Final Priority and Requirements-Technical Assistance on State Data Collection-The Rhonda Weiss National Technical Assistance Center To Improve State Capacity To Collect, Report, Analyze, and Use Accurate IDEA Data in Accessible Formats

The Department of Education (Department) announces a priority, including requirements, for the Rhonda Weiss National Technical Assistance Center to Improve State Capacity to Collect, Report, Analyze, and Use Accurate IDEA Data in Accessible Formats (Accessible Data Center) under the Technical Assistance on State Data Collection program, Assistance Listing Number 84.373Q. The Department may use this priority for competitions in fiscal year (FY) 2022 and thereafter. We will use the priority to award a cooperative agreement for an Accessible Data Center to focus attention on an identified need to support States in collecting, reporting, analyzing, and publishing their data in formats that provide equitable access and visualizations to persons with disabilities, particularly those with blindness, visual impairments, motor impairments, and intellectual disabilities. The Accessible Data Center will customize its technical assistance (TA) to meet each State's specific needs.