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.

WI August Fixes

On Saturday, August 13th 2022, an update will be posted to all Wisconsin SpEd Forms sites. The update will include the fixes listed below:

SpEd Forms
1. Made a change to the IEP validation to eliminate an error.
(Requested by: Barbara Bowen, Prescott School District #50502)
2. Forms removed in administrator preferences will no longer appear in the v1.0 drop down list.
(Requested by: Katie Wilder, Mounds View Public Schools #50503)
3. Made a change to allow the finalization of the service plan with no issues.
(Requested by: Sandy Strand, Prescott School District #50518)
Setup
1. You will no longer receive an error adding a new school.
(Requested by: Bill Underwood, Anoka-Hennepin School District #50529)

MA Forms
1. Medical designation in student’s history can now be selected by administrators with MA permissions.
(Requested by: Catherine OReilly, Wayzata Public Schools #50488)

Other Forms
1. The Behavior Support Plan, Behavior Intervention Plan and Positive Behavior Support Plan will no longer be included in the plan print or finalization options if turned off in the administrator preferences.
(Requested by: Bill Underwood, Anoka-Hennepin School District #50417)

Back-to-School Training

Happy August to all educators! The school year is right around the corner, so we wanted to remind you that SpEd Forms is offering several training sessions starting this month. All sessions will be virtual via Google Meet and are absolutely free of charge.

 

Each training will be conducted by a staff member at SpEd Forms for an intended audience. One session of each will be recorded for later viewing. (Those recordings will not be available until after each training is completed and will be found on our YouTube channel. Due to possible technical issues, we cannot give you an exact date that each recording will be available so please bare with us.)

 

Dates and times, along with the registration form are online here:

 

Back-to-School Training Registration

 

Again, there there is no cost to you, and we hope that these will help get your educators started using SpEd Forms with ease! We encourage cooperatives and districts to meet in groups if possible and register as one, so we can have room for everyone wishing to attend. Registration is mandatory.