The Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA) requires each state to develop a State Performance Plan/Annual Performance Report (SPP/APR) that evaluates the state's efforts to implement the requirements and purposes of the IDEA and describes how the state will improve its implementation.
The SPP/APR includes 18 indicators that measure student and family outcomes and compliance with the requirements of the IDEA. For more information, please refer to the SPP/APR Indicator Cards and Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) FFY 2020-2025 Measurement Table. Each year, the SPP/APR is submitted on February 1.
The Hawai’i State Department of Education (Department) and the State advisory panel, the Special Education Advisory Council (SEAC) utilize the Leading by Convening framework as the primary mechanism to engage parents and other educational and community partners in supporting the Department in improving outcomes for our students with disabilities. Monthly meetings and an annual SPP/APR Engagement meeting are used to bring the partners together to review the Department’s performance, establish measurable and rigorous annual performance targets, and determine strategies for improvement to increase performance and outcomes for our students with disabilities.
Through collaboration, the Department continues to fulfill our commitment to preparing students to be Globally Competitive, Locally Committed and ensure that:
- All students with disabilities have available a free appropriate public education (FAPE);
- The rights of students with disabilities and their parents are protected; and
- Federal and state special education requirements are implemented, monitored, enforced, and reported.
Preparing our students for a future here in Hawai’i, our special island home, depends on a united, collective effort — ne‘epapa — grounded in Na Hopena A‘o, a framework of outcomes that reflects our core values and beliefs in action throughout the school system and the communities in which our schools reside, to develop the competencies that strengthen a sense of belonging, responsibility, excellence, aloha, total well-being, and Hawai‘i ("BREATH" or "HA") in ourselves, students, and others.