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Indicator 8:
Parent Involvement Survey - Special Education
School Year 2023-24

Your Opinion is Extremely Important to Us!
To meet the requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA), the Hawaii State Department of Education (Department) is required to report annually to the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), the "percent of parents with a child receiving special education services who report that schools facilitated parent involvement as a means of improving services and results for children with disabilities” enrolled in Hawaii public schools (20 U.S.C. 1416(a)(3)(A)).

Like many other states, the Department collects this data through a large-scale survey. The Department is using the Schools’ Efforts to Partner with Parents Scale (SEPPS) that consists of a 25-item rating scale and was developed and validated by the National Center for Special Education and Accountability Monitoring (NCSEAM).

The Department values your involvement in the Individualized Education Program (IEP) meetings and other school activities/events relating to your child’s education and would like to hear about your experience with your school’s efforts to partner with you. Your participation in this survey will help the Department to improve parental involvement in the special education process and improve outcomes for our students with disabilities and families.

For questions on how to complete the survey, please contact Patricia Dong via email at macb@k12.hi.us or via phone at (808) 307-3600.

To access the Parent Involvement Survey Handout in English and other languages, please click here.

The online Parent Involvement Survey is also available in the following languages:

-Hawaiian: Ke makemake ‘oe e ho‘opihapiha ma ka ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i, e kaomi ma ‘ane‘i.
-Tagalog: Kung mas gusto mong kumpletuhin ang survey sa Tagalog, mangyaring mag- click ditoe.
-Marshallese: Ñe kwōkōnaan kadedelok waanjoñok eo ilo Kajin Majol, jouj im jibed ijin.
-Spanish: Si prefiere completar la encuesta en español, haga clic aquí.

Click Here to access translations of the Parent Involvement Survey in other languages.

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