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THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK / ALBANY, NY 12234 |
To: | Special Education Data Managers of
Public Schools Special Education Data Managers of Selected State Agencies Special Education Data Managers of Selected Approved Private Schools with Article 81 Placements, Including Special Act School Districts Chief School Officers of Approved Charter Schools |
Date: September 2006 |
From: | Inni Barone |
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Subject: | PD-8 – Report of
Students with Disabilities Subject to Disciplinary Removal During the
2006-2007 School Year.
Important: Due Date is Between July 1, 2007 and August 10, 2007. |
Attached is a PD-8 form for your use in reporting in-school suspensions, out-of-school suspensions and removals to interim alternative education settings (IAES) of preschool and school-age students with disabilities who are the responsibility of your school district/agency/program during the period July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2007. Also requested in a new table this year are the numbers of school-age students with disabilities and the number of nondisabled students who received and did not receive educational services during expulsion. The instructions and tables contained in this form have been developed in a manner fully consistent with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and instructions provided by the United States Department of Education (USDOE).
All schools must submit this report electronically through the PD web-based system at http://pd.nysed.gov or through the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) process. Paper copies of this report will not be accepted. A User ID and password to access the PD web-based system has been mailed to the school district contact person identified in the PD web-based system. If your school has a new contact person, or did not get this information, please contact our office. Please note, if your school district has the capability of submitting PD-8 data through the FTP process, the User Name and password for that process are different from the User ID and password that has been assigned to the contact person to submit PD data through the web-based system. If your school district needs a User Name and password to submit data through the FTP process, please contact this office.
The due date for this report is between July 1, 2007 and August 10, 2007. Paper copies of this report will not be accepted. Your timely and accurate completion of this report is required in order to ensure full compliance with federal reporting requirements.
Compared to the PD-8 form issued for 2005-2006, the PD-8 form for 2006-2007 has been modified in the following ways:
As required under IDEA, section 612(a)(22), the New York State Education Department will examine these data, including data disaggregated by race and ethnicity, to determine if significant discrepancies are occurring in the rates of long-term suspensions and expulsions of students with disabilities among the local education agencies (LEA) in the State. Based on data analysis, the State will review or require the review and, if appropriate, the revision of policies, procedures, and practices related to development and implementation of IEPs, the use of behavior interventions, and procedural safeguards to ensure that these policies, procedures and practices comply with IDEA. Also, in accordance with section 613(f) of IDEA, if suspension data are significantly disproportionate, based on race/ethnicity, the local educational agencies will be required to reserve 15 percent of their IDEA funds to provide comprehensive, coordinated early intervening services to serve children in the LEA, particularly children in those groups where there is significant discrepancy related to disproportionality.
During 2006-2007, 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 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:
If you have any questions or are in need of assistance in completing this report, please contact SEDCAR by using the contact information provided in the letterhead. Thank you.
Attachment
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
Instructions: |
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Check this box if no students with disabilities received in-school suspension or out-of-school suspensions/expulsions for disciplinary reasons, or were removed to an Interim Alternative Education Setting during the 2006-2007 school year. If this box is checked, and you have submitted this information through our website at http://pd.nysed.gov, your report is complete. |
School District Information |
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(Enter 12-digit SED Code Below) |
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SCHOOL
DISTRICT NAME |
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ADDRESS
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Contact Person Information* |
Director of
Special Education
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TELEPHONE
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TELEPHONE (include Area Code) | ||||||||||||||
FAX NUMBER (include Area Code) |
FAX NUMBER (include Area Code) | ||||||||||||||
E-MAIL
ADDRESS |
E-MAIL ADDRESS |
*All correspondence from SEDCAR will be directed to the contact person identified in the PD web based data entry system at http://pd.nysed.gov. Please keep the contact person information current, including the e-mail address as most communication will occur via e-mail.
In-School Suspension (ISS) (Tables 1 and 2, Column 4) – Instances in which the child is temporarily removed from his/her regular classroom(s) for disciplinary purposes but remains under the direct supervision of school personnel. Direct supervision means school personnel are physically in the same location as students under their supervision. This term does not include behavioral intervention such as “time-out” nor disciplinary detentions that are administered before or after the students’ school day.
