The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1997 require that specific data regarding children with disabilities exiting the educational system along with changes in placement of children to a less restrictive environment be submitted to the U. S. Department of Education as an annual data reporting requirement.
ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION OF THE EXITING DATA AND CHANGES IN PLACEMENT TO A LESS RESTRICTIVE ENVIRONMENT DATA IS REQUIRED, AS FOLLOWS:
School district exiting data and changes in placement data on students with disabilities will be submitted electronically through Cycle 7 of the Statewide Information System. The instructions for Cycle 7 are on the APSCN web page at http://www.k12.ar.us/apscndocs/sis.htm. Electronic submission of these data is required of all school districts on the APSCN system.
The close date for Cycle 7 data entry is June 15, 2002.