2011 - Present News Archive

1/13/2012 - Review of Accommodations Form Report (RAFR) Offline Today

The Review of Accommodations form report is currently unavailable in CECAS for users. The form should be restored between 6:00 PM -7:00 PM tonight. .We will post here as soon as it becomes available again. If you have any questions regarding this or any other CECAS issue, contact the Help Desk at (919) 807-4357, press 2 for CECAS, or email cecas.incidents@its.nc.gov.

12/16/2011 - December 2011 Periodic Count - ID Cleanup Required (CECAS Daily Users Only)

Resolving Near Matches:
CECAS has submitted records to the UID system. Please resolve near matches by 5pm on January 4, 2012.
If you have any questions regarding this or any other CECAS issue, contact the Help Desk at (919) 807-4357, press 2 for CECAS, or email cecas.incidents@its.nc.gov.
If you have any questions regarding UID or NCID, please email dpi.incidents@its.nc.gov or call (919) 807-4357, press 1.

12/15/2011 - December 2011 Periodic Count - ID Cleanup Required (CECAS Daily Users Only)

Resolving Near Matches - Reminder:
Users have until 5pm today to resolve all near matches in the UID system. CECAS will submit records to the UID system after 5pm today. All records not resolved prior to the submission to the UID system will be duplicated.
If you have any questions regarding this or any other CECAS issue, contact the Help Desk at (919) 807-4357, press 2 for CECAS, or email cecas.incidents@its.nc.gov.
If you have any questions regarding UID or NCID, please email dpi.incidents@its.nc.gov or call (919) 807-4357, press 1.

12/8/2011 - Production Site Down

Currently CECAS is experiencing issues with the database servers. We are working to correct this issue as soon as possible. We will post here when fixed. If you have any questions regarding this or any other CECAS issue, please contact your Regional Trainer. If you cannot reach your Regional Trainer, email cecas.incidents@its.nc.gov

12/8/2012 - Competency Goals in DEC4

Users will find new Competency Goals available for selection on the Present Level of Performance (Annual Goal) screen of the DEC4. The Competency Goals that have been added are:

Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts Reading for grades 3-8,
Common Core State Standards for Mathematics for Grades 3-8,
North Carolina Essential Standards for Science for Grades 5 and 8,
North Carolina Essential Standards for Biology.

Users should be aware that the some of the standards, especially Mathematics, have been abridged to fit the available space. Complete listings of the Common Core and Essential Standards can be found at http://dpi.state.nc.us/acre/standards/.

If you have any questions regarding this or any other CECAS issue, contact the Help Desk at (919) 807-4357, press 2 for CECAS, or email cecas.incidents@its.nc.gov.

11/30/2011 - CECAS December Updates

December Child Count
The December child count submission in CECAS will open December 1, 2011 and will close December 16, 2011. In preparation for this count all test counts, that were previously submitted will be deleted. Please make sure you have submitted an initial submission by December 5, 2011.

Data Request Changes -
NCDPI will no longer use the CECAS Data Request form. Please follow the new process below for submitting a data change to CECAS Support.
Send Email to cecas.incidents@its.nc.gov
Include a brief description of the issue in the Subject line. (ex. Delete Form)
Make sure to COPY AND PASTE the CECAS UID into the body of the email. (no names or NCWISE IDs please)
Include more details in the body of the email as needed, including any dates to be changed.
If requesting to have a form deleted, please include the Created On Date from the EC Forms List screen in CECAS.
More than one request may be submitted per incident but please do not exceed 10 per incident.
*Please do not send emails containing any personally identifiable information. Only include the CECAS UID*

Sample Request -

Subject: 538ADB2DWY - Change Region/LEA Begin Date

Body of email:

538ADB2DWY - Please change the Region/LEA begin date from 9/9/2010 to 9/15/2010.

If you have any questions regarding this or any other CECAS issue, please contact your Regional Trainer. If you cannot reach your Regional Trainer, contact the Help Desk at (919) 807-4357, press 2 for CECAS, or email cecas.incidents@its.nc.gov.

