Monthly Updates for Districts and Schools

These updates are created by the OSPI Special Education staff. The Special Education Office will send out an email via GovDelivery when the update for the current month is available.

Monthly Updates

2024–25 School Year

• April 2025 Monthly Update
  • Tip: Part-Time Enrollment
• March 2025 Monthly Update
  • Tip: Where can I find the latest Specific Learning Disability Technical Assistance Paper (SLD TAP) drafts as well as other OSPI Technical Assistance Papers (TAPs), various policy papers, and previous OSPI monthly tips? 
• February 2025 Monthly Update
  • Tip: Adding or Discontinuing Services
• January 2025 Monthly Update
  • Tip: When the IEP team determines a student's participation in the general physical education setting, are they also determining the student's need for adapted physical education (APE)?
• December 2024 Monthly Update
  • Tip: Toilet Training and Incontinence Management in Schools
• November 2024 Monthly Update
  • Tip: IEP Services-Every Minute Counts! (Part 2)
• October 2024 Monthly Update
  • Tip: IEP Services-Every Minute Counts!
• September 2024 Monthly Update
  • Tip: LRE and the Continuum of Special Education Services
• August 2024 Monthly Update
  • Tip: when must students eligible for special education start receiving services

2023–24 School Year

• June 2024 Monthly Update
  • Gearing up for August: Start Planning for the Exchange of Student Records
• May 2024 Monthly Update
• April 2024 Monthly Update
  • Tip: Scheduling Annual IEP Meetings and Parent Participation
• March 2024 Monthly Update
• February 2024 Monthly Update
  • Tip: Nonresident Transfers & Special Education Transportation
• January 2024 Monthly Update
  • Tip: Modified Grading (Repeat)
• December 2023 Monthly Update
  • Tip: Modified Grading
• November 2023 Monthly Update
  • Tip: PreK Service Delivery
• October 2023 Monthly Update
  • Tip: Special Education & Multilingual Learners
• September 2023 Monthly Update
• August 2023 Monthly Update
  • Tip: when students eligible for special education start receiving services

2022–23 School Year

• June 2023 Monthly Update
  • Tip: Gearing up for August
• May 2023 Monthly Update
  • Tip: Part C to Part B Transition
• April 2023 Monthly Update
  • Tip: Secondary Transition Services and Supports
• March 2023 Monthly Update
  • Tip: Medical Diagnoses and Special Education Eligibility
• February 2023 Monthly Update
  • Tip: Shortened School Days
• January 2023 Monthly Update
• December 2022 Monthly Update
  • Tip: Staffing
• November 2022 Monthly Update
  • Tip: Staffing - see December 2022
• October 2022 Monthly Update
  • Tip: Timelines
• September 2022 Monthly Update
  • Tip: Parent Participation
• August 2022 Monthly Update
  • Tip: As the new school year begins, when must students eligible for special education and related services start receiving services?

2021–22 School Year

• June 2022 Monthly Update
• May 2022 Monthly Update
  • Tip: Special Education OT/PT Services Tip
• April 2022 Monthly Update
• March 2022 Monthly Update
  • Tip: Counting Days for Suspensions/Expulsions and Determining a Change of Placement
• February 2022 Monthly Update
  • Tip: Special Education Staffing
• January 2022 Monthly Update
  • Tip: Take Data Before and Following Breaks to Prepare for IEP Team Extended School Year (ESY) Decisions
• December 2021 Monthly Update
  • Tip: Evaluation/Eligibility Meeting Signature Requirements
• November 2021 Monthly Update
  • Tip: Special Education Responsibilities for Students Attending Open Doors/Reengagement Programs - Updated
• October 2021 Monthly Update
  • Tip: See Updated Special Education Responsibilities for Students Attending Open Doors/Reengagement Programs tip in the November 2021 Update
• September 2021 Monthly Update
  • Tips and Trends from Dispute Resolution
• August 2021 Monthly Update
  • Tip: Clarification on Calculating LRE for Students in Community Settings, including Off-campus 18–21 Programs