Kentucky Department of Education

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), as amended requires states to submit a six (6) year State Performance Plan (SPP) and to annually report data on the status toward meeting the targets on each of twenty (20) indicators contained in this plan.  This report  of status is called the Annual Performance Report (APR) and is submitted on or around February 1 of each year of the six year SPP.  The first APR covering the 2005-2006 school year was submitted in early 2007.   Subsequent APRs are due on February 1 of each year.

To determine Kentucky's status toward achieving the targets of the SPP, the Division of Exceptional Children Services (DECS) collects data from local school districts, parents, and other sources.  These data are reviewed, interpreted, and assimilated into the APR and reported by indicator.  The APR contains information on how the state did for each of the indicators and explanations for meeting or not meeting targets as well as continued activities for maintaining or improving performance. 

The IDEA also requires that states publish district performance toward meeting certain indicators of the SPP.  DECS meets this requirement by posting district data for each of the required SPP indicators for a given year on the Kentucky Department of Education web site.  Below are links to district results for each year that information is available.  District performance is reported separately for each Indicator.  Please note that district performance is only reported on indicators of the SPP that address district or student performance.  In addition, some of the indicators are being phased in over time so that specific indicators may not be reported each year.