11/29/2011 - December 2011 Periodic Count - ID Cleanup Required

CECAS Daily Users only:
Per the memo from Mary Watson on November 9, 2011, NC WISE IDs for all active students have been submitted from CECAS to the UID system. CECAS daily users must resolve near matches for these records in the UID system by 5pm on November 30, 2011. Any near matches that are not resolved by 5pm on November 30, 2011, will be duplicated during the next UID submission the night of November 30th. This will require users to resolve the same record more than once in the UID system.
If you have any questions regarding this or any other CECAS issue, contact the Help Desk at (919) 807-4357, press 2 for CECAS, or email cecas.incidents@its.nc.gov
If you have any questions regarding UID or NCID, please email dpi.incidents@its.nc.gov or call (919) 807-4357, press 1.

CECAS Reporting Users only:
Per the memo from Mary Watson on November 9, 2011, NC WISE IDs for all CECAS reporting users' active students will be submitted from CECAS to the UID system after the December 2011 child count has been certified. This submission will occur on January 3rd. CECAS reporting users must resolve near matches for these records in the UID system by 5pm on January 5, 2012. To minimize the number of near matches that must be resolved, CECAS reporting users should verify that student records submitted to CECAS during the December 2011 child count contain the following:
NC WISE ID matches the NC WISE ID in NC WISE
First Name matches the First Name in NC WISE
Middle Name matches the Middle Name in NC WISE (records should contain the complete Middle Name and not Middle Initial)
Last Name matches the Last Name in NC WISE
Date of Birth matches the Date of Birth in NC WISE
Gender matches the Gender in NC WISE
If you have any questions regarding any CECAS issue, contact the Help Desk at (919) 807-4357, press 2 for CECAS, or email cecas.incidents@its.nc.gov
If you have any questions regarding UID or NCID, please email dpi.incidents@its.nc.gov or call (919) 807-4357, press 1.

11/15/2011 - December 2011 Periodic Child Count Submission Schedule

The December 2011 child count for children with disabilities will be transmitted through CECAS based on the submission dates as listed below. Please refer to the December 2011 Periodic Count - ID Cleanup Required memo sent by the EC Division on 11/9/2011 for more information regarding the ID cleanup and the count process.

The Special Education Child Count Verification form (for those LEAs whose EC Director does not actually do the CECAS submission) is available in the "Memorandums and Official Communications" section of the Downloads Tab on the CECAS Information Site. Please note that EC Directors will now be mailing this form to the EC Delivery Team.

The submission schedule is as follows:

November 22: NCDPI will submit all active status records from CECAS to UID.
November 23: CECAS will lock the NCWISE ID for all records.
November 23 - 30: CECAS users will resolve near matches in UID.
December 1-16: All LEAs, Charters, SOPs submit and certify child count in CECAS.
December 17-31: NCDPI analysis and verification of child count data.
January 3: DPI submits reporting user child count data to the UID system.
January 4-5: Reporting users will resolve near matches in UID system.

11/14/2011 - Updated Competency Goals in DEC4

The CECAS team is beginning to update the Competency Goals that are available for selection in the DEC4 for students who are tested using NCEXTEND2. Each new state standard for English/Language Arts, Math, and Science will be added individually and will appear in the dropdown list as soon as it is added. The process will take some time to complete. The target for completion is January 8, 2012. The older standards will remain active in CECAS until June 15, 2012.

If you have any questions regarding this or any other CECAS issue, contact the Help Desk at (919) 807-4357, press 2 for CECAS, or email cecas.incidents@its.nc.gov.

11/14/2011 - Communications Planning Worksheet (CPW) Release

The Communications Planning Worksheet (CPW) was released as a web based worksheet on 11/9/2011. Training via GoToWebinar has been scheduled for 11/17 and 12/15. Please sign up today! Copy and paste the links below into your browser to register for training.

11/17 - https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/427166456

12/15 - https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/701642761

If you have any questions regarding this or any other CECAS issue, contact the Help Desk at cecas.incidents@its.nc.gov.

10/31/2011- The CECAS team will be attending their annual conference from Monday, October 31st, through Wednesday, November 2nd, and will be unavailable by phone. If you have a CECAS issue during this time, please send an email to cecas.incidents@its.nc.gov to log your incident in Remedy and it will be addressed as soon as possible.

