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Small Local Educational Agencies Monitoring

This is the home page for all monitoring activities for local educational agencies (LEAs) that have been designated as “small” LEAs.

For monitoring purposes, small LEAs are defined as school districts and charter schools serving 100 or fewer students with disabilities on census day. Small LEAs are subject to monitoring by the California Department of Education (CDE), including Annual Monitoring, Cyclical Monitoring, and Compliance and Improvement Monitoring for Small LEAs.

Annual Monitoring for Small LEAs

Small LEAs will be monitored annually for disproportionality/significant disproportionality, restraint and seclusion, and timeline compliance. To determine if your LEA is required to participate in Annual Monitoring activities this year, please find your LEA on the Unified Annual Determination Letter (ADL) Data spreadsheet available on the California Special Education Technical Assistance Network (CalTAN), LEA Monitoring Status web page External link opens in new window or tab.. You can find more resources and information about required Annual Monitoring activities on the CalTAN website External link opens in new window or tab..

Cyclical Monitoring for Small LEAs

If you have been selected for Special Education Cyclical Monitoring for Small LEAs via a Notification Letter, you are required to submit data about your LEA’s policies, practices, and procedures related to special education and report the results to the CDE.

Small LEAs will not be selected for monitoring based on State Performance Plan Indicators. Instead, all small LEAs will be monitored on a cyclical basis every six years:

  • Cycle A 2022 selection and monitoring
  • Cycle B 2024 selection and monitoring
  • Cycle C 2026 selection and monitoring

Selected LEAs must complete three monitoring activities independently with support from the CDE.

  1. Policies and Procedures Review
  2. Student Record Review
  3. Assessment of Infrastructure

Additionally, small LEAs participating in Cyclical Monitoring are required to complete Individualized Education Program (IEP) Implementation Reporting during their cycle. (This year, small LEAs assigned to Cycle B 2024 will be participating in 2025 IEP Implementation Reporting.)

Compliance and Improvement Monitoring for Small LEAs (CIM-S)

During Cyclical Monitoring, some small LEAs will be identified as either Intensive-Small (Intensive-S) or Targeted-Small (Targeted-S). These LEAs will participate in the CIM-S process, culminating in the creation and implementation of a CIM-S plan. LEAs selected for the CIM-S process will be notified in their Annual Determination Letter the year following the completion of their Cyclical Monitoring process.

Your Support Team

The CDE’s Focused Monitoring and Technical Assistance for Small LEAs (FMTA-S) Consultants are available for support.

FMTA-S Consultants by Region

California County Superintendents Educational Services Association Region Counties Consultant(s) Email Telephone Number
1 Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino, Sonoma Carissa LaGasca CLaGasca@cde.ca.gov 916-327-3656
2 Butte, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Shasta, Siskiyou, Tehama, Trinity Carissa LaGasca CLaGasca@cde.ca.gov 916-327-3656
3 Alpine, Colusa, El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, Sierra, Sutter, Yolo, Yuba Carissa LaGasca CLaGasca@cde.ca.gov 916-327-3656
3 El Dorado (El Dorado County Charter SELPA) Carissa LaGasca CLaGasca@cde.ca.gov 916-327-3656
4 Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Solano Carissa LaGasca CLaGasca@cde.ca.gov 916-327-3656
5 Monterey, San Benito, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz Melissa Goude MGoude@cde.ca.gov 916-319-0668
6 Amador, Calaveras, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Tuolumne Melissa Goude MGoude@cde.ca.gov 916-319-0668
7 Fresno, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Tulare Melissa Goude MGoude@cde.ca.gov 916-319-0668
8 Kern, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura Melissa Goude MGoude@cde.ca.gov 916-319-0668
9 Imperial, Orange, San Diego Melissa Goude MGoude@cde.ca.gov 916-319-0668
10 Inyo, Mono, Riverside, San Bernardino Melissa Goude MGoude@cde.ca.gov 916-319-0668
11 Los Angeles Melissa Goude MGoude@cde.ca.gov 916-319-0668

All FMTA Consultant Assignments by Region

FMTA-S Manager: Carmen Barnhart, CBarnhart@cde.ca.gov

Questions:   Special Education Division | SmallMonitoring@cde.ca.gov
Last Reviewed: Thursday, May 8, 2025
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