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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Good morning school business office colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The EF-S-07 report is now open! This report collects information on all special education out of district tuition for the past fiscal year, 2025.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The information for this report is used in the EPS calculation for FY27.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">This report closes on Oct 15<sup>th</sup>. Please work with your special ed directors to get this information collected, reviewed, and submitted early.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Instructions are attached.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Ida<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:26.0pt;font-family:"Edwardian Script ITC";mso-ligatures:none">Ida Batista
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">________________________________________ <br>
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<b>Ida Batista</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">School Finance Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Maine Department of Education</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"> <br>
23 State House Station <br>
Augusta, Maine 04333-0023 <br>
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</span></b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#77206D;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="mailto:Ida.Batista@maine.gov"><span style="color:#77206D">Ida.Batista@maine.gov</span></a></span></u><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><br>
<b>Phone</b>: 207-624-6795</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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