10/27/2011- CECAS Production Site Will Be Down For Maintenance 10/27/2011 at 11:00 PM

The CECAS production site will be down for maintenance 10/27/2011 at 11:00 PM. Users may be unable to access the system until 12:00 AM 10/28/2011. The EC Delivery Team apologizes for any inconvenience that this may cause. If you have any questions regarding this or any other CECAS issue, contact the Help Desk at (919) 807-4357, press 2 for CECAS, or email cecas.incidents@its.nc.gov.

10/4/2011 - Indicator 11 Periodic Count Certified Report

LEAs and Charter Schools should be processing their Indicator 11 Count submissions in CECAS. Please remember to run the Indicator 11 Periodic Count Certified Report under Data Exchange/Periodic Count/Reports/Indicators as soon as your 2010-11 submission is in Certified Status. Specifically review the report by Late Placement and make sure that the information is correct. If your information is not correct, please Uncertify, research and correct the data, if you are able, then Re-submit and Certify again. If you cannot correct the data in the record, please submit a Data Request.

If you have any questions regarding this, please contact your Regional Trainer. If you cannot reach your Regional Trainer, contact the Help Desk at (919) 807-4357, press 2 for CECAS, or email cecas.incidents@its.nc.gov.

9/30/2011 - Preparing for the Indicator 11 Count

*** LEA LEVEL MESSAGE***

The count submission in CECAS will open October 3, 2011 and will close October 24, 2011.

Timely Placement Progress Report
Run this report to find out which referrals have not been completed through the placement process. It is normal to have some records in this report. Review the records in the report to see if any of them need to be updated with current data. You may discover that some referrals from past school years still display in this report. Only records with a Referral Received by School Date that falls between 7/1/2010 and 6/30/2011 will be included in this year's Indicator 11 count.

Indicator 11 Periodic Count Preview Report
This report displays the referrals that will be pulled into the Indicator 11 Periodic Count. It also displays the categories in which the records will be counted and the compliance percentage. Review the report to identify any discrepancies in your data. Pay special attention to students whose Reported Race displays as "Unknown." Correct the race/ethnicity data in the CECAS record before submitting your count. Also, work with your NC WISE contact to be sure the data is correct in NC WISE.
Please note that the category titled Errors only identifies records which could not be categorized into one of the categories of Exclusion, Subtraction, Eligible, Not Eligible, or Late Placement. This category will not identify students with data errors that may be caught in the Technical Manual Data Error validation that is part of the actual submission process, such as an invalid Race code or an Initial Placement date that is earlier than an Initial Eligibility date.

Additional Reminders
The Indicator 12 spreadsheet was sent out in a memo from the EC Division to EC directors on 9/30/2011. Please send all Indicator 12 spreadsheets to cecas.incidents@its.nc.gov.

9/29/2011 - Data Not Saving on DEC 4 Special Factors Section Now Fixed

The DEC 4 Special Factors trouble has been resolved. We apologize for this inconvenience. For all other CECAS issues, please call the Help Desk at (919) 807-4357, press 2 for CECAS or email cecas.incidents@its.nc.gov.

9/26/2011 - Data Not Saving on DEC 4 Special Factors Section

Currently, users are unable to save information on the Special Factors Screen on the DEC 4. This is a severity 1 issue and is being worked on currently. We apologize for this inconvenience. For all other CECAS issues, please call the Help Desk at (919) 807-4357, press 2 for CECAS or email cecas.incidents@its.nc.gov.

9/21/2011 - CECAS User Status by LEA

Please click this link to see list of North Carolina LEAs and Charter Schools. The purpose of this list is to inform LEAs and Charter schools of the LEAs that are in transition from CECAS to another data entry system as well as list the LEAs that are Reporting Users. Please note that LEAs who are listed as in transition have student records in CECAS however these records possibly do not have the most current IEP information. Most of the LEAs in transition stopped entering new data into CECAS on 7/1/2011. Additional follow up to the previous school is encouraged when transferring records from LEA to LEA to ensure that current EC data is exchanged.

9/12/11 - CECAS 4th Quarter Training Sessions Now Available

The CECAS 4th quarter live webinar training sessions are now available for registration. Please see http://www.nccecas.org/training/scheduledtraining.html for offerings.

