2023 SPP/APR and State Determination Letters, Part C — Hawaii
2023 SPP/APR and State Determination Letters, Part C — Hawaii
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2023 SPP/APR and State Determination Letters, Part C — Hawaii
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U NITED S TATES D EPARTMENT OF E DUCATION
O FFICE OF S PECIAL E DUCATION AND R EHABILITATIVE S ERVICES
J une 21 , 20 2 3
Honorable Elizabeth A. Char
Director of Health
Hawaii Department of Health
1250 Punchbowl Street
Honolulu , HI 96813
Dear Director C har :
I am writing to advise you of the U. S. Department of Education ’ s (Department) 202 3
determination under Section s 616 and 642 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
( IDEA ) . The Department has determined that Hawaii needs assistance in meeting the
requirements of Part C of the IDEA . This determination is based on the totality of the State’s data
and information, including the Federal fiscal year (FFY) 20 2 1 State Performance Plan/ Annual
Performance Report (SPP/ APR) , other State - reported data, and other publicly available
information.
Your State’s 202 3 determination is based on the data reflected in the State’s “ 202 3 Part C
Results - Driven Accountability Matrix” (RDA Matrix) . The RDA Matrix is individualized for
each State and consists of:
(1) a Compliance Matrix that includes scoring on Compliance Indicators and other
compliance factors ;
(2) Results Components and Appendices that include scoring on Results Elements;
(3) a Compliance Score and a Results Score;
(4) an RDA Percentage based on both the Compl iance Score and the Results Score ; and
(5) the State’s Determination.
The RDA Matrix is further explained in a d oc ument, entitled “ How the Department Made
Determinations under Sec tion s 616(d) and 642 of the I ndividuals with Disabilities Education Act
in 202 3 : Part C ” (HTDMD).
The Office of Special Education Programs ( OSEP ) is continuing to use both results data and
compliance data in making the Department’s determinations in 202 3 , as it did for the Part C
determinations in 2015 - 202 2 . (The specifics of the determination procedures and criteria are set
forth in the HTDMD document and reflected in the RDA Matrix for your State.) For 202 3 , the
Department’s IDEA Part C determinations continue to include consideration of each State’s
Child Outcomes data, which measure how children who receive Part C services are improving
functioning in three outcome areas that are critical to school readiness:
• p ositive social - em otional skills;
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• acquisition and use of knowledge and skills (including early language/communication);
and
• use of appropriate behaviors to meet their needs .
Specifically, the Department considered the data quality and the child performance levels in each
State’s Child Outcomes FFY 20 21 data .
Prior to issuing the 2023 determinations, the Department asked stakeholders for input regarding
how the Department might prioritize equity and improve results for infants, toddlers and children
with disabilities. OSEP received input through a variety of so urces. For its 2023 determinations,
OSEP has factored only programmatic (not Department -wide) specific conditions when scoring
the Longstanding Noncompliance element of the Compliance Matrix.
For 2024 and beyond, the Department is considering the weight o f existing as well as potential
additional factors in making its determinations as part of its continuing effort to prioritize equity
and improve results for infants, toddlers, children and youth with disabilities. Potential additional
factors include how the Department considers assessment data, such as whether to continue
including data on the participation and proficiency of CWD on the NAEP and/or whether to
include data on the proficiency of CWD on Statewide assessments. Other potential factors
include whether and how to consider child find under Indicators C -5 and C -6 and/or other
longstanding noncompliance (such as unresolved findings issued by OSEP during and prior to
FFY 2020).
The 2022 -23 IDEA Section 618 Part C data will continue to prepopulate th e Part C SPP/APR
Indicators 2, 5, 6, 9, and 10 as they have in the past. However, please note that there will be
changes to the data submission and data quality processes associated with the 2022 -23 IDEA
Section 618 Part C data under EDFacts Modernization. Under EDFacts Modernization, States are
expected to submit high quality IDEA Section 618 Part C data that can be published and used by
the Department as of the due date for the applicable IDEA Section 618 data submission. Though
the 2022 -23 Part C Child C ount and Settings, Part C Exiting, and Part C Dispute Resolution data
will continue to be submitted via EMAPS, States will be expected to conduct data quality
reviews prior to the applicable due date. OSEP will expect States to take one of the following
tw o actions for all business rules that are triggered in the EMAPS system prior to the applicable
due date: 1) revise the data entered into the 618 data collection in EMAPS to address the edit; or
2) provide a data note addressing why the data submission tri ggered the edit. There will not be a
resubmission period for the IDEA Section 618 Part C data. The 2022 -23 IDEA Section 618 Part
C data submitted as of the due date will be used for the FFY 2022 SPP/APR and the 2024 IDEA
Part C Results Matrix.
