Child Find

The collection of student-level data for the State Performance Plan Indicator 11 (SPPI-11) and State Performance Plan Indicator 12 (SPPI-12) in the TSDS Core Collection are combined to create one collection, Child Find.

SPPI-11 (Timely Initial Evaluation) refers to compliance with the state-established timeframes (19 TAC §89.1011) for evaluating children, ages 3-21, for special education under Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).

SPPI-12 (Early Childhood Transition) refers to compliance for children referred from Part C of IDEA before age three, found eligible for Part B, and have an individualized education program (IEP) developed and implemented by their third birthday to receive early childhood special education (ECSE) services.

LEAs will submit student-level data for children who had an eligibility determination (ED) date during the annual data collection period which occurs from July 1 to June 30.

SPPI-11 and SPPI-12 are compliance indicators used for meeting federal public reporting requirements for the State Performance Plan/Annual Performance Report (SPP/APR). They are also part of the federally required elements (FREs) used along with the results-driven accountability (RDA) indicators for making annual LEA special education determinations (34 CFR §300.600(a)(2)). LEA special education program staff are ultimately responsible for Child Find data.