Contact hours will be awarded for NEW classes upon completion of class and student request. NEW classes in 4th quarter include:

New HW & OS Enhancements
Reports I
Reports II
New Forms PSSP & CPW

Also, be sure to sign up for the December count refresher on Nov. 10 or Nov. 17.

8/22/2011 - September 2011 Exit Count Submission Schedule

The September 2011 child count for children exiting special education will be transmitted through CECAS based on the submission dates as listed in the table below. If you have any questions regarding this or any other CECAS issue, please contact your Regional Trainer. If you cannot reach your Regional Trainer, contact the Help Desk at (919) 807-4357, press 2 for CECAS, or email cecas.incidents@its.nc.gov.

Submission Schedule
LEA	Submission Date
Wake County	09/14/2011
Charlotte-Mecklenburg	09/14/2011
Union County and New Hanover	09/15/2011
Forsyth County	09/15/2011
Initial Submission from all other LEAs and all Charter Schools	09/16/2011 through 09/23/2011
Deadline for Certification Status	09/28/2011

8/19/2011 - PRC 29 End of Year SIF Due Date Change

Please be aware that the due date for the PRC 29 End of Year SIF in the CECAS application has been changed from August 15th to September 1st of each year. This change has occurred due to a CECAS enhancement that aligns with the requirements of PRC 29 validations.

Typically, school year IEPs begin after August 15th, prohibiting End of Year SIF data to be entered in CECAS (no SIF button available) by August 15th. With this new due date, LEAs, Charter Schools and State Operated Programs will be able to enter the End of Year SIF data on or before September 1st.

This change is effective as of September 1, 2011. Please contact Joe Simmons at 919-807-3298 with any questions that you may have. Thank you.

8/5/2011 - REMINDER - Indicator 7 Count Submission

The Indicator 7 count is well under way and LEAs and Charter Schools should complete an initial submission by Friday August 5, 2011. All submissions should be Certified no later than August 15, 2011.

*LEAs who have certified the Indicator 7 do not need to complete the steps below.

Submitting the Count:
The EC Director must sign into CECAS.
Open Data Exchange folder, Open the Periodic Count folder, Click on Periodic Count Submissions.
On the Periodic Count Submissions page, click New Submission. Fill in the drop lists on the screen using the totals on the Early Childhood Outcomes Report for the Active and Exited students. If the submission is rejected and different numbers are listed in the rejection, the user should resubmit using the Actual student count listed in the rejection notice.

Correcting Technical Manual Data Errors:
When the submission is in Technical Manual Data Errors status, open up the errors and resolve them using one of two ways:
1: If student needs to have COSF data added, move the student back to PK to enter data, and then back to K. Update the record on the Data Manager screens and then re-submit the count.
2: If student did not actually receive EC Pre-K services for 6 months, student should be deleted from count.

To Certify the Count:
Make sure the count status is either NO DATA or VALIDATION COMPLETED
The EC Director must sign into CECAS.
Open Data Exchange folder, Open the Periodic Count folder, Click on Periodic Count Submissions.
On the Periodic Count Submissions page, drop down the Count period Type field. Select Indicator 7. From the count period drop list select SY 2010-11 Ind 7. Select Region and LEA. Do not select a FILE TYPE.
Click Search.
The Certify button will appear next to the Search button.
Click Certify.
Print the next page for your records.
If you have any questions regarding this, please contact your Regional Trainer. If you cannot reach your Regional Trainer, contact the Help Desk at (919) 807-4357, press 2 for CECAS, or email cecas.incidents@its.nc.gov

7/27/2011 - Indicator 7 CECAS Submission

The Indicator 7 Child Outcomes Summary Form (COSF) count for children who completed EC Preschool programs between July 1, 2010 and June 30, 2011 will be transmitted through CECAS based on the submission dates of August 1-15, 2011. **Charter schools must submit an Indicator 7 count regardless of whether or not they serve pre-school students. This is to ensure that any child who moved from an LEA to a Charter is counted.

