Short Text: No SPED Initial Evaluation from District.
Long Text: No SPED Initial Evaluation from District. It is usually expected that throughout any given school year, there will be at least one initial Special Education evaluation. If a district reports that no SPED initial evaluations occurred this school year, it will throw Warning 7183. If it is accurate that not even one SPED initial evaluation occurred in the district, then the LEA may acknowledge this Warning. If any initial SPED evaluations occurred during the school year, verify that the number of initial evaluations entered is accurate.
How to Fix: This Warning appears at the school/district level if zero Special Education Initial Evaluations have been submitted (e.g., your LEA did not conduct any initial evaluations).
If the LEA has no initial special education evaluations from the previous school year, then ignore the Warning.
If the LEA truly has no initial special education evaluations from the current school year, then acknowledge the warning.
If the LEA has completed any Special Education Initial Evaluations from the current school year, then enter the correct number and resubmit the data using your student information system (SIS) or third-party vendor SpEd SIS before sending the update to WDP to clear the Warning.
This warning will be displayed in WISEdata Portal until November of the current school year.
Example: School Staff Member Sergio sees Warning 7183, indicating that his school has not submitted any (not even one) Special Education Initial Evaluations. Sergio seeks to confirm if this information is correct with the Special Education Director and learns that it is not. The SpEd Director provides Staff Member Sergio with the correct number of initial special education evaluations that took place, which is two. Sergio then confirms with his third-party SIS vendor representative when the data from his special education SIS tool pushes daily* to WISEdata Portal. The next day, Sergio logs into WISEdata Portal. He checks the WISEdata Portal Home screen - Data Pipeline Status to make sure data flow is happening with this vendor tool, and with 'Program' data. Seeing a green checkmark, Sergio feels confident that his LEAs third-party SIS vendor has submitted this year's initial evaluations, he confirms that the Warning has been corrected.
*NOTE: Sergio could have also done a manual validation instead of waiting for the daily data push. Likewise, Sergio could have also entered the correct number of initial evaluations manually into the field.
Technical Details:
Business Rule Logic: LEA level error. Throw to public LEAs , including independent charter schools (ICS's), exclude CCDEBs. If No /sSEPEA exists for the LEA then throw the error.
Long Text: No SPED Initial Evaluation from District. It is usually expected that throughout any given school year, there will be at least one initial Special Education evaluation. If a district reports that no SPED initial evaluations occurred this school year, it will throw Warning 7183. If it is accurate that not even one SPED initial evaluation occurred in the district, then the LEA may acknowledge this Warning. If any initial SPED evaluations occurred during the school year, verify that the number of initial evaluations entered is accurate.
- NOTE: Failure to acknowledge the warning may result in the school being reported to the US Dept of Ed as not fulfilling the reporting requirements under Section 618 of the IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) [34 C.F.R. § 300.301].
How to Fix: This Warning appears at the school/district level if zero Special Education Initial Evaluations have been submitted (e.g., your LEA did not conduct any initial evaluations).
If the LEA has no initial special education evaluations from the previous school year, then ignore the Warning.
- NOTE: Indicator 11 data is collected as part of the December snapshot and reflects the prior school year data (e.g., initial evaluations from the 2024-25 school year will be collected for the December Student Snapshot in 2026).
If the LEA truly has no initial special education evaluations from the current school year, then acknowledge the warning.
If the LEA has completed any Special Education Initial Evaluations from the current school year, then enter the correct number and resubmit the data using your student information system (SIS) or third-party vendor SpEd SIS before sending the update to WDP to clear the Warning.
This warning will be displayed in WISEdata Portal until November of the current school year.
Example: School Staff Member Sergio sees Warning 7183, indicating that his school has not submitted any (not even one) Special Education Initial Evaluations. Sergio seeks to confirm if this information is correct with the Special Education Director and learns that it is not. The SpEd Director provides Staff Member Sergio with the correct number of initial special education evaluations that took place, which is two. Sergio then confirms with his third-party SIS vendor representative when the data from his special education SIS tool pushes daily* to WISEdata Portal. The next day, Sergio logs into WISEdata Portal. He checks the WISEdata Portal Home screen - Data Pipeline Status to make sure data flow is happening with this vendor tool, and with 'Program' data. Seeing a green checkmark, Sergio feels confident that his LEAs third-party SIS vendor has submitted this year's initial evaluations, he confirms that the Warning has been corrected.
*NOTE: Sergio could have also done a manual validation instead of waiting for the daily data push. Likewise, Sergio could have also entered the correct number of initial evaluations manually into the field.
Technical Details:
Business Rule Logic: LEA level error. Throw to public LEAs , including independent charter schools (ICS's), exclude CCDEBs. If No /sSEPEA exists for the LEA then throw the error.
Additional Comments
For more information refer to the Special Education Forms Guide, the Wisconsin State Performance Plan Indicators, the IDEA Part B Flow-through Allocations Spreadsheet site, and the Indicator 11: Timely Initial Evaluations Application User Guide.
Indicator 11 Date Element webpages: Timely Special Ed Evaluation, Student Education Organization Responsibility Association, Consent to Evaluation Received Date, Eligibility Evaluation Type, Evaluation Complete Indicator, Evaluation Delay Reason, Evaluation Late Reason, IDEA Indicator, IDEA Indicator (Part B)
5/16/2025