Data and Methods¶
We publish the method with the findings, so you can check them. This page says what the district audit file holds, how to ask for it, and how to tell us when something is wrong.
Request the data¶
The data files are available on request. Write to edanmnorg@gmail.com and tell us who you are and how you plan to use it. We share them with researchers, agencies, schools and advocates at no charge.
The district audit¶
One row for each of the 329 Minnesota school districts we checked, as of June 2026. It is the same data behind Find Your District and The Audit.
| Column | What it holds |
|---|---|
isd |
District number |
district, county, city |
Name and location |
locale |
District type: City, Suburb, Town or Rural |
enrollment |
Students enrolled, blank where we have no figure |
classification, classification_label |
The audit result, one of the four categories below |
what_we_saw |
Our note on what the district's website showed |
source_url |
The page we checked |
checked |
When we checked it |
posted_since_check |
"yes" where a later re-check found a plan form or handbook section posted after the June audit |
district_reply |
confirmed, in_progress or pending where a district has replied to us by email |
district_reply_summary |
What the district told us, with the role of the person who replied and never their name |
The file leaves out phone numbers and the names of district contacts.
County profiles¶
Epilepsy by County joins the county-level data into one row for each of the 87 counties, with the method.
Legislative district profiles¶
Epilepsy by Legislative District has an estimate for each of the 134 House and 67 Senate districts, with the school districts that serve each one and the method.
What the categories mean¶
classification |
classification_label |
Meaning |
|---|---|---|
FOUND_SEIZURE_SPECIFIC |
Seizure plan posted | A seizure-specific plan or page is publicly findable |
FOUND_MED_POLICY_ONLY |
Medication policy only | A general medication policy exists, but never mentions seizures |
NOT_FOUND |
Nothing found | No relevant policy posted online |
NOT_VERIFIABLE |
Could not check | Site or policies were inaccessible |
What this measures
We measured public findability, not legal compliance. A district with nothing posted may still have an internal plan.
How we checked each district, and how reliable the check is, is written up in The Audit: Mapping the Gaps.
Code¶
The scripts that build the district lookup, the tables and the charts are available on request, with the data.
Corrections¶
We correct mistakes and say that we did.
- September 25, 2026. A re-check found a seizure action plan form on Paynesville Area Schools' health services page that the June check missed. The count of districts with a posted plan moved from 97 to 98.
Found an error or an out-of-date entry? Write to edanmnorg@gmail.com. A district can also tell us what it has in place.
Using this data¶
Our findings and published pages are free to quote and adapt, with credit to EDAN. The data files behind them are free on request.