Early Childhood Educational Environment Codes

1. Early Childhood Educational Environment Codes Illinois State Board of Education and Harrisburg Project

2. Agenda • Why are Early Childhood EE Codes changing again? • What is NOT Changing? • What IS Changing? • New Early Childhood Educational Environment Definitions • New Early Childhood Education Environment Codes Worksheet • Examples • IePoint>2011 & IePoint>2010 • Contact Information

3. Why are Early Childhood EE Codes changing again? The Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) has changed federal reporting requirements Educational Environments for children with IEPs ages 3-5. • States were notified in May 2010 of these changing reporting requirements. • These changes must occur for the 2010-2011 school year. • Some of the reporting categories are NOT changing.

4. What is NOT Changing? Early Childhood Educational Environment Definitions and Codes Code 23 – Special Education Classroom Code 24 – Separate School Code 25 – Residential Facility Code 26 - Home Code 27 - Service Provider Location will remain the same as in previous years. Please refer to the Funding and Child Tracking System (FACTS) manual for these definitions.

5. What is NOT Changing? The definition of a Regular Early Childhood Program remains consistent from previous years: Regular Early Childhood Program – A program that includes 50% or more of non-disabled children. These programs include but are not limited to: Head Start Kindergarten Blended Classrooms EC Block Grant / Preschool for All programs Community Preschools

6. What IS Changing? Early Childhood Educational Environment Codes 20, 21 and 22 may not be used for reporting during the 2010-11 school year. The new categories are based on the following factors: • Does the child attend a regular EC program? • IF NO, select EE Code 23 (Separate Class), 24 (Separate School), 25 (Residential Facility), 26 (Home), or 27 (Service Provider Location). • IF YES, continue with the following questions. • How many minutes per week is the child in a Regular Early Childhood setting? • 600 minutes or more per week • 599 minutes or less per week • Does the child receive the majority of Special Education & Related Services in a Regular Early Childhood Program?

7. New Early Childhood Educational Environment Codes Definitions Code 30 – Regular Early Childhood Program: Child receives the majority of hours of special education and related services in the Regular Early Childhood Program(and the child attends a Regular Early Childhood Program at least 10 hours/600 minutes or more per week). Code 31: Regular Early Childhood Program: Child receives the majority of hours of special education and related services in Some other location (and the child attends a Regular Early Childhood Program at least 10 hours /600 minutes or more per week).

8. New Early Childhood Educational Environment Codes Definitions Code 32 – Regular Early Childhood Program: Child receives the majority of hours of special education and related services in Regular Early Childhood Program (and the child attends a Regular Early Childhood Program less than 10 hours/599 minutes or less per week). Code 33 – Regular Early Childhood Program: Child receives the majority of hours of special education and related services in some other location (and the child attends a Regular Early Childhood Program less than 10 hours/599 minutes or less per week).

9. New Early Childhood Educational Environment Codes Worksheet

10. New Early Childhood Education Environment Codes Worksheet Educational Environment Codes should be reflective of the IEP Team’s decision for the child’s placement. The worksheet should be completed in conjunction with the development of the IEP. Case Managers want to ensure that all the codes are clearly outlined on the worksheet before submitting for data entry, to make certain that the placement codes submitted are timely, reliable and valid.

11. Examples

12. Child attends an early childhood special education class in the morning for 750 minutes per week and is transported to a HeadStart/pre-k program for the remainder of the day – 750 minutes per week.Hours/minutes spent in the regular early childhood program – 750 minutes per week This should be EE Code 31

13. Child attends an ISBE Pre-k blended program 5 days per week, 2 hours per day and has a speech only IEP with 20 minutes per week of speech therapy in the classroom.Hours/minutes spent in the regular early childhood program – 10 hours/600 minutes per week This should be EE Code 30

14. Child receives early childhood special education services in a blended classroom for 750 minutes per week. The child also receives speech therapy in the classroom for 45 minutes per week and occupational therapy 30 minutes per week in the classroom.Hours/minutes spent in the regular early childhood program – 750 minutes per week This should be EE Code 30

15. Child attends a community preschool 3 days per week for 2 hours per day. Child has a speech only IEP and receives 30 minutes per week of speech therapy in the therapy room at the district elementary school.Hours/minutes spent in the regular early childhood program – 6 hours/360 minutes per week This should be EE Code 33

16. iePoint>2011

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18. iePoint>2011

19. iePoint>2011

20. iePoint>2010

21. iePoint>2010

22. iePoint>2011 • Early Childhood EE Codes available only in iePoint>2011 – released in Fall 2010 • WARNING – October transmission • ERROR – December transmission

23. For More Information Direct Policy Questions to ISBE via ECEE@isbe.net Harrisburg Project: 1-800-635-5274 www.hbug.k12.il.us support@hbug.k12.il.us