Maintenance of Effort Reduction and Coordinated Early Intervening Services Survey

The Maintenance of Effort (MOE) Reduction and Coordinated Early Intervening Services (CEIS) survey is a requirement of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). TEA staff compile this survey and report this information to the US Department of Education (USDE) every year. The USDE Office of Special Education Programs publishes the data in its Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of IDEA. The data are also used to monitor IDEA programs and activities.

Reporting Requirements

TEA reports data for every local educational agency (LEA) that receives a formula or preschool subgrant from the agency under IDEA, Part B. The survey requires TEA to report data produced by the agency and the following information collected from LEAs.

MOE Reduction Amounts

The reported data includes the amount the LEA reduced its local and/or state funds spent on Special Education and related services during the previous school year, if any.

TEA collects this information from each LEA in Schedule BS6016 of the eGrants Special Education Consolidated Grant Application. LEAs should amend this schedule to ensure the data reflects the actual reduction amount taken and not a budgeted figure. LEAs should do this before the amendment period closes as necessary for any particular school year. TEA will cross-check any reported amounts in the BS6016 with amounts later reported in the Exceptions Workbook for that same year.

Amounts Reserved for CEIS

The reported data includes an indication of whether each LEA is required to reserve IDEA-B funds for CEIS due to significant disproportionality during the previous school year and, if so, the dollar amount reserved.

If the LEA was not required to reserve funds, the reported data indicates whether each LEA voluntarily reserved IDEA-B funds for CEIS during the previous school year and, if so, the dollar amount reserved.

TEA collects this information from each LEA in Schedule BS6016 of the eGrants Special Education Consolidated Grant Application. LEAs should amend this schedule to ensure the data reflects the actual reduction amount taken and not a budgeted figure. LEAs should do this before the amendment period closes as necessary for any particular year.

Number of Children Receiving CEIS

The reported data includes the following:

• The number of children who received CEIS during the previous school year.
• The number of children who received CEIS at any time in the past two school years and received special education and related services during the previous school year.

TEA collects this information from each LEA in Schedule SC5100 of the Special Education Consolidated Application for the year following the school year that is being reported. For example, TEA reports on the 2017–2018 school year using data that the LEA submits on Schedule SC5100 in the 2018–2019 school year. This allows LEAs additional time to determine the number of children receiving CEIS during the previous school year. The Schedule SC5100 for any particular school year is due in November. (The SC5100 for the 2018–2109 school year, for instance, is due in November 2018.)

Federal Guidance

For more information regarding the data reported in the Maintenance of Effort Reduction and Coordinated Early Intervening Services survey, refer to the following guidance.

• 34 CFR § 300.205(a) (external link)– Adjustment to local fiscal efforts in certain fiscal years (MOE reduction) 
• 34 CFR § 300.226 (external link)– Early intervening services