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Communities of Practice

CIFR invites state staff with shared interests in IDEA fiscal issues to join Part B and Part C Communities of Practice (CoPs) facilitated by CIFR TA liaisons. The online meetings are specially designed to meet the learning and networking needs of state staff to help them improve the quality of their state IDEA fiscal data. Through discussion and sharing of expertise, participants will expand their knowledge and solve problems of practice.

New Communities of Practice will be starting in early 2026. This page will be updated when registration is available.

These short videos explain why it can be helpful to join a CIFR CoPs:

Part B transcript

Part C transcript

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The Center for IDEA Fiscal Reporting (CIFR) is a partnership among WestEd, AEM Corporation, American Institutes for Research (AIR), Emerald Consulting, the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, JHR Consultancy, the Center for Technical Assistance for Excellence in Special Education (TAESE) at Utah State University, and Westat. The Improve Group is CIFR's external evaluator.

CIFR operates under a grant from the U.S. Department of Education, #H373F250001. The contents and resources on this website do not necessarily represent the policy or reflect the views of the U.S. Department of Education, and visitors should not assume endorsement by the federal government. Project Officers: Juliette Gudknecht and Charles Kniseley.

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