Every year, school districts receive ratings on the performance of their special education programs, known as their Special Education Ratings. In the fall of 2018, the Department sent email notifications to superintendents, special education contacts and community school sponsors with instructions to access their online ratings reports through the Secure Application for Enterprise (SAFE) web portal.

As in past years, measures of procedural compliance are the basis of the 2016 ratings. This year’s report also previews measures of results for students with disabilities. Though the changes will not take effect until 2018, this year’s report includes both your district’s actual rating (procedural compliance only) and projected rating (a combination of two scores, procedural compliance and students’ results) to show the impact of the results measured on your annual rating.

For more information check out this link. 

The Ohio Department of Education, Office for Exceptional Children provides funding through IDEA Part B federal funds to the State Support Team Region 4 to provide professional development and high quality technical assistance.  The goal is to assist school districts in improving the academic achievement of students with disabilities and students at risk.  State Support Team Region 4  provides differentiated high quality technical assistance to school districts within Lake and Geauga Counties.  In addition, the SST provides professional development to districts and families regarding compliance with federal and state laws and regulations related to the education of children with disabilities.