech and Hearing Handicapped-with SLP License or Teacher of Speech and Language Disabilities-(all grades) with SLP License (Lines 05, 29)

This category includes certified teachers of the speech and hearing handicapped or teachers of speech and language disabilities who also hold a New York State license as a Speech Language Pathologist (SLP).

Non-Professional Staff (Line 67)

This personnel category may include secretaries and clerks having special education assignments. This category should not be used to report teacher aides. Teacher aides are to be reported in Lines 16, 17, 41 and 42. Do not report janitorial and maintenance personnel in this category.

The following website will provide you useful information related to certification requirements:
http://www.highered.nysed.gov/tcert/