Special Education Annual Performance Report
Arlington Independent School District: 2010 District Profile of State Performance Plan Indicators
Background
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004 (IDEA 2004), Section 616(b), requires each state to develop a six-year performance plan. This State Performance Plan (SPP) evaluates the State’s efforts to implement the requirements and purposes of IDEA and illustrates how the State will continuously improve upon this implementation.
In alignment with IDEA 2004, the US Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) has identified five monitoring priorities within the SPP: (1) Free Appropriate Public Education in the Least Restrictive Environment; (2) Disproportionality; (3) Child Find; (4) Effective Transition; and (5) General Supervision. The State’s progress on the SPP is reported yearly on the Annual Performance Report (APR).
Public Report
Additionally, the IDEA 2004, Section 616(b)(2)(C)(i)(II), requires states to publicly report district and charter school performance against the state targets in the SPP/APR on an annual basis. Every spring, no later than May 1, of each year, the Texas Education Agency posts a report that includes individual District Profile of State Performance Plan Indicators for each district and charter school. The purpose of this report is to provide districts and charter schools with information they can use for making decisions on continuous improvement activities. The District Profiles can be accessed on the Agency’s website at: