ED's Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) Monitoring and State Improvement Planning Division (MSIP) monitors all IDEA Part C and B programs through its Differentiated Monitoring and Support 2.0 system (DMS 2.0). OSEP differentiates its approach for each state based on the state's unique strengths, progress, challenges, and needs. DMS 2.0 is a cyclical monitoring process that focuses on states' general supervision systems*. OSEP will continue to provide support and technical assistance that is differentiated based on each state’s needs. In addition to the states that are identified for monitoring in a given Cohort, OSEP also conducts targeted monitoring based on awareness of additional information that warrants exploration.
General supervision encompasses each state’s responsibility to ensure that the state and its subgrantees and contractors meet the requirements of IDEA which includes:
- Improving educational results and functional outcomes for all children with disabilities, and early intervention results and functional outcomes for all infants and toddlers with disabilities; and
- Ensuring that public agencies meet the program requirements under Parts B and C of IDEA, with a particular emphasis on those requirements that are most closely related to improving early intervention results for infants and toddlers with disabilities and educational results for children and youth with disabilities.
As outlined in the DMS Framework, OSEP will examine the state’s policies and procedures and state-level implementation of these policies and procedures regarding the following components of general supervision:
- Monitoring and Improvement
- Data, including the State Performance Plan/Annual Performance Report (SPP/APR)
- Fiscal Management
- Dispute Resolution
In addition to the core general supervision monitoring components, OSEP will focus on select topics or additional areas, based on the results of OSEP’s review of publicly available and state provided information, protocol analysis and local and stakeholder interviews.
*The state educational agency (SEA) is responsible for implementing Part B of the IDEA and the state lead agency (SLA) is responsible for implementing Part C of the IDEA in the state. Both the SEA and SLA respectively must exercise general supervision over the programs and activities used to implement IDEA requirements in the state (regardless of whether Federal IDEA funds are provided to such programs and activities). 20 U.S.C. Sections 1416(a)(3), 1435(a)(10), 1437(a)(1) and 1442, and 34 C.F.R. §§ 303.120(a) and 303.700(b) for IDEA Part C. 20 U.S.C. Sections 1412(a)(11) and 1416(a)(3) and 34 C.F.R. §§ 300.149 and 300.600 for IDEA Part B.
Differentiated Monitoring and Support (DMS) Reports
Use the searchable database below to find DMS Reports by state, program, year, and document type. Please note that the these digital reports are considered unofficial reference copies. For "official" hard copy versions of DMS reports, please reach out to your state MSIP contact.