Core Collection: Child Find (To Be Updated)


Child Find is a federal mandate under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). It requires local education agencies (LEAs), which include public school districts and charter schools, to identify, locate, and evaluate all children with disabilities residing within their jurisdictions who need special education and related services (34 CFR §300.111—Child Find). This program covers students from birth through age 21 and includes students for whom the special education evaluation process was completed.

This process includes children who are:

  • Enrolled in a public school and are advancing from grade to grade
  • Parentally placed in a private school, homeschool, or attend a virtual school
  • Highly mobile, including migrant children
  • Homeless
  • In foster care or unaccompanied youth
  • Wards of the state
  • Involved in the criminal justice system
  • Residing in nursing homes

For additional information, see the Child Find website.

The Child Find submission is due July 1, 2025.

IMPORTANT: Each LEA will have unique situations. Some of the dates, images, and examples provided in this document are for informational and instructional purposes only and may not completely represent your LEA's process.

Registration

Registration > Maintenance > Core Collections

Child Find SPPI-11 and Child Find SPPI-12 are located under Registration > Maintenance > Core Collections. There are four scenarios for reporting students:

Child Find: SPPI-11 Scenario 1 for Enrolled Students, ages 3-21
Child Find: SPPI-11 Scenario 2 for Non-Enrolled Students, ages 3-21
Child Find: SPPI-12 Scenario 3 for Enrolled Students, ages 0 and up to, but not including, 3.
Child Find: SPPI-12 Scenario 4 for Non-Enrolled Students, ages 0 and up to, but not including, 3.


Core Collections menu under Maintenance

Reports

Registration > Reports > Registration Reports > Student > SRG5010 – Child Find SPPI-11 Student Roster Report

SRG5010 - Child Find SPPI-11 Student Roster Report gives a report of SPPI-11 students.


SRG5010 – Child Find SPPI-11 Student Roster Report parameters screen

❏ In the Ending School Year (YYYY) field (Required), type the four-digit school year. For example, for the 2021-2022 school year, type 2022.

❏ In the Evaluation Campus ID (Blank for All) field, type the three-digit campus ID where the student was evaluated, or leave blank to create a report for all campuses. If creating the report for all campuses, the report is organized by Evaluation Campus ID, not by Enrolled Campus ID.

❏ In the Include Non-Reported Students (Y,N) field, type Y or N to include/exclude non-reported students.

❏ In the Include Students Without an Evaluation Campus ID (Y,N) field, type Y or N to include/exclude students without an Evaluation Campus ID.

❏ Click Preview.

Students without an Evaluation Campus ID will display on the first page of the report followed by listings for each evaluating campus.

SRG5010 – Child Find SPPI-11 Student Roster Report report




Registration > Reports > Registration Reports > Student > SRG5020 – Child Find SPPI-12 Student Roster Report

SRG5020 - Child Find SPPI-12 Student Roster Report gives a report of SPPI-12 students.

This report displays one listing per student for every ECI record on Spec Ed. For example, if a student has three ECI records, they will appear in the report three times, one time for each ECI record.


SRG5020 – Child Find SPPI-12 Student Roster Report parameters screen

❏ In the Ending School Year (YYYY) field (Required), type the four-digit school year. For example, for the 2021-2022 school year, type 2022.

❏ In the Evaluation Campus ID (Blank for All) field, type the three-digit campus ID where the student was evaluated, or leave blank to create a report for all campuses. If creating the report for all campuses, the report is organized by Evaluation Campus ID, not by Enrolled Campus ID.

❏ In the Include Non-Reported Students (Y,N) field, type Y or N to include/exclude non-reported students.

❏ In the Include Students Without an Evaluation Campus ID (Y,N) field, type Y or N to include/exclude students without an Evaluation Campus ID.

❏ Click Preview.

Students without an Evaluation Campus ID will display on the first page of the report followed by listings for each evaluating campus.

SRG5020 – Child Find SPPI-12 Student Roster Report report




Child Find Data Components

❏ Click on the TEA drop-down menus to see complete information for Child Find reporting including: Domains, Entities and Data Elements.

The following data elements are pulled from the Alternative and Supplemental Services, Education Organization, Enrollment, School Calendar, Student Identification and Demographics and Student Special Education Program Eligibility Association domains: