Data Collection & Reporting

California Special Education Reference

• California Special Education Reference (CASER) (Posted 22-Jan-2015)
  A word-searchable database of special education-related state and federal statutes and regulations, federal guidance documents, and editions of the Federal Register.

Nonpublic Schools/Agencies

• Guidance for Local Educational Agency Onsite Visit to Nonpublic, Nonsectarian Schools (Added 30-Jun-2020)
  Pursuant to Assembly Bill (AB) 1172, effective January 1, 2020, the California Department of Education (CDE) is required to create and publish criteria for reporting onsite visit findings resulting from monitoring visits to nonpublic, nonsectarian schools, on or before June 30, 2020.
  
• Nonpublic Schools and Agencies Certification Data Worksheet (XLSX; Updated 13-Feb-2025)
  The Nonpublic Schools and Agencies (NPS/As) spreadsheet contains certification information regarding all of the NPS/As currently certified by the California Department of Education.This spreadsheet is updated quarterly.
• Nonpublic Schools/Agencies Certification Applications
  New process for submitting Nonpublic, Nonsectarian School/Agency Certification Applications.
• Out-of-State Nonpublic Agency Certification Requirements (Posted 19-Mar-2019)
  March 15, 2019, letter to Special Education Directors and Select Nonpublic Agency Administrators
• Nonpublic Schools/Agencies Out-of-State Placement (Updated 29-Jun-2017)
  Reporting requirements for out-of-state nonpublic, nonsectarian school and agency placement.
• Nonpublic Schools/Agencies Legal Advisory
  Waivers and Retroactive Reimbursement to Parents who have made Unilateral Placements in an NPS/A prior to July 1, 1998 or, on or after July 1, 1998.
  • For waiver requests under the jurisdiction of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction as referenced above, please see the Submit a Waiver Request web page for more information, and the Attachment for Waivers web page regarding required attachments.

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 (Updated 27-Jan-2023)

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
  Local Educational Agencies (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 (SEAHD) 1993-2005 (Posted 14-Sep-2012)
  Contains the Special Education Hearing Offices (SEHO) administrative hearing decisions from 1993 to 2005.

Special Education Enrollment Data

• Annual Performance Report Measures (Updated 21-Sep-2023)
  Short summaries of special education program and student outcome data for California LEAs.
• DataQuest
  Reports for accountability, enrollment, graduates, dropouts, course enrollments, staffing, English Learners, and test data.
• CalEdFacts
  Provides statistics and information on a variety of subjects concerning education in California.