On Saturday, December 2nd, 2023, an update will be posted to all Minnesota SpEd Forms sites. The update will include the changes listed below:

IEP
1.  Made a wording change to the description of Alternate ACCESS on the assessments page 1.

(Requested by: Katie Wilder, Mounds View Public Schools #58049)

MA

1. Added a label to identify whether the provider is a PCA or QP on the PCA evaluation form.

(Requested by: Emma Christenson, Fergus Falls Area Special Education Cooperative #57522)

2. A delete button with confirmation has been added to the PCA plan’s ADL rows.

(Requested by: SpEd Forms #DE-4477)

3. An icon has been added to the right of the date on the PCA evaluation form that will include guidance with details of the last finalized evaluation.

(Requested by: Kari Saarloos, Anoka-Hennepin School District #DE-4518)

4. The time study labels have been updated to Total daily occurrences and Total daily minutes.

(Requested by: Emma Christenson, Fergus Falls Area Special Education Cooperative #53572)

5. The Individual Treatment Plan (ITP) form will now have the ability to be finalized.

(Requested by: Krista Moore, Rochester Public Schools #DE-4428)

6. Made a change only to allow those with CTSS extended permissions in their Educator setup to show “view log” and “edit log” links on the create/edit claim transmission results page.

(Requested by: SpEd Forms #DE-4517)

7. Version 1 of the student’s MA Forms will no longer be available after the January update.  If you are still using version 1, this does not require that you do anything. Providers accessing student MA Forms will automatically be viewing v2.

Other forms and logs

1. Language regarding notification has been removed from the Behavior Support Plan (BSP).

(Requested by: Terri Cairns, Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan Public Schools #58118)

Reports

1. Made a change to sort the PCA provider list by active and inactive and then by name. 

(Requested by: Emma Christenson, Fergus Falls Area Special Education Cooperative #57424)

2. A new admin quick report titled, ”Finalized IEP historical data has been added. 

(Requested by: Bill Underwood, Anoka-Hennepin School District #58042)

3. A second admin quick report named  “Eval Part B PWN due dates in the last year” was also added. 

(Requested by: Amanda Leal, South Washington County Schools #58245)

4. A Denial received column has been added to the “Students with private insurance” MA quick report.

(Requested by: Emma Christenson, Fergus Falls Area Special Education Cooperative #58094)

2.0

1. A custom assessment selector was added to the Evaluation/Reevaluation Plan Prior Written Notice form to allow multiple assessments to be selected.

(Requested by: Kandice Voigt, Benton Stearns Education Programs #58059)

2. Multi-tab warning alerts have been added to v2.

(Requested by: SpEd Forms #DE-4457)

System

1. Made a change to increase the file upload limit for .dat and .txt files to accommodate DHS 835 X12 settle-up files.

(Requested by: SpEd Forms #DE-4519)

2. Added new admin preferences for the Individual Treatment Plan (ITP) and Diagnostic Assessment (DA) forms.

(Requested by: SpEd Forms #DE-4429)

Reminder

Version 1 of the student’s MA Forms will no longer be available after the January update.  If you are still using version 1, this does not require that you do anything. Providers accessing student MA Forms will automatically be viewing v2.