On Saturday, February 4th, 2023, an update will be posted to all Minnesota SpEd Forms sites. The update will include the changes listed below:
IEP
1. Created a new goal category, with new goals and objectives, entitled: Self Awareness and Advocacy.
(Requested by: Gary Lewis, SpEd Forms #52775)
MA
1. An “Informed consent effective date” has been added to the student MA billing setup. Claims prior to this date will display a warning until the date is reached, then all claims one year prior to the date will be allowed to send.
(Requested by: Tara Goebel, South Washington County Schools #52382)
2. The PCA plan has been updated to work as all other forms. Old plans have been moved to an Archived PCA plans folder on the student’s MA Forms menu.
(Requested by: SpEd Forms #DE-3118)
3. Made a change to default the providing district to the transporting district when creating a new trip log.
(Requested by: Dellynne Monson, SWWC Service Cooperatives #52191)
4. Total students, encounters, minutes, and trips have been added to the MA total amount paid report.
(Requested by: Nicole Weiss, Moorhead Area Public Schools #52246)
5. The MDE Spanish, Hmong, and Somali translations have been added for the Consent to share data.
(Requested by: SpEd Forms #DE-3416)
Other forms and logs
1. A clear form button was added to both the Prior Written Notice/Consent and the Evaluation/Reevaluation Plan Prior Written Notice.
(Requested by: SpEd Forms #DE-3358)
MTSS
1. Updated the Evaluation, Analysis, and Plan pages in MTSS forms.
(Requested by: Bill Underwood, Anoka-Hennepin School District #52811)
Health Plans
1. Added district-specific preferences to allow the ECP and IHP to attach to finalized service plans.
(Requested by: Bill Underwood, Anoka-Hennepin School District #51880)
2. Added end dates to plans and adjusted each quick report accordingly.
(Requested by: Bill Underwood, Anoka-Hennepin School District #52340)
Reports
1. A new quick report titled “Parent access” has been added to both admin and educator quick report options.
(Requested by: SpEd Forms #DE-3429)
2. Made a change to reflect the current eligibility status on the “MA logs by provider 2022-23” MA quick report.
(Requested by: Tara Goebel, South Washington County Schools #52397)
3. Added the transporting district to the MA quick report “Transportation Checked Yes.”
(Requested by: Dellynne Monson, SWWC Service Cooperatives #52191)
4. PBSP date column has been added to the “PBSP checked on the service page” quick report.
(Requested by: Katie Roiger, Yellow Medicine East Schools #52297)
5. Added the grade and instructional setting to the “ESY students including More Data Needed” quick report.
(Requested by: Kendra Krasin, South Washington County Schools #52662)
6. A new MA Quick Report titled “Encounters by District 2021-22” was added.
(Requested by: Dellynne Monson, SWWC Service Cooperatives #52418)
7. Descriptions for the MA mailing label quick reports were updated to indicate which students are included in the results.
(Requested by: Alexa Hinz, ASEC #51771)
2.0
1. A print button was added to the Service Log page in v2.
(Requested by: Julie Przekwas, Roseau Public School District #51207)
2. The school filter has been added to the v2 MA Dashboard.
(Requested by: Catherine O’Reilly, Wayzata Public Schools #52015)
3. The SSID has been added to the COSF in v2.
(Requested by: Karrie Taylor, Park Rapids ISD #52387)
System
1. Added new admin preferences for MTSS forms.
(Requested by: SpEd Forms #DE-3415)
2. Admin users can now block teacher access to be able to send students to a new case manager. This option will allow educators to edit sharing for a student but not send the student to a new case manager. This can be found within the “Block Access to” section when modifying the permissions for a user with “SpEd Teacher” as their primary role.
(Requested by: Amy Wylde, Southern MN Ed Consortium #51979)
3. A new site preference has been added, “Hide billed indicator in MA logs for MA providers.”
(Requested by: Tara Goebel, South Washington County Schools #52466)