On Saturday, February 1st, 2025, an update¹ will be posted to all Minnesota SpEd Forms sites. The update will include the changes listed below:
MA
1. Validation has been added to the U4TM mental health MA log to require a service type for finalization.
(Requested by: Kim Mackenzie, Intermediate School District 287 #63678)
2. Sections of the PCA plan have been bolded to enhance visual clarity.
(Requested by: Nancy Grams, Marshall Public Schools #63147)
504
1. A 504 Record of a team meeting form has been added to the service plan section.
(Requested by: Nicole Packard, St. Michael-Albertville Public Schools #63173)
Other forms and logs
1. New enrollment records will be added to the top of the list.
(Requested by: Sheri Johnson, Freshwater Education District #59454)
2. Added an ‘Internal Incident ID’ field to the Use of Restrictive Procedures and the Staff Debriefing Meeting forms.
(Requested by: Kim Helgeson, Intermediate School District 287 #60500)
Reports
1. A new “Agreement regarding IEP team member attendance forms with finalized date” quick report has been added.
(Requested by: Lindsey Pellaton, Meeker and Wright Special Education Cooperative #63708)
2. The educator MA services report was updated to display at all times for the MA provider role types.
(Requested by: Kari Saarloos, Anoka-Hennepin School District #60214)
3. The “Educator list (no inactive users)” Admin quick report now includes information about extended permission to delete records.
(Requested by: Kandice Voigt, Benton Stearns Education Programs #62131)
4. A new “Preschool placement hours” report has been added to Admin reporting in the GenEd Forms tab.
(Requested by: SpEd Forms #DE-5578)
5. A new ‘’Record of team meeting forms with finalized date quick report” has been added.
(Requested by: Katie Wilder, Mounds View Public Schools #63626)
2.0
1. “Activity log search,” “Restore ERs” and “Service log by provider” reports have been converted to v2.
(Requested by: SpEd Forms #DE-5783, #DE-5804, #DE-5787)
2. Functionality was added to allow moving multiple documents into history folders at one time.
(Requested by: Dorothy Eckblad, Goodhue County Education District #60210)
System
1. When a local educator requests access to a student for whom you are the plan manager, a link to the student’s sharing page will become available.
(Requested by: Rieger Viche, Duluth Public Schools #60998)
¹We’re always working hard to ensure the smooth running of SpEd Forms. During the past month, we’ve made a number of performance improvements that aren’t immediately visible to most of our users but ensure the system operates efficiently, thanks to input from our customers.