WI August Updates

On Saturday, August 13th 2022, an update will be posted to all Wisconsin SpEd Forms sites. This update includes the following changes:

IEP
1. Participation in District-Wide Assessments (I-7), Participation in State-Wide Assessments (ACT with Writing) (I-7 ACT), and Participation in State-Wide Assessments (I-7 Forward) have been updated per recent DPI revisions.

(Requested by: Diane McCarron, SpEd Forms #DE-2687)
ER Forms
1. Cover page of the evaluation report has been updated, red non-printable text has been removed.

(Requested by: Diane McCarron, SpEd Forms #50033)
2. Referral for Special Education and Related Services (R-1) has been updated per recent DPI revisions.

(Requested by: Diane McCarron, SpEd Forms #DE-2786)
3. Both the criteria and evaluation templates have been updated to recent DPI changes.

(Requested by: Diane McCarron, SpEd Forms #47232)
4. “On the basis of the review…” language has been removed from the Existing Data Review to Determine if Additional Assessments or Evaluation Materials are Needed (ED-1).

(Requested by: Diane McCarron, SpEd Forms #DE-2779)
Other Forms
1. Determination and Notice of Placement (P-2) has been updated per recent DPI revisions.

(Requested by: Diane McCarron, SpEd Forms #DE-2686)
Setup
1.  Cooperatives are now displayed in alphabetical order on the district setup page.

(Requested by: Kelli Byrnes, SpEd Forms #50398)
2. “Email DPI data” has been fixed to align with other permissions in the educator setup.

(Requested by: Kelli Byrnes, SpEd Forms #DE-2782)

System
1.  The term “disabled” has been changed to “deactivated” on the educator setup, admin educators and quick reports.

(Requested by: Kelli Byrnes, SpEd Forms #50396)
2. Record of a Team Meeting, Communication log, Emergency Health/Transportation Information form, Manifestation Determination, Communication Plan D/HH, student setup and the Authorization for Release of Information have been converted to v2.0.
(Requested by: SpEd Forms #DE-2692, #DE-2738, #DE-2747, #DE-2746, #DE-2767, #DE-2773, #DE-2771)
3. The 504 dashboard was added as an option as a default landing page under the educator profile.

(Requested by: Jennie Sorenson, Mounds View #49108)

Announcements

To further protect you and your data, we will no longer allow Microsoft Office documents, including Word and Excel documents, to be uploaded to a student’s history or in a support request.  Office documents can contain macros that can spread viruses and other malware.  We took this step to prevent the spread of viruses and malware and protect you and all our customers.