Secondary Transition

State Performance Plan Indicator 13

Clarification on Age Requirements for SPPI 13

While Texas law requires transition planning to begin at age 14 (19 Texas Administrative Code §89.1055), the federal State Performance Plan Indicator (SPPI) 13 specifically measures the percentage of youth with individualized education programs (IEPs) aged 16 and older who have appropriate transition planning documented in their IEPs. Therefore, for federal reporting purposes, SPPI 13 only includes students age 16 and above, while state requirements mandate transition planning to begin at age 14.

SPPI 13: Measurement

State Performance Plan Indicator (SPPI) 13 measures the percent of youth with individualized education programs (IEPs) aged 16 and above with an IEP that includes:

Appropriate measurable postsecondary goals that are annually updated and based upon an age appropriate transition assessment;
Transition services, including courses of study, that will reasonably enable the student to meet those postsecondary goals; and
Annual IEP goals related to the student's transition services needs.

There also must be evidence that the student was invited to the admission, review, and dismissal (ARD) committee meeting where transition services are to be discussed and evidence that, if appropriate, a representative of any participating agency that is likely to be responsible for providing or paying for transition services was invited to the ARD meeting with the prior consent of the parent or student who has reached the age of majority.