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Participation Guidelines and LEA Action Plans
DLM/1% May Meeting
Laura Avery, Principal Consultant
Dana Jamerson, Principal Consultant
Rhonda Marks, Principal Consultant
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Housekeeping
• Housekeeping
– Level of Support 3
– Include district when logging in for attendance, if you
didn’t today, please put your name and district in the
chat
– You will need your phone later in the presentation
• Justification Forms and Action Plans
– Due today
– If not turned in yet, you must stay and check in during
office hours
• Next Meeting June 18
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Reconceptualize our approach to addressing the 1% threshold
Understand need to continuously commit to improvement
Understand participation guidelines
Understand options to address challenges
Learning Objectives
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Changes for SY 2023-24
• Plan vs. Waiver
• ISBE staff analyzed data twice a month November
– December and weekly January-February
– Checked for SLD, ED, SLI
– Checked participants had IEP
– ISBE notified the appropriate administrator of
students identified
• ISBE provided guidance on alternate participation
guidelines as needed
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Changes for SY 2023-24
• Online Justification Form
• Justification form included:
– Assurances
– Justifications for Exceeding the 1%
– Plan to Address Disproportionality
• Disability categories
• Race
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Participation Guidelines
• Use of the participation guidelines is a mandatory
part of the IEP meeting.
• Use of the DLM 1% Participation Guidelines Tool is
not mandatory at this time, but ISBE strongly
encourages LEAs to use complete this form
minimally at annual IEP meetings.
– Decision-Making Companion Tool
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Participation Guidelines, cont.
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Participation Guidelines, cont.
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LEA Action Plan
LEA Action Plan
Corrective Action Plan
Improvement Plan
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Complete all sections
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Include identifying Info
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Skip rest of page 1
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Page 2: Data Analysis
and Root Cause
Determination
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Page 3: Activities to
Correct Noncompliance
and to Sustain
Compliance
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Include identifying Info
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Skip rest of page 1
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Page 2: Data Analysis
and Root Cause
Determination
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Page 3: Activities to
Support Improved
Results and
Sustainability
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Action Plans
• Identifying the Issue (Data Analysis and Root
Cause Determination)
– Data specific examples that identify the underlying
causes of exceeding the threshold
• Small districts
• Community programs
• Transient Students
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Identifying the Issue
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Action Plans, cont.
• Steps to correct the problem (Improvement Plan
for Results Indicators or Corrective Action Plan)
– For example:
• Demonstrate how the district has followed the
participation guidelines for every student identified
• Analyze district policies and procedures
• PD related to eligibility
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Steps to Correct the Problems
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Action Plans, cont.
• Evaluating the Process (Materials and Deliverables
Used as Evidence of Activity Implementation)
– For Example:
• Evidence that Participation Guidelines Form has been
completed for each student participating in DLM-AA
• Evaluative Data on implementation process and results
• Revised policy or procedure related to alternate
participation
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Evaluating the Process
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Questions
