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Coordinated Early
Intervening Services (CEIS) Step by Step

BACK TO CEIS Step by Step

Local Educational Agency

Track funds for and children receiving comprehensive or voluntary CEIS.

LEAs that use IDEA Part B funds for CEIS are required to track the funds and the children receiving services. LEAs are required to report to the SEA the Part B funds reserved (whether voluntary or comprehensive), the number of children who receive voluntary CEIS, and the number of children provided voluntary CEIS who subsequently received special education services under Part B. Starting with the 2023-24 school year, LEAs will also be required to track the numbers of children with and without disabilities who received comprehensive CEIS.

Relevant regulations

  • 34 CFR §300.226
  • Significant Disproportionality Final Regulations (pp. 92450–61)

TA centers that help with tracking CEIS funds and children

U.S. Department of Education Funded TA Centers

  • Center for IDEA Fiscal Reporting (CIFR)
    CIFR provides technical assistance to states to help staff better understand IDEA fiscal requirements and to build state capacity to report, analyze, and use accurate special education fiscal data, including those for CEIS.
  • Center for the Integration of IDEA Data (CIID)
    CIID supports the integration of IDEA data systems and processes with the Statewide Longitudinal Data System (SLDS). This may include assistance with tracking, reporting, and evaluating children who received CEIS.
  • IDEA Data Center (IDC)
    IDC provides technical assistance to SEAs and LEAs to help them address challenges encountered in collecting and reporting IDEA fiscal data, including MOE and CEIS data, as part of its mission to build state capacity to collect, report, analyze, and use high-quality IDEA data.

Resources to help with tracking requirements

U.S. Department of Education Funded TA Center Resources

  • IDC and CIFR. Coordinated Early Intervening Services (CEIS) Fiscal and Student Data Tracker
  • IDC and CIFR. CEIS Practice Guide: Examples of Fiscal and Child Tracking for Voluntary and Comprehensive Coordinated Early Intervening Services (CEIS)
  • IDC. Navigating CEIS FAQ

Do you know of other resources that are not listed here? Contact us.

CIFR provides technical assistance to states to help staff better understand IDEA fiscal requirements and to build state capacity to report, analyze, and use accurate special education fiscal data, including those for CEIS.

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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, 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.

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