Out-of-School Suspension (Tables 1 and 2, Column 2) - Instances in which a child is temporarily removed from his/her regular school for disciplinary purposes to another setting (e.g., home, behavior center). This includes both removals in which no IEP services are provided because the removal is 10 days or less and removals in which the child continues to receive services according to his/her IEP.
Expulsion (Tables 1, 2 and 3) – An action taken by the local educational agency (LEA) removing a student from his/her regular school for disciplinary purposes for the remainder of the school year or longer in accordance with LEA policy. Include removals resulting from violations of the Gun Free Schools Act that are modified to less than 365 days.
Unilateral Removal to an Interim Alternative Educational Setting (Tables 1 and 2, Section 1) – Instances in which school personnel (not the CPSE or CSE) order the removal of students with disabilities from their current educational placement to an appropriate IAES determined by the CSE or CPSE for the same amount of time that students without disabilities would be subject to discipline, but for not more than 45 school days, if the students carry a weapon to school or to a school function, knowingly possess or use illegal drugs while at school or a school function, or sells or solicits the sale of a controlled substance while at school or a school function or inflicts serious bodily injury upon another person while at school, on school premises, or at a school function. (See definitions in Part 201 of the Commissioner’s Regulations.)
Removal by an Impartial Hearing Officer (Tables 1 and 2, Section 3) – Those instances in which an impartial hearing officer orders the removal of students with disabilities from their current educational placement to an appropriate IAES for not more than 45 school days based on the impartial hearing officer’s determination that the public agency has demonstrated by substantial evidence that maintaining the current placement is substantially likely to result in injury to the student and/or to others. Impartial hearing officer means an impartial hearing officer as defined in subdivision (x) of section 200.1 of the Commissioner’s Regulations who is appointed to conduct an impartial hearing or expedited due process hearing pursuant to Education Law section 4404(1). Such term shall not include a hearing officer designated by a superintendent of schools to conduct a superintendent's hearing pursuant to Education Law section 3214.3(c).
Disciplinary Removal – Any instance in which a child is removed from his/her educational placement for disciplinary purposes, including in-school suspension, out-of-school suspension, expulsion, removal by school personnel to an IAES for drug or weapon offenses or serious bodily injury, and removal by hearing officer for likely injury to self or others.
Drug offenses (Tables 1 and 2, Section 1, Column B) – The use, possession, sale, or solicitation of drugs as identified in 21 U.S.C. §812; these offenses do not include use, possession, sale, or solicitation of alcohol or tobacco.
Dangerous weapon (Tables 1 and 2, Section 1, Column C) – A weapon, device, instrument, material, or substance, animate or inanimate, that is used for, or is readily capable of causing death or serious bodily injury, except that such a term does not include a pocket knife with a blade of less than 2 ˝ inches in length (18 U.S.C. §930).
Serious Bodily Injury (Tables 1 and 2, Section 1, Column D)- A bodily injury that involves a substantial risk of death; extreme physical pain; protracted and obvious disfigurement; or protracted loss of impairment of the function of a bodily member, organ or faculty (18 U.S.C. section 1365(3)(h)).
Limited English Proficient (LEP) (Table 2 ) - A child who meets the definition of a limited English proficient IEP child under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, 20 U.S.C Section 7801(A)(25). LEP status should reflect the child’s status at the time of the removal.
Race/ethnicity (Table 2)- Students with disabilities’ race/ethnicity must be reported consistently on all PD forms and other Department data collection instruments such as the Basic Education Data System (BEDS) enrollment report.. Each student must be reported in only one of the race/ethnicity categories described below. We recommend the parents be provided an opportunity to designate their children as belonging to one race/ethnicity category. If they are unable to choose among the categories, school district personnel must use their best judgment and report the student in the category based on the group to which the student appears to belong, identifies with, or is regarded in the community as belonging. Please note, reporting students in the “multi-racial (not of Hispanic origin)” category is optional.