You may acce ss the results of OSEP’s review of your State’s SPP/APR and other relevant data
by accessing the EMAPS SPP/APR reporting t ool using your State -specific log -on information at
https://emaps.ed.gov/suite/ . When you access your State’s SPP/APR on the site, you will find , in
Indicators 1 through 1 1, the OSEP Response to the indicator and any actions that the State is
required to take. Th e actions that the State is required to take are in the “Required Actions”
section of the indicator.
It is important for you to review the Introduction to the SPP/APR , which may also include
language in the “OSEP Response ” and/or “Required Actions ” sections .
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You will also find all of the following important documents saved as attachments to the Progress
Page:
(1) the State’s RDA Matrix;
(2) the HTDMD document;
(3) a spreadsheet entitled “ 202 3 Data Rubric Part C,” which shows how OSEP calculated the
State’s “Timely and Accurate State -Reported Data ” score in the Compliance Matrix; and
(4) a document entitled “Dispute Resolution 20 21-202 2,” which include s the IDEA Section
618 data that OSEP used to calculate the State’s “ Timely State Complaint Decisions ” and
“Timely Due Process Hearing Decisions ” scores in the Compliance Matrix .
As noted above, the State’s 202 3 determination is Needs Assistance. A State’s 202 3 RDA
Determination is Needs Assistance if the RDA Percentage is at least 60% but less than 80%. A
State would also be Needs Assistance if its RDA Determination percentage is 80% or above, but
the Department has imposed Specific Conditions on the State’s last three IDEA Part C grant
awards (for FFYs 20 20 , 20 21 and 2022 ), and those Specific Conditions are in effect at the time
of the 20 23 determination.
The State’s d etermination for 20 22 was also Needs A ssistance . In accordance with Section
616(e)(1) of the IDEA and 34 C.F.R. § 303.704(a), if a State is determined to need assistance for
two consecutive years, the Secretary must take one or more of the following actions:
(1) advise the State of available sour ces of technical assistance that may help the State
address the areas in which the State needs assistance and require the State to work with
appropriate entities; and/or
(2) identify the State as a high -risk grantee and impose Specific Cond itions on the State’ s
IDEA Part C grant award.
Pursuant to these requirements, the Secretary is advising the State of available sources of
technical assistance, including OSEP -funded technical assistance centers and resou rces at the
following web site s: Monitoring and State Improvement Planning (MSIP) | OSEP Ideas That
Work , Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Topic Areas , and requiring the State to
work with appropriate entities . In addition, the State should consider accessing techn ical
assistance from other Department -funded centers such as the Comprehensive Centers with
resources at the following link: https://compcenternetwork.org/states . The Secretary directs the
State to determine the results elements and/or compliance indicators, and improvement
strategies, on which it will focus its use of available technical assistance, in order to improve its
performance . We stron gly encourage the State to access technical assistance related to those
results elements and compliance indicators for which the State received a score of zero . Your
State must report with its FFY 20 22 SPP/APR submission, due February 1, 202 4, on:
(1) the technical assistance sources from which the State received assistance; and
(2) the actions the State took as a result of that technical assistance.
As required by IDEA Section 616(e)(7) and 34 C .F.R. § 303.70 6, your State must notify the
public that the Secretary of Education has taken the above enforcement action, including, at a
minimum, by posting a public notice on its website and distributing the notice to the media and
to early intervention service ( EIS ) programs .
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As a reminder, your State must report annually to the public, by posting on the State lead
agency’s website, on the performance of each EIS program located in the State on the targets in
the SPP /APR as soon as practicable, but no la ter than 120 days after the State’s submission of its
FFY 20 21 SPP/APR. In addition, your State must:
(1) review EIS program performance against targets in the State’s SPP/APR;
(2) determine if each EIS program “meets the requirements” of Part C, or “needs assis tance,”
“needs intervention,” or “needs substantial intervention” in implementing Part C of the
IDEA ;
(3) take appropriate enforcement action; and
(4) inform each EIS program of its determination.
Further, your State must make its SPP/APR available to the public by posting it on the State lead
agency’s website . Within the upcoming weeks , OSEP will be finalizing a State Profile that:
(1) includes the State’s determination letter and SPP/APR, OSEP attachments , and all State
attachments that are a ccessible in accordance with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act
of 1973 ; and
(2) will be accessible to the public via the ed.gov website.
OSEP appreciates t he State’s efforts to improve results for infants and toddlers with disabilities
and their families and looks forward to working with your State over the next year as we
continue our important work of improving the lives of children with disabilities and t heir
families. Please contact your OSEP State Lead i f you have any questions, would like to discuss
this further, or want to request technical assistanc e.
Sincerely,
/s/
Valerie Williams
Director
Office of Special Education Programs
cc: State Part C Coordinator
(Grant Year 2021–2022 — Issued June 21, 2023)
How the department made determinations
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