Data Collection & Reporting

Special Education Enrollment Data

• Annual Performance Report Measures (Updated 21-Aug-2026)
  Short summaries of special education program and student outcome data for California local educational agencies (LEAs).
• California Annual Performance Reports (Updated 04-Sep-2026)
  Describes the State's progress or slippage in meeting the measurable and rigorous targets established in the State Performance Plan (SPP); and any revisions to the State's targets, improvement activities or resources in the SPP and justifications for the revisions.
• DataQuest
  Reports for accountability, enrollment, graduates, dropouts, course enrollments, staffing, English Learners, and test data.
• Special Education - CalEdFacts
  This content is part of California Department of Education's (CDE's) information about special education in the State of California.

Individualized Education Program Implementation Data Collection

Individualized Education Program Implementation Data Collection
Information about the Individualized Education Program (IEP) Implementation data collection, an annual collection of LEA level data related to their performance of implementation of IEPs.

California Special Education Reference

• California Special Education Reference (CASER)
  A word-searchable database of special education-related state and federal statutes and regulations, federal guidance documents, and editions of the Federal Register.

Special Education Local Plans

• Required components to comply with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) as amended in 2004, accompanying regulations, and the California Education Code.

California Administrative Hearings Database

• Office of Administrative Hearings, Special Education Unit
• Special Education Forms Mediation ONLY Request Form, Mediation and Due Process Hearing Request Form including translations in Spanish, Tagalog, Hmong, and Vietnamese, and Transcript Request Form.
• Notice of Resolution Session Outcome
  LEAs must convene a resolution session within 15 days of receiving a parents’ complaint unless the meeting is waived by both parties or the parent and the LEA agree to mediation [34 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 300.510(a)(3)(i-ii)]. The CDE monitors LEAs’ compliance with resolution period requirements as a part of the CDE’s general supervisory responsibilities. The CDE, in conjunction with the Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH), is required to collect data on resolution session timelines and their outcomes. The Notice of Resolution Outcome Session form template, available at the above web page, may be used to report information on whether Resolution Sessions were held in a particular case.
  
• Special Education Administrative Hearing Decisions 1993-2005
  Contains the Special Education Hearing Offices administrative hearing decisions from 1993 to 2005.