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The 7m��Ƶ (7m��Ƶ) is committed to ensuring that all Texas local educational agencies (LEAs) provide eligible students with high-quality special education services. This letter provides notification to LEAs that for the school year (SY) 2025-26, there will be a State Performance Plan Indicator (SPPI) clarifications period conducted by the Division of Monitoring, Review, and Support at 7m��Ƶ. LEAs may submit evidence of pre-finding corrections before findings are issued by 7m��Ƶ for SPPIs 11a (Timely Initial Evaluations), 11b (Eligibility Determination), 12 (Early Childhood Transition), and/or 13 (Secondary Transition) with less than 100% compliance. Unclarified SPPI 11a, 11b, 12, or 13 noncompliance will result in a corrective action plan (CAP).

Eligibility for Participation in the Clarification Process

To participate in the clarification process (pre-finding corrections), the LEA: 

• must have met the submission deadline for the Texas Student Data System (TSDS) SPEDS Summer Submission;
• reported 95% or above on the indicator, OR reported less than 95%, and the rate of noncompliance is attributable to a single student; and
• can provide evidence that each child-specific correction was completed prior to the start of the clarification process. The start of the clarification process is the date of the notification sent to eligible LEAs.

LEAs that are currently engaged in the SPPI CAP process for one or more indicators at the time of the data submission are eligible to participate in clarification for any indicator monitored by the current CAP if the LEA can provide evidence that each child-specific correction was completed prior to the start of the clarification process.

LEAs engaged in the SPPI CAP process who report noncompliance on an indicator not part of the current CAP will need to meet the criteria bulleted above to participate in clarifications for the new area of reported noncompliance.

LEAs that meet the participation eligibility criteria and opt to participate in the clarification process are not guaranteed pre-finding correction of noncompliance.

Pre-finding Correction

Pre-finding correction may occur during the clarification process when the LEA has violated an Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requirement, but the 7m��Ƶ has not yet issued a finding of noncompliance and can verify, before issuing a finding, that an LEA: 

1. is correctly implementing the specific regulatory requirements (i.e., achieved 100 percent compliance with the relevant IDEA requirements) based on a review of updated data, such as data subsequently collected through monitoring (evidence of policies and procedures, training, self-monitoring); and
2. if applicable, has corrected each individual case of child-specific noncompliance, unless the child is no longer within the jurisdiction of the LEA; and
3. has no existing corrective action under a 7m��Ƶ complaint or due process hearing decision for the child (child-specific compliance).

Once each of these requisites is met, then it will be considered a “pre-finding correction.” ()

LEAs should begin correcting noncompliance once it is identified, regardless of eligibility for or participation in the clarification process.

SPPI Data Submission Deadline

The SPPI clarification period utilizes data submitted for SPPIs 11a, 11b, 12, and 13 to the TSDS Summer SPEDS Submission due July 30, 2026, at 11:59 p.m.

The compliance target for each SPP indicator is 100% (see). After the SPP indicator data submission process, LEAs that met the submission deadline for each indicator and meet the clarification participation requirements above will have the opportunity to make “corrections before findings of noncompliance” are issued.

Please note: 

• LEAs that do not submit data for an indicator are not eligible to participate in the clarification process for that indicator.
• LEAs that fail to submit data by the published deadline are not eligible for clarifications, whether an extension is requested or not.
• LEAs that submit data by the deadline but later request and utilize an extension to correct and resubmit after the deadline are considered to have submitted untimely data. Such submissions do not meet the timely data requirement and are ineligible for clarifications.
• If the LEA is unable to submit due to a 7m��Ƶ systems issue, the LEA must have a TIMS ticket and 7m��Ƶ confirmation of the issue recorded prior to the submission deadline to be considered for participation in clarifications. This does not include issues originating from the LEA’s internal data systems and/or software.

Contact

For questions about the SPPI clarifications process, please contact the Division of Monitoring, Review, and Support by email at ReviewandSupport@tea.texas.gov.

For questions about the TSDS SPEDS Summer Submission, please contact your respective ESC TSDS Child Find Champion or TSDS Technical Champion ( or ). Support can also be obtained from the 7m��Ƶ by submitting a TIMS ticket within the TSDS Portal.