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<p><span style="font-family: calibri">EMIS Message to <font face="Calibri">LEA EMIS Staff</font>, ITCs<font face="Calibri"> and
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">EMIS Newsflash #2 – January 29, 2016<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Information Regarding Data Appeals Submission<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Information Regarding Data Appeals Submission</span></b>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Districts have until midnight tonight to submit the 2015 data appeals for data reported during the student and assessment collections that recently closed. The department
 is currently experiencing technical difficulties with its website and working to correct them as soon as possible. Districts intending to submit a data appeal can access the Data Appeals forms directly via their SAFE accounts, available
<a href="https://safe.ode.state.oh.us/portal">here</a>. Please see attached for the step-by-step instructions for completing an appeal. Districts facing technical issues while submitting their appeals should notify the Office of Data Quality at
<a href="mailto:DataQuality@education.ohio.gov">DataQuality@education.ohio.gov</a>. 
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<p align="left"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="2">25 South Front Street | Columbus, Ohio 43215-4183
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<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="2">(614) 387-0395 | (877) 644-6338</font></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="2"><a href="mailto:EMIS@education.ohio.gov">EMIS@education.ohio.gov</a>
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<p><a href="http://education.ohio.gov/"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="2">education.ohio.gov</font></span></a></p>
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<font face="Arial" color="Gray" size="1">PLEASE NOTE: This message and any response to it may constitute a public record, and therefore may be available upon request in accordance with Ohio public records law. (ORC 149.43)<br>
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