On February 9 and 11, 2016, training will be provided on Individuals with the Disabilities Education Act, Part B (IDEA-B) Maintenance of Effort (MOE) compliance requirement. The Texas Education Agency is hosting two training opportunities for school districts and open-enrollment charter schools that are interested in finding out more about the process that TEA will soon use to determine LEAs’ compliance with the IDEA-B LEA MOE requirement. All school officials need to have a better understanding of the compliance requirements because TEA is expanding its compliance monitoring activities in this area.
The October 30, 2013 TO THE ADMINISTRATOR letter on this topic stated, “TEA will use FY 2014 data from the Public Education Information Management System to establish a baseline for each LEA. This baseline will be used to calculate preliminary determinations for FY 2015, which will be issued to LEAs in the spring of 2016.
The training will be provided through a Texas Education Telecommunications Network (TETN) presentation, called “IDEA-B LEA Maintenance of Effort,” on the following dates:
- February 9, 2016, from 10:00–11:00 a.m.
- February 11, 2016, from 1:30–2:30 p.m.
For information on how to access this TETN, contact the TETN site manager at your regional ESC.
For more information about IDEA-B LEA MOE, you may also refer to the IDEA-B LEA Maintenance of Effort page of the TEA website.