2022 05/10/2022 Special Education Accountability and Assistance Webinar — Support for LEAs with a Determination of Needs Assistance (NA) or Needs Intervention (NI) 04/29/2022 IEP Improvement Project Update: DESE is excited to announce that a new draft IEP form is now available for initial public review. 03/10/2022 Data regarding Blind-Visually Impaired (BVI) students need to be reported by the LEA's certified teacher of the visually impaired(TVI) to the Accessible Instructional Materials Library. Submission of data accepted until March 14, 2022 03/04/2022 Notice of Public Comment on the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Annual State Application. The deadline for submission of public comment is April 4, 2022. 02/23/2022 Autism/Asperger Network and DESE present a free Professional Development Institute for Massachusetts Early Childhood Educators: Early Identification and Supports for Young Children with Autism 02/18/2022 Massachusetts Commission for the Blind (MCB) annual Pre-ETS Vision of Collaboration Conference — virtual conference. Friday, April 1, 2022, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. ET 02/14/2022 Frequently Asked Questions for Schools and Districts Regarding Special Education — Revised February 2022 02/11/2022 New resources for ECSE 01/31/2022 Updated Referral, Evaluation, and Eligibility (REE) Reusable Learning Object posted: Massachusetts Referral, Evaluation, and Eligibility Determination Guidance — Overview 01/31/2022 Updated Eligibility Flowchart posted 2021 12/14/2021 Revised Placement Consent Forms for students aged 5 (enrolled in kindergarten) and aged 6 through 21 (PL 1 and PL2) 12/02/2021 DESE seeks your input on new targets for the State Performance Plan/Annual Performance Report (SPP/APR) 12/02/2021 Technical Assistance Advisory SPED 2021-3: Shared Responsibility for Special Education Services in Institutional Settings 12/02/2021 Child Find Resources, updated and translated: Child Find Fact Sheet, Child Find Poster, and Child Find Letter. 10/06/2021 Updated Special Education Program Plan for SY 2021-2022 (Cohort 3) 08/26/2021 Physicians' Attestation for Evaluation for Students to Remain at Home Forms and Q&A Posted 08/06/2021 IDEA Equitable Services Resolution Funds 07/15/2021 Office of Special Education Planning and Policy is Seeking Interns 06/25/2021 Special Education Leadership Institutes Registration Information 
