<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:dt="uuid:C2F41010-65B3-11d1-A29F-00AA00C14882" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)">
<!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
</style><![endif]--><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Helvetica;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Wingdings;
panose-1:5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
h2
{mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Heading 2 Char";
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:18.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
font-weight:bold;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#0563C1;
text-decoration:underline;}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:windowtext;}
span.Heading2Char
{mso-style-name:"Heading 2 Char";
mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Heading 2";
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
font-weight:bold;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
/* List Definitions */
@list l0
{mso-list-id:820121735;
mso-list-template-ids:1824545818;}
@list l0:level1
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0B7;
mso-level-tab-stop:.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level2
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:o;
mso-level-tab-stop:1.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";}
@list l0:level3
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0A7;
mso-level-tab-stop:1.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l0:level4
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0A7;
mso-level-tab-stop:2.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l0:level5
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0A7;
mso-level-tab-stop:2.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l0:level6
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0A7;
mso-level-tab-stop:3.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l0:level7
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0A7;
mso-level-tab-stop:3.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l0:level8
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0A7;
mso-level-tab-stop:4.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l0:level9
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0A7;
mso-level-tab-stop:4.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
ol
{margin-bottom:0in;}
ul
{margin-bottom:0in;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style="word-wrap:break-word">
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Good Morning SPPS Directors,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The Maine DOE Website has information that the emergency rule change to Chapter 101 – billing for enrollment instead of attendance – went into effect on July 7, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<h2 style="margin-top:0in"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#141414;font-weight:normal">Chapter 101<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#141414;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Rule Title: Maine Unified Special Education Regulation Birth to Age 20<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#141414;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Filing Agency: This is a rule of the Maine Department of Education<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#141414;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Action: Proposed Emergency Rulemaking - Only Section XVIII 3(C)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#141414;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Notice: <a href="https://mailchi.mp/maine/cu5lemq6y0-1326195?e=2b715f9f3a"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#2A53A6">Priority Notice June 9, 2023</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#141414;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.maine.gov/doe/sites/maine.gov.doe/files/inline-files/Chapter%20101%20Emergency%20Fact%20Sheet%206.9.23_1.docx" title="Fact Sheet"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#2A53A6">Fact
Sheet </span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#141414;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.maine.gov/doe/sites/maine.gov.doe/files/inline-files/Chapter%20101%20Emergency%20Amended%20Section%20XVIII%20%283%29%20only%20June%202023.pdf" title="Proposed Emergency Chapter 101 Language "><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#2A53A6">Proposed
Emergency Chapter 101 Language</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#141414;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Effective Date of Rule: July 7, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:#141414;margin-top:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Final Adoption of Rule Chapter 101 with all sections of Rule in one document: <a href="https://www.maine.gov/doe/sites/maine.gov.doe/files/inline-files/Chapter%20101%20Final%20Effective%207.7.23%20Emergency%20filing%20only%20change%20SecXVIII%203%28C%29..docx" title="Chapter 101 Language"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#2A53A6">Chapter
101 Language</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><img border="0" width="534" height="590" style="width:5.5583in;height:6.15in" id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image003.png@01D9C38C.40FD7350"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Sarah<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">________________________________________</span><br>
<br>
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Sarah Ferguson, MS SpEd</span></b><br>
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Education Specialist III – State Agency Programs Team
</span><br>
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Office of Special Services & Inclusive Education </span>
<br>
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Maine Department of Education</span><br>
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">23 State House Station</span><br>
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Augusta, Maine 04333-0023</span><br>
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Email: </span></b><a href="mailto:sarah.ferguson@maine.gov">sarah.ferguson@maine.gov</a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">
</span><br>
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Phone</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">: 207-592-6498<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.maine.gov/doe"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Maine DOE</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> |
</span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/MaineDepartmentofEducation1/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Facebook</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> |
</span><a href="https://twitter.com/mdoenews"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Twitter</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> |
</span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/mainedepted/?hl=en"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Instagram</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> |
</span><a href="https://mainedoenews.net/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0070C0">Maine DOE Newsroom</span></a> <span style="font-size:12.0pt">|
<a href="https://www.maine.gov/doe/learning/specialed">OSSIE Homepage</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><img border="0" width="192" height="70" style="width:2.0in;height:.725in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D9C38B.CBEFA150">
<img border="0" width="91" height="91" style="width:.95in;height:.95in" id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image002.gif@01D9C38B.CBEFA150"><o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>