An initial submission from all LEAs and all Charter Schools should be completed no later than Friday, August 5, 2011. The Indicator 7 count must be certified on or before Monday, August 15, 2011. Third party CECAS users are required to send in the Indicator 7 (COSF) spreadsheet that was sent from the Exceptional Children Division no later than August 15, 2011.

If you have any questions regarding this or any other CECAS issue, please contact your Regional Trainer. If you cannot reach your Regional Trainer, contact the Help Desk at (919)807-4357, press 2 for CECAS, or email cecas.incidents@its.nc.gov

7/12/2011 - CECAS Training Site Will Be Down For Maintenance 7/12/2011 at 6:00 P.M.

The CECAS Training site will be down for maintenance 7/12/2011 at 6:00 P.M. Users will be unable to access the system until approximately 9:00 P.M. The EC Delivery Team apologizes for any inconvenience that this may cause. If you have any questions regarding this or any other CECAS issue, contact the Help Desk at (919) 807-4357, press 2 for CECAS, or email cecas.incidents@its.nc.gov

6/6/2011 - 3rd Quarter 2011 training schedule

The EC Delivery Team has established the 3rd Quarter 2011 training schedule which allows LEAs, Charter Schools and SOPs to take advantage of various training opportunities.

Please take note of several new classes: Mass Change, Introduction to CECAS Reports, PSSP and CPW, and Analysis Tool.

We also have included several count refreshers: Indicator 7/COSF (due in August), End of Year Exit Count (due in September), and Indicator 11 (due in October).

Please check it out before the end of school and plan to keep your CECAS skills up to date. It is going to be a busy fall. http://www.nccecas.org/training/scheduledtraining.html

6/2/2011 - New Enhancement to COSF

We are pleased to announce an enhancement to the Child Outcomes Summary Form (COSF) in CECAS. This enhancement links the word "verified" to the purpose of the verified COSF in the COSF list screen, enabling users to know whether the COSF in the list is still in process or has been completed. If you have any questions regarding this, please contact your Regional Trainer. If you cannot reach your Regional Trainer, contact the Help Desk at (919) 807-4357, press 2 for CECAS, or email cecas.incidents@its.nc.gov

5/27/11 - Summer Institute

Please join us for the Summer Institute on 7/27 and 7/28 in Greensboro for 2 hands-on CECAS Workshops.
The workshop is intended for the new or seasoned CECAS Contact. We will cover the IEP/DEC4 and many of the most utilized functions of the CECAS Application. Six (6) Contact Hours will be awarded for successful completion of each workshop.

Workshop 1

IEP visibility across the state
Ease of use compared to paper forms
Built-in compliance/validation checks
Associated reports available to you
Facilitator Tips

Workshop 2

Basics 2 - Complete a Child Search, utilize the Recent Child List screen, complete the Child Demographics screen, complete the Family Detail screen
Basics 3 - Complete the Special Ed screen and complete a plan via the Child Plan Detail screen
Transfer In/Exit Process - Complete Set Region/LEA process, Set Primary process, Transfer In processes. Complete Record Closure, exit an Active student record (Not Transferred to Regular Ed), exit an Active student record (Transferred to Regular Ed), and identify the necessary reports to view exited student information.
NEW! Analysis Tool - Navigation of new tool and how to create reports
Indicator 11- How to prepare for Indicator 11 count in October, 2011.

Don't delay. The registration deadline is June 24, 2011. Hope to see you there!
Registration link at http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/ec/development/training/summer-institutes/

5/23/2011 Contacting CECAS Support

CECAS Support has received several comments questioning the availability of helpdesk personnel by phone. CECAS Support is available from 7:30 am to 4:30 pm Monday through Friday. Please do not hesitate to call and if helpdesk personnel are unavailable, leave a message or log a ticket and they will respond as quickly as possible. We encourage our users to use one of the 3 ways we have to get help. Users can contact the Help Desk at (919) 807-4357, press 2 for CECAS, call your regional trainer or email cecas.incidents@its.nc.gov

5/18/2011 - Updated CECAS Handouts Now Available

The EC Delivery Team regional trainers have revised many of the CECAS handouts posted on the Handouts page located on the Training tab of the Communication/Information website at http://www.nccecas.org/training/training-downloads.html. At your convenience, please review to ensure you are using the most up-to-date information for your CECAS data entry.

