The following State Performance Plan Indicators are designed to collect data indicative of performance regarding the requirement to address disproportionate representation of racial and ethnic groups in special education and related services, to the extent the representation is the result of inappropriate identification.

Discipline
Measures percent of districts that have: (a) a significant discrepancy, by race or ethnicity, in the rate of suspensions and expulsions of greater than 10 days in a school year for children with IEPs; and (b) policies, procedures, or practices that contribute to the significant discrepancy and do not comply with requirements relating to the development and implementation of IEPs, the use of positive behavioral interventions and supports, and procedural safeguards

Disproportionality Overall
Measures percent of districts with disproportionate representation of racial and ethnic groups in special education and related services that is the result of inappropriate identification.

Disproportionality by Disability
Measures percent of districts with disproportionate representation of racial and ethnic groups in specific disability categories that is the result of inappropriate identification.

Each year, the COE completes calculations to identify disproportionate representation of students by race, ethnic group, and disability in district special education programs throughout California using data from the California Special Education Management Information System (CASEMIS). Evaluations of the rates of suspensions and expulsions of students with disabilities are also performed. These calculations relate to the State Performance Plan Indicators 4b, 9, and 10 (above).

As a result of these calculations and preliminary determinations, the COE will review the LEA's special education policies and procedures and evaluate a sampling of student records when an LEA is deemed disproportionate. Items that are determined to be noncompliant during the student record reviews will be adopted by the COE as findings of noncompliance and will require a second evaluation, referred to as a Prong Two record review, in which a second set of student records is evaluated subsequent to the first student record review. All findings of noncompliance will be corrected as soon as possible, and in no case later than one year after the noncompliance is identified. The results of the reviews provides further data utilized by the COE to monitor performance regarding the requirement to address disproportionate representation of racial and ethnic groups in special education and related services, to the extent the representation is the result of inappropriate identification.