ADMINISTRATIVE LETTER: 60
POLICY CODE: GC
Category: Special Education
More information available on ‘General Education Intervention’
The Maine Department of Education has added further explanation to the “General Education Intervention” section of a question-and-answer document explaining the Maine Unified Special Education Regulations.
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Revised due process form and procedure
The Due Process Office has revised its Resolution Meeting Status form and related procedures to more closely align them with federal regulations. The revised document, which has been renamed the Resolution Session Status form, simplifies the reporting of Resolution Session outcomes.
Status of requirement to implement gifted and talented programs
ADMINISTRATIVE LETTER: 58
POLICY CODE: IH
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Webinar to explain new State Agency Client form
The Office of Special Services at the Maine Department of Education has combined two reporting forms related to the State Agency Client program into one. The Office is holding a webinar on Tuesday, Sept. 13 to introduce special education personnel to the new form.
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Conference looks at ‘literacy and the brain’
An October conference in Machias will bring together teachers, special educators, learning disabilities specialists, school psychologists, curriculum development specialists and school administrators to examine the neurological and cognitive deficits underlying the most common types of literacy problems.
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Two gifted-and-talented workshops this fall
The Maine Department of Education is sponsoring free workshops this fall for teachers and administrators new to working in and overseeing gifted and talented education programs.
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Use of Written Notice to Record Refusal to Hold IFSP/IEP Team Meeting
ADMINISTRATIVE LETTER: 53
POLICY CODE: IH
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Reporting ARRA funds awarded under IDEA, Part B
Note: This dispatch was updated on Sept. 30, 2011, to include a Nov. 1 deadline for submitting performance report.
The Maine Department of Education is allowing school districts to begin filing online performance reports concerning their expenditures of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds awarded under Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
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DOE issues preschool special ed awards
The Maine Department of Education is distributing $836,000 to the state’s school districts to fund special educational services for preschool-age children with disabilities for the 2011-12 school year.
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