5/12/2011 - Issue with Plans is fixed

The issue when creating a new plan some records are requiring accommodations to previous plans has been fixed. Please contact CECAS Support if there are any further problems with the plans screen.

5/12/2011 - Change/Issue with Plans Screen

Change: When entering a new plan on the plans screen, users must now select IEP or PSSP type before selecting a plan purpose. Once IEP or PSSP is chosen, the corresponding purpose drop list will appear.

Issue: When creating a new plan some records are requiring accommodations to previous plans. This is a bug and we are working to correct it as soon as possible.

4/13/2011 - Upcoming Release of ESY and SLD Worksheets to Production

Two new worksheets, Extended School Year Eligibility (ESY) and Specific Learning Disability (SLD), are projected to be released to CECAS Production after 6:00 P.M. April 22, 2011. The ESY worksheet will be a related form to the IEP/DEC4 and the SLD worksheet is a part of the Eligibility Determination/DEC3.

Please be aware that at the time of the release all SLD Worksheets in DEC 3 forms in any status other than Closed/Verified will be deleted.

The deletion of the open SLD worksheets will not affect other data, such as Screenings/Evaluations, that have been saved in the DEC 3. If users have entered text in SLD worksheets in preparation for eligibility meetings scheduled after the release, they may wish to copy the text and save it into a word processing document or on the comments screen in order to have it available to paste into the relevant fields of the new SLD worksheet when it becomes available.
If you have any questions, please contact the Help Desk at cecas.incidents@its.nc.gov or (919) 807-4357 and press option 2 for CECAS.

4/7/2011 - DEC4 Data Request Enhancement

The EC Delivery team can now accept requests to roll back a closed/verified DEC4 to meeting status to correct data entry errors. This request would need to be sent to cecas.incidents@its.nc.gov by the EC Director using the data request form found on the documents page at www.nccecas.org ( http://www.nccecas.org/ )

Please note that this request should only be used to make corrections to data entry errors on the DEC4 and at no time should the request be used to change decisions made at the IEP meeting. Please document the reason for the request on the Other section of the data request form.

*Also note that by rolling back a closed/verified DEC4 to meeting status, the associated plan is deleted and the student will have no current IEP information until the correction is made on the meeting status DEC4 and the form is moved back to Closed/Verified status. The LEA must ensure that the parent has an accurate copy of the IEP.

4/1/2011 - CECAS Production Site Will Be Down For Maintenance 4/1/2011 at 9:00 PM

The CECAS production site will be down for maintenance 4/1/2011 at 9:00 PM. Users will be unable to access the system until early Saturday morning. The EC Delivery Team apologizes for any inconvenience that this may cause. If you have any questions regarding this, please contact your Regional Trainer. If you cannot reach your Regional Trainer, contact the Help Desk at (919) 807-4357, press 2 for CECAS, or email cecas.incidents@its.nc.gov

3/29/2011 - Reminder! Upcoming Webinar Training - Indicator 11

Reminder: There is an Indicator 11 training session on the CECAS Training tab located on the CECAS Communication site (www.nccecas.org). This webinar session is entitled CECAS Indicator 11 Refresher and will be held on Thursday, March 31, from 1 PM to 3 PM. Whether you are a large LEA, a small LEA, a large Charter School, or a small Charter School this session may help in documenting student records for Indicator 11. The link to register for this discussion session is https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/677535192.

3/25/2011 - CECAS Bug Fixes Released to Production

The following CECAS bugs have been fixed and released to CECAS production. Please let us know if you encounter any of these issues in the future.
CECAS-14491 Unable to preview all Present Level(s) of Educational Performance on DEC 4
CECAS-14386 NC Testing Participation Report is showing historical plan data
CECAS-14062 Prevent password reuse

3/23/2011 - Date Correction: April 2011 Periodic Child Count Submission Schedule

The April 2011 child count for children with disabilities will be transmitted through CECAS based on the submission dates as listed in the table below. If you have any questions regarding this or any other CECAS issue, please contact your Regional Trainer. If you cannot reach your Regional Trainer, contact the Help Desk at (919) 807-4357, press 2 for CECAS, or email cecas.incidents@its.nc.gov.

