Indicator 13

Secondary Transition (Compliance Indicator)

Indicator 13 measures the percent of youth with IEPs aged 16 and above with an IEP that includes appropriate measurable postsecondary goals that are annually updated and based upon an age-appropriate transition assessment, transition services, including course of study, that will reasonably enable the student to meet those postsecondary goals, and annual IEP goals related to the student’s transition service needs.  The student must be invited to the IEP Team Meeting where transition services are discussed and evidence that, if appropriate, a representative of any participating agency was invited to the IEP Team meeting with prior consent of the parent or student who has reached the age of majority. (Authority:  20 U.S.C. 1416(a)(3)(B))

In South Carolina it is required that a student who turns 13 within the life of the IEP have transition services included on their IEP.  However, for the purposes of Indicator 13 federal requirements, only IEPs of students aged 16 and above are reviewed for compliance purposes.

SPP/APR Indicator 13 Data Collection & Review

The State Performance Plan/Annual Performance Report (SPP/APR) Indicator 13 data collection and review process operates on a three-year data collection cycle. All local educational agencies (LEAs) are assigned to an Indicator 13 data collection group. Each year, one group submits Indicator 13 documents for review, receives feedback, and corrects findings of noncompliance as necessary within assigned timelines. The LEAs in other data collection groups are not required to submit documents when it is not their submission year unless the LEA or is continuing to correct noncompliance from a previous year’s review. The review of documents is performed by the Office of Special Education Services (OSES) using the Indicator 13 review form.

LEA Document Submission

All documents will be viewed through Enrich/EdPlanSC.  Your district will be required to send the SUNS numbers of the files to be reviewed.

SUNS number submission requirements: 

  • Large LEA – 20 student records
  • Medium LEA – 15 student records
  • Small LEA – 10 student records 

Indicator 13 Corrective Activities

The required LEA corrective activities are based on the compliance percentage (% of student records that are compliant for Indicator 13) at the time of the initial data submission. 

  • 100% compliance: no required corrective activities
  • 80-99%: must submit evidence of correction of individual findings of noncompliance
  • 30-79%: must submit evidence of correction of individual findings of noncompliance, and evidence that staff who prepare Indicator 13 documents participated in OSES’ Indicator 13 virtual professional learning opportunity
  • 0-29%: must submit evidence of correction of individual findings of noncompliance, evidence that staff who prepare Indicator 13 documents participated in OSES’ Indicator 13 virtual professional learning opportunity, and that designated staff participated in an OSES approved targeted post- secondary transition professional learning opportunity designed to meet the technical assistance needs of the LEA.

Timelines for 2023-24 Indicator 13 Data Collection, OSES Review, and Corrective Activities

  • 10/13/23 – OSES notifies LEAs that will be reviewed
  • 10/31/23 – LEA data submission (SUNS numbers)
  • 1/12/24 – OSES issues data review reports
  • 1/15/24 - 5/3/24 – Corrections submission window
  • 6/7/24 – OSES completes review of corrections
  • 6/30/24 OSES provides feedback of corrections
  • 6/30/25 – All corrections must be completed