American Indian
or |
A person
having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America
(including Central America), and who maintains tribal affiliation or
community attachment. |
Asian or Pacific Islander |
A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, or the Pacific Islands. This area includes, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam. The Pacific Islands include Hawaii, Guam, and Samoa. |
Black or African American |
A person having origins in any of the Black racial groups of Africa. |
Hispanic or Latino |
A person of
Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish
culture or origin, regardless of race.
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White (Not of Hispanic Origin) |
A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa. |
Multi-Racial (not of Hispanic Origin) |
This is not a required reporting category, however, if school districts
report students in this category in the fall 2006 BEDS enrollment report
and 12/1/06, PD-1/4 report, they must also report students in the same
category in this report. The definition of this category is, a person
having origins in two or more of the categories of people classified as
American Indian or Alaska Native, Black or African American (not of
Hispanic Origin), Asian or Pacific Islander, or White (not of Hispanic
Origin). Note: Any person of Hispanic of Latino origin, in whole or in
part, should be reported as Hispanic or Latino. |
Total |
The unduplicated total across the race/ethnicity designations. |
The columns found in Table 1 are repeated in Table 2, and all students reported in Table 1 must also be reported in Table 2 three times: once by race/ethnicity, with the total on Line 7; once by gender, with the total on Line 10 and once by limited English proficiency, with the total on Line 13. Every column total in Table 1 must be equal to the corresponding column totals on Lines 7, 10 and 13 of Table 2.
Please review definitions and instructions beginning on page 3 before completing this Table.
Students with Disabilities |
1. Unilateral Removals to an IAES by School Personnel |
2. Number of Students Removed to an IAES Based on an Impartial Hearing Officer Determination Regarding Likely Injury |
3. Out-of-School Suspensions or Expulsions |
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Disability |
A. Unduplicated Count of Students Reported in Columns 1B,1C and 1D1 |
B. Number of Times Students were Removed for Drugs2 |
C. Number of Times Students were Removed for Weapons2 |
D. Number of Times Students were Removed for Serious Bodily Injury2 |
Unduplicated Count of Students |
A. Number of Students with Disabilities with Out-of-School Suspensions/Expulsions Totaling 10 Days or Less |
B. Number of Students with Disabilities with Out-of-School Suspensions/Expulsions Totaling More Than 10 Days |
1. Autism |
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2. Emotional Disturbance |
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3. Learning Disability |
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4. Mental Retardation |
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5. Deafness |
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6. Hearing Impairment |
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7. Speech or Language Impairment | |||||||
8. Visual Impairment Including Blindness |
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9. Orthopedic Impairment |
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10. Other health Impairment | |||||||
11. Multiple Disabilities | |||||||
12. Deaf-Blindness | |||||||
13. Traumatic Brain Injury | |||||||
14. Preschool Student with a Disability | |||||||
15. Total |
1The number of students reported on each Line of
Column 1A should be less than or equal to the sum of corresponding Lines of
Columns 1B, 1C, and 1D.
2Each student counted in Columns 1B, IC and/or 1D should be counted
once, and only once, in Column 1A.
Students with Disabilities Ages 3-21 |
4. In-School Suspensions |
5. Disciplinary Removals |
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Disability | A. Number of Students with Disabilities with In-School Suspensions Totaling 10 Days or Less | B. Number of Students with Disabilities with In-School Suspensions Totaling More Than 10 Days | A. Total Number of Disciplinary Removals | B. Number of Students with Disabilities with Disciplinary Removals Totaling 1 Day | C. Number of Students with Disabilities with Disciplinary Removals Totaling 2-10 Days | D. Number of Students with Disabilities with Disciplinary Removals Totaling More Than 10 Days |
1. Autism | ||||||
2. Emotional Disturbance | ||||||
3. Learning Disability | ||||||
4. Mental Retardation | ||||||
5. Deafness | ||||||
6. Hearing Impairment | ||||||
7. Speech or Language Impairment | ||||||
8. Visual Impairment Including Blindness | ||||||
9. Orthopedic Impairment | ||||||
10. Other Health Impairment | ||||||
11. Multiple Disabilities | ||||||
12. Deaf-Blindness | ||||||
13. Traumatic Brain Injury | ||||||
14. Preschool Students with a Disability | ||||||
15. Total |
Please review definitions and instructions beginning on page 3 before completing this Table.
