State Application for IDEA Funds

• Part B Annual State Application 2025
• Part B Annual State Application 2024
• Montana Proposed Set Aside for IDEA Administration 2025
• GEPA Section 427 Form
• Montana's State Plan

Proportionate Share

• Proportionate Share

Subrecipient Monitoring

• Subrecipient Monitoring

IDEA Allocations

• Allocation Reports

Maintenance of Effort (MOE)

• MOE Reports
• MOE Memo October 2022
• MOE Exceptions Documentation Form
• Calculation of Maintenance of Effort
• MOE Hearing Request Form

Special Education Data Collections

• Special Education Data Collection Schedule
  • Child Count Data Verification
  • Exiting Data Verification
  • Post-School Outcomes Data
  • Behavior Data Collection
  • Personnel Data Information
  • Assessment Information

Educational Environments/Setting of Service Information

• School Age Setting of Service Grid
• Early Childhood Setting of Service Decision Tree and Grid

Public Reporting of IDEA Data

• Public Reporting (by Indicator)
• Special Education Report to the Board of Public Education (BPE) - July 2024
• IDEA Data Dashboard
• Public Reporting of IDEA Data (external link)

Significant Disproportionality

• Significant Disproportionality Technical Manual
• Significant Disproportionality Essential Questions and Answers
• Coordinated Early Intervening Services (CEIS) Fiscal and Student Data Tracker
• Root Cause Analysis Tool

Assessment Data

• Accessing Special Education Assessment Proficiency Data
• Assessment Participation and Proficiency Data - FFY 2023

 

• Special Education Endorsement Project

• School Psychologist Stipend Program

• Speech Language Pathology Traineeship Program

• University of Montana SIMS Scholars Program (OSEP Funded) Offers scholarships for undergraduate and graduate special education and speech language pathology at UM. 

• Occupational Therapy Stipend (Coming Soon)

• Para Pathways

Hearing Conservation Program Guidelines

Summary Document

HCP Regional Contact List

HCP Map

Please contact Lucy Beltz for general questions.

Sign Language Interpreting Administrative Rule

 

EIPA Written and Performance Assessment Dates: Coming Soon for Spring 2026

Learn more and Register for the EIPA Assessment

Please contact Lucy Beltz to register or for general questions. If you have questions in regards to the test, please visit the EIPA Diagnostic Center

• Montana School for the Deaf & Blind
  • Blind & Visually Impaired Outreach Consultant Map
  • Deaf/Hard of Hearing Outreach Consultant Map
• MT Language Developmental Milestones, Assessment Tools, and Parent Resource for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children
• National Deaf Center

• Montana Empowerment Center
• Montana Association of School Psychologists (MASP)
• Montana Brain Injury Alliance
• Montana Effective Practices Matrix
• Sign up for OPI E-mail Updates (Special Education and Student Supports is at the bottom)