AnnualReportontheModifiedMattie.pptVIP

Annual Report on the Modified Mattie T. Consent DecreeOctober 2010 Mattie T. Timeline Class Action originally filed April 25, 1975 Targeted over-identification of minorities Required an annual report to the court Original Consent Decree signed on January 26, 1979 Motion filed to end consent decree in November 2001 Mattie T. Timeline December 23, 2003 - revised Consent Decree signed by federal court Judge Mills Set specific numeric targets for state and districts to meet Addresses children 6 to 20 years old Includes SLD, OHI, EmD, EMR, and LRE LRE dismissed with prejudice May 2009 http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/special_education/data_charts.html EMR Differential Calculation Percent of Black Students with EMR - divide number of students identified as Black EMR by the number of students who are identified as Black on the Total Student Enrollment. FORMULA: [B EMR / M1NetMembership B] * 100 Percent of Other Students with EMR - divide number of students identified as Other with EMR (Other = Asian + Hispanic + American Indian + White) by the sum of Other of Total Student Enrollment. FORMULA: [(AS + H + AI + W) EMR / M1NetMembership (AS + H + AI + W)] * 100 Differential for EMR - the difference between the Percent of Black Students with EMR and Percent of Other Students with EMR FORMULA: [% of B EMR Students - % O EMR Students] Note the required differential for each districts is 1.15 or less. For districts with Percent of Students Enrolled who are Black at 96% or greater, the Child Identification of Students with Disabilities as a Percent of the Total Enrollment column under EMR should be 1.65% or less. SLD Differential Calculation Percent of Black Students with SLD - divide number of students identified as Black SLD by the number of students who are identified as Black on the Total Student Enrollment. FORMULA: [B SLD / M1NetMembership B] * 100 Percent of Other Students with SLD - divide number of students identified as Other with SLD (Other = Asian + Hispanic +