Submission Schedule
LEA	Submission Date
Wake County	4/1/2011
New Hanover	4/1/2011
Charlotte-Mecklenburg	4/4/2011
Forsyth County	4/4/2011
Union County	4/5/2011
Initial Submission from all other LEAs and all Charter Schools	4/5/2011 through 4/8/2011
Deadline for Certification Status	4/15/2011

3/4/2011 - CECAS Issues

Users are experiencing difficulties logging into CECAS and problems with the preview of the DEC 4 form. Our vendor is working to correct these issues as soon as possible. Users will be notified as soon as the problems have been resolved. If you have any questions regarding this contact the Help Desk at (919) 807-4357, press 2 for CECAS, or email cecas.incidents@its.nc.gov

3/4/2011 - CECAS Bug Fixes Released to Production

The following CECAS bugs have been fixed and released to CECAS production Please let us know if you encounter any of these issues in the future.
14063- Passwords Must Be 6 Characters or More
14299- Warning Needed When Plan is Deleted
14399- CECAS Login Page Displays New Warning
14295- Referral Section Blocked When Record is Transferred In
14209 - Transportation Added to Plans Where DEC4 Does Not have it

2/16/2011 - Resolving Near Matches in UID

***LEA LEVEL NOTICE***

This is a reminder that all near matches in UID must be resolved by February 21, 2011. A new submission to UID will occur on February 22, 2011. Records that have not been resolved in UID by February 21, 2011, will be duplicated in UID causing users to resolve the same record more than once.

If you have any questions regarding this issue, please contact the NCDPI Help Desk at (919) 807-4357 and press option 1 for eUID assistance.

2/9/2011 - Training Site Release of Revised SLD Worksheet

The EC Delivery team is targeting 2/15/2011 after 6:00 pm to release an updated SLD worksheet in the DEC3 form to the CECAS Training site. All Draft and Meeting status DEC3s that contain the SLD worksheets in the training site at the time of implementation will be deleted. Please be aware that this form is in the initial testing phase and will not have full functionality. The EC Delivery team will be testing this form and it is advised that users do not try to create new SLD worksheets in Training until testing is complete. For questions regarding the release of the SLD worksheet in the DEC3 form, please feel free to contact the Help Desk at 919-807-4357 and press option 2 for CECAS or email at cecas.incidents@its.nc.gov

2/8/2011 - Slowness on CECAS

Currently, CECAS is moving extremely slow when users are trying to navigate the system. We are working to correct this and will post when resolved. If you have any questions regarding this, please contact your Regional Trainer. If you cannot reach your Regional Trainer, contact the Help Desk at (919) 807-4357, press 2 for CECAS, or email cecas.incidents@its.nc.gov

1/31/2011 - Slowness on CECAS

Currently, CECAS is moving extremely slow when users are trying to navigate the system. This is also causing time out and sever errors. Users are also unable to close verify EC Froms. We are working to correct this and will post when resolved. If you have any questions regarding this, please contact your Regional Trainer. If you cannot reach your Regional Trainer, contact the Help Desk at (919) 807-4357, press 2 for CECAS, or email cecas.incidents@its.nc.gov

01/21/2011 - Please note:

In the web based training posted to the training tab on http://www.nccecas.org/training/tutorials.html
CECAS is not collecting testing and accommodations in the April 2011 child count. This data will be required in a future child count but not in the April 2011 child count.

1/13/2011 - CORRECTION Testing and Accommodations to Be Released to CECAS Production 1/14/2011

Testing and Accommodation changes are scheduled to be implemented in CECAS on January 14, 2011 after 6:00 PM. These changes will affect the DEC4 and the Plans. Users that use the DEC4 forms, please be advised that all Testing and Accommodations data in DEC4 forms that are in Draft and Meeting status at the time of the release, will be cleared. Users will need to re-enter only the information on the new DEC4 Testing and Accommodations screen. DEC 4 forms that have already been closed/verified at the time of release will not be affected. If you have any questions regarding this or any other CECAS issue, please contact your Regional Trainer. If you cannot reach your Regional Trainer, contact the Help Desk at (919) 807-4357, press 2 for CECAS, or email cecas.incidents@its.nc.gov