Contact Romy Chachere, Director of Student Services, at (559) 497-3880 or rchachere@fcoe.org. 

Annual Performance Report for FCSS.docx
https://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/se/ds/leadatarpts.asp

The following is the California Department of Education Special Education Division Monitoring Activities Summary: 

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and implementing regulations in Title 34 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) section 300.600 requires the COE to place primary focus of its monitoring activities on improving educational and functional results and outcomes, as well as ensuring compliance with IDEA requirements with an emphasis on those most closely related to improved results for students.

34 CFR 300.600(b) requires:

• The primary focus of the State's monitoring activities must be on-
  • Improving educational results and functional outcomes for all children with disabilities; and
  • Ensuring that public agencies meet the program requirements under Part B of the Act, with a particular emphasis on those requirements that are most closely related to improving educational results for children with disabilities.

The COE routinely monitors compliance with the provisions of the IDEA for every district, every year, through a comprehensive system of oversight. Monitoring activities are completed as part of an Annual Submission Process (ASP), which includes the following components:

• IEP Timelines
• Compliance Improvement Monitoring (CIM)
• Annual disproportionality calculations
  • Disproportionate Representation
  • Significant Disproportionality
• Fiscal review
• Review of annual budget and service plans

In addition, the COE conducts on-site Comprehensive Reviews for a select number of districts every year to provide focused, targeted technical assistance , and conducts Critical Incident Reviews when a serious issue arises that warrants immediate intervention and attention. When the COE identifies noncompliance, it ensures that the noncompliance is corrected as soon as possible, and in no case later than one year after the noncompliance is identified.

The COE ensures compliance with IDEA requirements most closely related to improving results for students by ensuring compliance with a// provisions of the IDEA through its comprehensive  system of oversight. The COE believes that compliance is the foundation of an effective service delivery program. However, certain aspects of the CDE's system of oversight are specifically designed to provide a primary focus on improving educational and functional results and outcomes for students with disabilities.