Significant Disproportionality-2023
Required Training Events and Recordings
Welcome! This page provides information on documents and resources, as well as required events, for Local Educational Agencies (LEAs) identified as Significantly Disproportionate in March 2024 by the California Department of Education (CDE). Please refer to this page regularly to access registration for required events, recorded materials and archived recordings of previous workshops.
To view documents and resources for previous years of identification, click on the tab below to switch to the appropriate year.
PADLET: Compliance and Improvement Monitoring (CIM) for Comprehensive Coordinated Early Intervening Services (CCEIS) Guidance, Forms, and Tools
All of the CIM for CCEIS guidance documents, required forms, required tools, and additional tools will be housed on the 2023 CIM for CCEIS Padlet. Several documents from CDE under the Requirements and Instructions tab are particularly relevant to LEAs who have just received their annual determination letters from CDE. Documents will be added to the padlet over time. Please contact Susan Stewart if you have questions.
Abbreviated CIM for CCEIS Action Plans: If you have received a notification letter via email from CDE that you qualify to complete an Abbreviated CIM for CCEIS Action Plan, the form you must complete can be found in the 2023 CIM for CCEIS Padlet (link above) in the first Column.
Upcoming Events
Keep an eye on this space for upcoming events!
Concluded Events
Community of Practice: CIM for CCEIS Plans Step 3 (virtual)
Participant Folders:
- Google Drive (opens in a new tab)
- Dropbox (opens in a new tab)
Recording: request access from Susan Stewart
Community of Practice: CIM for CCEIS Plans Step 2 (virtual)
Participant Folders: Please note that the links in the Step 2 template have been updated. You can find the updated template in the participant folders below and on the 2023 CIM for CCEIS Padlet.
Google Drive (opens in a new tab)
Dropbox (opens in a new tab)
Recording: request access from Susan Stewart
Community of Practice for Continuing LEAs with Abbreviated CIM for CCEIS Plans (virtual)
Participant Folders:
Google Drive (opens in a new tab)
Dropbox (opens in a new tab)
Additional Resources (mentioned in the meeting):
CCEIS Funds – 32 minutes (opens in a new tab)
2023 Fiscal FAQs (opens in a new tab)
Allowable Expenditures (opens in a new tab)
Target Population – 27 minutes (opens in a new tab)
Target Population Flow Chart (opens in new tab)
Recording: request access from Susan Stewart
Workshop B In-Person Meetings
New LEAs were required to attend one of the Workshop B in-person meetings in mid-to-late May. New staff with Continuing LEAs were encouraged to attend one of these meetings.
Workshop B Pre-Work
Target Population – 27 minutes (opens in a new tab)
Target Population Flow Chart (opens in new tab)
CCEIS Funds – 32 minutes (opens in new tab)
Workshop A Virtual Meeting
Recording of the 4/26 Workshop.
Participant folder for the 4/26 Workshop:
Workshop A Pre-Work
- Policies, Procedures, and Practices Review Matrix (35 minutes – opens in a new tab)
- CIM for CCEIS Programmatic Self-Assessment Tools (25 minutes – opens in a new tab)
Introduction to Developing a Compliance and Improvement Monitoring (CIM) for Comprehensive Coordinated Early Intervening Services (CCEIS) Action Plan Meeting
Recording of the 3/30 CIM for CCEIS Virtual Meeting.
Participant folder for the 3/30 CIM for CCEIS Virtual Meeting:
Introduction to Significant Disproportionality Recorded Series
- Federal Requirements and California Implementation (15 minutes – opens in new tab)
- Identification Methodology (10 minutes – opens in new tab)
- Technical Assistance Support: State Performance Plan Technical Assistance Project (SPP-TAP) (15 minutes – opens in new tab)
- Past, Present, and Future of Comprehensive Coordinated Early Intervening Services (30 minutes – opens in new tab)
- Why the Work is Important and Challenging Mindsets (25 minutes – opens in new tab) – Resources referenced in the recording:
Avoid Racial Equity Detours, Dr. Paul Gorski
Equity in Education, Dr. Jason Okonofua
Anti-Racist Teaching: Committing to Anti-Racist Schools, Dr. Gregory Peters, a Three-part Webinar Series:
Due Dates
CIM for CCEIS Plan Due Dates:
- Step 1: June 30, 2023
- Step 2: September 30, 2023
- Step 3: November 30, 2023
Abbreviated CIM for CCEIS Plan Due Date: September 30, 2023
Quarterly Progress and Expenditure Report Due Dates:
- April 10, 2024 (covers initial nine-month period)
- July 10, 2024
- October 10, 2024
- January 10, 2025
- April 10, 2025
- July 10, 2025
- October 10, 2025 (final report)
The State Performance Plan Technical Assistance Project is a program of the Napa County Office of Education.
Funding Information
California Department of Education, Special Education Division’s special project, State Performance Plan Technical Assistance Project (SPP-TAP) is funded through a contract with the Napa County Office of Education. SPP-TAP is funded from federal funds, (State Grants #H027A080116) provided from the U.S. Department of Education Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the position of the U.S. Department of Education.
