CIMC Year at a Glance

CIMC Year-At-A-Glance

July 2025:

July 1: New state fiscal year begins. The CIMC operates on a state budget that runs from July 1st through June 30th annually.

August 2025

August 1: Administrative Unit (AU) receives Statewide Count

August 1: Begin submitting Parent Consent Forms, Registration Forms, and Exit Forms

August 1: AUs begin scheduling virtual, one-on-one, Statewide Count meetings

August 15: AU receives Braille Book Order status

September 2025:

September 1: Monthly review of Statewide Count. Continue submitting Forms.

September 12: Second Friday CIMC Zoom Meeting. Contact staff for link.

September 29: AU receives invoice for missing, damaged, and non-returned CDE/CIMC property.

September 30: Updated Statewide Count edits due.

October 2025:

October 1: The new federal fiscal year begins. Monthly review of Statewide Count. Continue submitting Forms.

November 2025:

November 1: Monthly review of Statewide Count. Continue submitting Forms.

November 7: First Friday CIMC Zoom Meeting. Contact staff for link.

December 2025

December 1: Monthly review of Statewide Count. Continue submitting Forms.

December 5: First Friday CIMC Zoom Meeting. Contact staff for link.

January 2026:

January 1: Monthly review of Statewide Count. Continue submitting Forms.

January 5: Count Day! (Both Federal Quota and State Counts)

January 9: Second Friday CIMC Zoom Meeting. Contact staff for link.

January 30: DEADLINE all Federal Quota and Statewide Count paperwork due to CIMC

February 2026:

February 1: Monthly review of Statewide Count. Continue submitting Forms.

February 6: First Friday CIMC Zoom Meeting. Contact staff for link.

February 27: Denver Metro Braille Challenge at Colorado Center for the Blind (CCB)

March 2026:

March 1: Monthly review of Statewide Count. Continue submitting Forms.

March 6: First Friday CIMC Zoom Meeting. Contact staff for link.

March 13: Alternate date for Denver Metro Braille Challenge at CCB.

April 2026:

April 1: Monthly review of Statewide Count. Continue submitting Forms. 2026-2027 braille book order deadline

April 3: First Friday CIMC Zoom Meeting. Contact staff for link.

April 30: Final database reports disseminated to AU Directors of Special Education/designees and designated CIMC contact personnel.

May 2026:

May 1: Monthly review of Statewide Count. Continue submitting Forms.
First Friday CIMC Zoom Meeting. Contact CIMC staff for link.

June 2026:

June 1: Monthly review of Statewide Count. Continue submitting Forms.

June 5: First Friday CIMC Zoom Meeting. Contact CIMC staff for link.

June 27: All textbooks must be received by the CIMC. Districts will be billed for volumes that are damaged or not returned by this date.

June 30: Last day of the state fiscal year.

June through August 2026:

The APH Federal Quota Census, based on the count day that occurred on the first Monday in January, is generally finalized between June and August. Once finalized, the per-pupil quota fund allotment (that we began accessing and spending last October first) is announced.