The Early Childhood Collection of the MSDS possesses the following features:

Once data has been submitted and certified, indicating that a child is enrolled in a program, you do not need to submit a new record for him/her until there is a change in the child's data. For example, you may need to update the child's address or other demographic information, exit him/her from the program when the child is no longer participating, or enroll the child in another program or service. If there are no changes or corrections to be made to a child's data since the last reporting period, a record may, but is not required to, be included for that student in a subsequent Early Childhood Collection snapshot.

Upcoming Deadlines

December 9, 2009: (November 30 snapshot) Data should be reported for children receiving services from the beginning of the 2009-2010 early childhood program year through November 30, 2009. Programs serving children before October 1 should include data for all children who have received services since the beginning of the 2009-10 early childhood program year.

February 24, 2010: (February 10 snapshot) Data should be reported for all new enrollments, changes to services and exits for children receiving services from December 1, 2009 through February 10, 2010. If you inadvertently forgot to report a student's data in your previous snapshot, his/her data should be included in this snapshot.

July 14, 2010: (June 30 snapshot) Data should be reported for all new enrollments, changes to services and exits for children receiving services from February 11, 2010 through June 30, 2010. If you inadvertently forgot to report a student's data in a previous snapshot, his/her data should be included in this snapshot.

September 1, 2010: (August 25 snapshot) Data should be reported for all new enrollments, changes to services and exits for children receiving services from July 1, 2010 through August 25, 2010. Students who are not continuing in the same early childhood program next year and who were not previously reported in MSDS with program exit data must be reported with the appropriate program exit information in this snapshot. Should your program still be serving students in this early childhood program year but subsequent to August 25, you may report those students' program end dates as the last date the program will be open for this program year. MSDS will accept a future date for that particular characteristic (field). If your early childhood programs end on or before June 30 and all your students were previously reported with exit data, then there is nothing to report for this snapshot.

2010-2011 Programs: Students funded in the upcoming early childhood program year will be reported in a separate subsequent MSDS Early Childhood Collection. Snapshot and certification dates have yet to be determined.