Significant Disproportionality
Local educational agencies that have been identified as Significantly Disproportionate are required to participate in all four steps of the Compliance and Improvement Monitoring process for Comprehensive Coordinated Early Intervening Services.If your local educational agency (LEA) was identified as Significantly Disproportionate in the Annual Determination Letter, your LEA has overidentified a specific race and/or ethnicity in one or more of the following special education categories:
- Disciplinary Action (Suspension and Expulsion)
- Placement: More Restrictive Environments
- Indicator 9: Special Education in General
- Indicator 10: Special Education within a Specific Disability Category
Once identified as Significantly Disproportionate, the LEA is required to take mandatory actions including, but not limited to, reserving 15 percent of Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) funds to develop and implement a Compliance and Improvement Monitoring (CIM) for CCEIS action plan and provide Comprehensive Coordinated Early Intervening Services (CCEIS) services to the identified target population.
Your Support Team
Your support teams will include California Department of Education (CDE) Intensive Monitoring Staff and the State Performance Plan Technical Assistance Project (SPP-TAP) Facilitator. Listed below is a link and contact information to your support team.
Technical Assistance Facilitator
Technical Assistance (TA) Facilitator: State Performance Plan Technical Assistance Project website
CDE Staff
| Intensive Monitoring Unit | Contact Information |
|---|---|
| Focused Monitoring and Technical Assistance (FMTA) I | Manager: Barbara Gaskin Direct Telephone Number: 916-327-0865 Unit Telephone Number: 916-324-8898 Email: BGaskin@cde.ca.gov |
| FMTA IV | Manager: Jack Brimhall Direct Telephone Number: 916-445-1056 Unit Telephone Number: 916-445-9772 Email: JBrimhall@cde.ca.gov |
FMTA Consultant Assignments by Region
For general questions about Significant Disproportionality, please visit the or email Intensivemonitoring@cde.ca.gov to be directed to the assigned FMTA Consultant.
2021 Significantly Disproportionate LEAs
A list of the LEAs identified as significantly disproportionate for the 2021 fiscal year.
2022 Significantly Disproportionate LEAs
A list of the LEAs identified as significantly disproportionate for the 2022 fiscal year.
What am I Required to Do?
CIM for CCEIS Process Preparation
| Task | Due Date |
|---|---|
| Submit Assurance Form to Intensivemonitoring@cde.ca.gov |
April 28, 2023 (30 days from receipt of Annual Determination Letter) |
| LEA must attend mandatory Introductory Webinar | March 30, 2023 |
| LEA must attend a meeting with SPP-TAP and TA facilitator | Date will be sent to you via email |
| Select the LEA’s TA facilitator and complete the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with SPP-TAP | May 1, 2023 (As Soon As Possible recommended) |
| LEA must complete 10 hours of CDE funded TA facilitator support *Recommend the LEA continue to work with a TA facilitator. The continued assistance of the TA facilitator can be funded with CCEIS funds. |
June 30, 2023 |
CIM for CCEIS Step One: Gather and Inquire
| Task | Level of Support | Due Date |
|---|---|---|
| CIM for CCEIS Team and Educational Partners Group Creation | Collaboration with CDE, SPP-TAP, TA facilitator | June 30, 2023 |
| Data Drill Down (including a Programmatic Self-Assessment if required) | Collaboration with CDE, SPP-TAP, TA facilitator | June 30, 2023 |
| Infrastructure Analysis | Collaboration with CDE, SPP-TAP, TA facilitator | June 30, 2023 |
| Policy, Procedure, and Practice Review | Collaboration with CDE, SPP-TAP, TA facilitator | June 30, 2023 |
| Student Case Study | Collaboration with CDE, SPP-TAP, TA facilitator | June 30, 2023 |
| Parent and Family Input | Collaboration with CDE, SPP-TAP, TA facilitator | June 30, 2023 |
| Consolidation | Collaboration with CDE, SPP-TAP, TA facilitator | June 30, 2023 |
| Submission into Stepwell | Collaboration with CDE, SPP-TAP, TA facilitator | June 30, 2023 |
CIM for CCEIS Step Two: Investigate
| Task | Level of Support | Due Date |
|---|---|---|
| Root Cause Analysis | Collaboration with CDE, SPP-TAP, TA facilitator | September 30, 2023 |
| Initiative Inventory | Collaboration with CDE, SPP-TAP, TA facilitator | September 30, 2023 |
| Selection of Target Population | Collaboration with CDE, SPP-TAP, TA facilitator | September 30, 2023 |
| Theory of Action | Collaboration with CDE, SPP-TAP, TA facilitator | September 30, 2023 |
| Submission into Stepwell | Collaboration with CDE, SPP-TAP, TA facilitator | September 30, 2023 |
CIM for CCEIS Step Three: Plan
| Task | Level of Support | Due Date |
|---|---|---|
| Action Plan Development | Collaboration with CDE, SPP-TAP, TA facilitator | November 30, 2023 |
| Submission into Stepwell | Collaboration with CDE, SPP-TAP, TA facilitator | November 30, 2023 |
CIM for CCEIS Step Four: Implementation and Monitoring
| Task | Level of Support | Due Date |
|---|---|---|
| Progress and Expenditure Report 1 (July 2023 – March 2024) | Collaboration with CDE, SPP-TAP, TA facilitator | April 10, 2024 |
| Progress and Expenditure Report 2 (April 2024 – June 2024) | Collaboration with CDE, SPP-TAP, TA facilitator | July 10, 2024 |
| Progress and Expenditure Report 3 (July 2024 – September 2024) | Collaboration with CDE, SPP-TAP, TA facilitator | October 10, 2024 |
| Progress and Expenditure Report 4 (October 2024 – December 2024) | Collaboration with CDE, SPP-TAP, TA facilitator | January 10, 2025 |
| Progress and Expenditure Report 5 (January 2025 – March 2025) | Collaboration with CDE, SPP-TAP, TA facilitator | April 10, 2025 |
| Progress and Expenditure Report 6 (April 2025 – June 2025) | Collaboration with CDE, SPP-TAP, TA facilitator | July 10, 2025 |
| Final Progress and Expenditure Report (July 2025 – September 2025) | Collaboration with CDE, SPP-TAP, TA facilitator | October 10, 2025 |
Webinars
March 30, 2023, 10 a.m. CIM for CCEIS Meeting for Significantly Disproportionate LEAs Zoom Webinar Registration
More information and recorded webinars can be found on the SPP-TAP Webinars web page
.