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The Public Education Department, Office of Special Education conducts an annual state-wide follow-up study, as a mandated requirement of the federally approved State Performance Plan to provide follow-up information about students who have exited from school.

The SPP Indicator 14 Post-school outcomes survey is conducted as a census of school districts. All districts, state supported schools, and charter schools operating as districts that serve high school students are required to report. Note that if districts do not report the outcomes of at least 50% of their former students, justification of the missing data is required. All districts are required to report, even if they had no high school students that exited in the reporting year. It is preferable that former students directly provide information for the survey; however, a parent or family member can provide information for the survey if the student is not available. 

The survey can be completed directly by students or parent/family member online. The survey can also be completed via direct interview by school staff and entered using the survey link. All surveys must be entered using the link. No data will be accepted in any other format. Please note that no preliminary credentialing is required to enter surveys. The survey link and instructions for the survey and hardcopies of the survey forms are posted on the NEREC website on the post-school outcomes page.

Targeted respondents to the survey are 2023–2024 exiters who had IEPs, not gifted. This includes graduates in the 2023–2024 school year and drop-outs grades 9–12. Only students who are no longer in school should be included in this survey. The survey will be open for data entry beginning August 1, 2025, and will close on September 30, 2025. The survey can be accessed using the link below.

• Indicator 14 Postsecondary Outcomes Survey
• Printable Paper Survey

The reimbursable tasks required for the survey include: 
Coordinators in large districts who organize and assist staff in obtaining lists of students and perform tasks ensuring high rates of completion will receive a stipend at the rate listed below: 
For school districts with 50 or more completed and entered tier 2 surveys- $200 School-based facilitators who conduct surveys will receive $10 per completed and entered survey. 

Survey instructions will be sent to all school districts and are responsible for providing this information to designated staff who will conduct the survey and enter data. Technical assistance to school districts on this survey is available by email or by calling (505) 429-8221.