Students with Disabilities |
1. Unilateral Removals to an IAES by School Personnel |
2. Number of Students Removed to an IAES Based on an Impartial Hearing Officer Determination Regarding Likely Injury |
3. Out-of-School Suspensions or Expulsions |
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Race/Ethnicity, Gender and Limited English Proficiency (LEP) Status |
A. Unduplicated Count of Students Reported in Columns 1B,1C and 1D |
B. Number of Times Students were Removed for Drugs |
C. Number of Times Students were Removed for Weapons |
D. Number of Times Students were Removed for Serious Bodily Injury |
Unduplicated Count of Students |
A. Number of Students with Disabilities with Out-of-School Suspensions/Expulsions Totaling 10 Days or Less |
B. Number of Students with Disabilities with Out-of-School Suspensions/Expulsions Totaling More Than 10 Days |
1. American Indian/Alaska Native |
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2. Asian or Pacific Islander |
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3. Black or African American (not of Hispanic Origin) |
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4. Hispanic or Latino |
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5. White (not of Hispanic Origin) |
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6. Multi-Racial (not of Hispanic Origin) |
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7. Total by Race/Ethnicity1 | |||||||
8. Male |
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9. Female |
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10. Total by Gender2 | |||||||
11. Limited English Proficient | |||||||
12. Not Limited English Proficient | |||||||
13. Total by LEP Status3 |
1The number of students reported in each Column on Line 7 (total
by race/ethnicity) in Table 2 should be equal to the number reported in each
corresponding Column on Line 15 in Table 1 (by disability).
2The number of students reported in
each Column on Line 10 (total by gender) in Table 2 should be equal to the
number reported in each corresponding Column on Line 15 in Table 1 (by
disability).
3 The
number of students reported in each Column on Line 13 (total by LEP status) in
Table 2 should be equal to the number reported in each corresponding Column on
Line 15 in Table 1 (by disability).
Students with Disabilities Ages 3-21 |
4. In-School Suspensions |
5. Disciplinary Removals |
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Race/Ethnicity, Gender and Limited English Proficiency (LEP) Status | A. Number of Students with Disabilities with In-School Suspensions Totaling 10 Days or Less | B. Number of Students with Disabilities with In-School Suspensions Totaling More Than 10 Days | A. Total Number of Disciplinary Removals | B. Number of Students with Disabilities with Disciplinary Removals Totaling 1 Day | C. Number of Students with Disabilities with Disciplinary Removals Totaling 2-10 Days | D. Number of Students with Disabilities with Disciplinary Removals Totaling More Than 10 Days |
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2. Asian or Pacific Islander | ||||||
3. Black or African American (not of Hispanic Origin) | ||||||
4. Hispanic or Latino | ||||||
5. White (not of Hispanic Origin) | ||||||
6. Multi-Racial (not of Hispanic Origin) | ||||||
7. Total by Race/Ethnicity1 | ||||||
8. Male | ||||||
9. Female | ||||||
10. Total by Gender2 | ||||||
11. Limited English Proficient | ||||||
12. Not Limited English Proficient | ||||||
13. Total by LEP Status3 |
1 The number of students reported in each Column on Line 7 (total by
race/ethnicity) in Table 2 should be equal to the number reported in each
corresponding Column on Line 15 in Table 1 (by disability).
2The number of students reported in each Column on Line 10 (total by gender) in
Table 2 should be equal to the number reported in each corresponding Column on
Line 15 in Table 1 (by disability).
3The number of students reported in each Column on Line 13 (total by LEP
status) in Table 2 should be equal to the number reported in each corresponding
Column on Line 15 in Table 1 (by disability).
Please review definitions and instructions beginning on page 3 before completing this Table.
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