BASA Member Update 8.17.18

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Career-Technical Education Middle Grades Waiver Form Available for FY18-19 The Career-Technical Education Middle Grades Waiver form is now available . Districts must complete middle grades career-technical education waivers each year. The deadline is Sept. 30. The waiver is accessible through the superintendent’s or superintendent designee’s SAFE account . Once in your SAFE account, click on Forms and select Middle School Waiver. Find additional instructions here for completing the form. You also will find training modules in SAFE.

Data Review and Appeal Windows Open for 2018 Calendar, Staff, Course and Assessment Data

Monday, Aug. 13 through Thursday, Aug. 23, superintendents of traditional districts, community schools, joint vocational school districts, STEM districts and educational service centers can conduct the required review of their calendar, staff, course, Ohio Graduation Tests, alternate, OELPA, and other accountability assessment data reported in EMIS during the 2018 school year. This is the only opportunity to appeal this data.

FORMS System Now Open for Submitting Required Business Advisory Council Plans

Ohio law says all school districts and educational service centers must submit their business advisory council plans to the Ohio Department of Education. The deadline is Sept. 30. Beginning with the Fiscal Year 2019 school year, the Department will receive plans annually through the FORMS web system in SAFE . To access FORMS and submit the annual plan, a user must have the Superintendent or Superintendent Designee role in the Ohio Educational Directory System (OEDS). This role is assigned by the local OEDS administrator. The FORMS web system now is available for districts and educational service centers to upload their business advisory councils’ annual plans. Additional submission details are available in this guidance document .