2025-01-17 DSWG Meeting #6

Participants

The meeting was held 2025-01-17  12:00Pm -1:15pm CT via WebEx

Meeting Agenda

1. Data Portability for IEP Students of Supporter with Military Connection - Moving with the Mission Project

2. Adding Capacity in Ed-Fi for Recording Prior StudentUniqueId

3. Discipline Related Topics

   1. EdOrgId instead of SchoolId in DisciplineIncident Entity

   2. Making  StudentDisciplineIncidentBehaviorAssociation a required collection

4. Replace StudentSectionAssociation with Student and Section references in StudentSectionAttendanceEvent

Similar replacements in StudentSchoolAttendanceEvent, StudentProgramAttendanceEvent, StudentInterventionAttendanceEvent

Meeting Materials

• Presentation Deck:

  • Moving with the Mission Project - Project Unicorn

• Webex meeting recording: DSWG Work Group-20250117 1915-2
  Recording link: https://edfi.webex.com/edfi/ldr.php?RCID=742bea3726798a2c381117d23052d219

Meeting Notes

Data Portability for IEP Students of Supporter with Military Connection - Moving with the Mission Project

• Presented by: Chloe Sanducci

• Project Background:

  • Initiated by the US Department of Education in August 2024 to support high-mobility students, particularly those with Individualized Education Programs (IEPs).

  • Students often wait an average of 4.25 months for services when their families are relocated to a different base.

  • Currently, IEP students need to bring a physical copy of their IEP report to their new school district.

• Status:

  • A data schema has been created for review, incorporating elements from Ed-Fi, CEDS, and A4L.

  • Collaboration with Project Unicorn, led by Erin Mote and Chloe Sanducci, to push for education data interoperability.

  • Signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with seven EdTech companies and the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) for pilot development.

• Timeline: Ongoing efforts to build and implement the project with the help of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC).

Adding Capacity in Ed-Fi for Recording Prior StudentUniqueId

• Discussion Points:

  • Disability Alignment: The data schema is more aligned with disability rather than section 504, and the Data Standards Team is checking the mapping.

  • Data Standards: Concerns were raised about the use of character values instead of numeric codes, which is not in line with normal data standards.

  • Feedback and Coordination: Feedback will be provided to the team, and efforts will be coordinated to address these issues.

  • State and District Practices: Various states and districts shared their practices for tracking and merging student IDs, highlighting the importance of maintaining accurate records for data reconciliation.

Discipline Related Topics

• EdOrgId instead of SchoolId in DisciplineIncident Entity:

  • There were mixed opinions on replacing SchoolId with EdOrgId. Some participants expressed concerns about the impact on reporting and the need for granularity at the school level.

• Making StudentDisciplineIncidentBehaviorAssociation a required collection:

  • There was a general consensus on making this collection mandatory to ensure proper association of actions and behaviors. Participants emphasized the importance of enforcing vendors to send this data upstream.

• Replace StudentSectionAssociation with Student and Section references in various attendance event entities:

  • The decision on this topic was postponed to the next meeting.

Next Meeting 14 Feb 2025

• Topics to cover: Career and Technical Education, National School Lunch Program