RE: [NPSO]: Questions from MN

[Jane Fields]

Greetings!  I am working with Jayne Spain and others at the MN Department of  Education on their postschool follow-up system. So, I appreciate all of the great input into the question posed yesterday (by Jayne Spain from MN through Jane Falls)!    However, I am still wondering how states are actually including students in 18-21 year old programs in their postschool follow-up system. Would you be willing to describe the "nuts-and-bolts" of how you go about including all exiters (graduates, dropouts, age outs) into your actual implementation of your follow-up systems? For example, how are you sampling the students so that there's no overlap between the 18-21 year old programs and home districts (in MN, students are counted in their home district, even if they're participating in an 18-21 year old program)?  How do you provide program information back to districts whose students are accessing other programs?  Etc.   Thanks!  Jane Fields   Jane L.S. Fields, Ph.D. Institute on Community Integration University of Minnesota 150 Pillsbury Drive SE 13 Pattee Hall Minneapolis, MN  55455 612-625-0350 (phone) 612-624-9344 (fax)