The OSES data team is responsible for collecting and managing all programmatic data required by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) as well as other federal and state laws and regulations relating to the provision of special education and related services for students with disabilities in the State of South Carolina. The OSES data team provides support to other knowledge teams. This involves expertise in demographic analysis; data collection, education; needs analysis; evaluation; data systems; mobile technologies; data collection (quantitative, qualitative, non-traditional, survey analysis); data quality assessment; and the ability to repurpose data, which we apply to identify, discover, visualize, analyze and interpret community conditions and trends, and assess programmatic impacts.
DATA COLLECTION AND REPORTING
Federal reporting instructions for special education, State Performance Plan and Annual Performance Report data, as well as district profiles.
IDEA Annual Reporting Calendar (PDF)
The IDEA Annual Reporting Calendar provides important due date information for the current reporting year.
Monthly data reporting webinars, information on specific tables and indicators collected by the OSES data team, and the Part B SPP/APR Measurement Table.
DISTRICT LEA PROFILES
The Special Education LEA Profile provides a summary of indicators against which each LEA is measured. Collectively, these indicators compare each LEA’s performance against the state’s targets for educational programs for students with disabilities. Individually, these indicators can help identify areas where improvements are needed and provide a measure of progress toward the goals established in the State Performance Plan. FFY 2021 LEA Profiles FFY 2020 LEA Profiles FFY 2019 LEA Profiles FFY 2018 LEA Profiles FFY 2017 LEA Profiles Previous years are available upon request: Data Request
STATEWIDE DATA COLLECTION HISTORY
This section contains summaries of South Carolina's Assessments and Child Counts for students with IEPs. Section 618(a) of the IDEA (as reauthorized in IDEA 2004) requires that States annually make specific data under section 618(a) available to the Secretary and to the public. State-level IDEA Data Files
As part of the 2004 IDEA Reauthorization, Congress requires that every State Educational Agency (SEA) submit a State Performance Plan (SPP) to the federal Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP). The State Performance Plan (SPP) is a six-year performance plan, which evaluates a SEA's efforts to implement IDEA requirements and describes how the SEA will improve its performance in 17 critical areas, known as indicators. Regulatory Citation: The Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act, 2004, Section 616 states “(C) PUBLIC REPORTING AND PRIVACY- (I) PUBLIC REPORT- The State shall report annually to the public on the performance of each local educational agency located in the State on the targets in the State's performance plan.” Information on all states' determinations and letters can be accessed here: States SPP/APR Determinations and Letters OSES is requesting additional SPP/APR input at the following link: SPP/APR Stakeholder Input
The Office of Special Education Services (OSES) is developing its new State Performance Plan (SPP)! This SPP will set our focus for the next 6 years. This is an opportunity to hear from our educators, families, and community members on the direction we take to improve outcomes for students with disabilities. A series of recorded presentations explain where we are and what we hope to do as it relates to each IDEA performance or compliance indicator below.
Please listen to the recordings that best fit you and send us feedback through each Indicator survey. You will also find downloadable stakeholder presentation PDFs for each indicator in English and Spanish. These may be used for reference as you complete the surveys.
OSES is requesting additional SPP/APR input at the following links:
The Office of Special Education Services (OSES) has implemented SC Enrich, a web-based Individualized Education Program (IEP) product aimed at supporting Local Education Agencies (LEA) in developing compliant well thought out programs for students in South Carolina (SC) served under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
South Carolina Enrich IEP System Guidance, flowcharts, additional resources, and important memos regarding the SC Enrich system.
