[Busmgrs] A message from Nancy Latini: OSL&P: Process to Lower MOE Bar

[WILTFONG Michael]

To:  All District and ESD Special Education Directors

The message below is being sent to you on behalf of:


Nancy Latini, PhD
Assistant Superintendent
Student Learning & Partnerships
______________________________________________
February 25, 2010

ATTENTION:  If you are planning to lower your MOE Bar please read the following information carefully and respond no later than March 30, 2010.

RE: Application Process of Lowering your Maintenance Of Effort Bar

Some of you have been considering a request to lower your Special Education Maintenance of Effort bar during the 09-10 school year.  As shared in previous trainings, doing so requires an application process.  Because 'lowering your bar' requires a redirection of the amount you reduce your MOE  into approved ESEA, Title 1, or Impact Aid programs, we are at a point in the fiscal year where it is necessary to make a final decision as to whether or not your district will make application.

If you are a district giving serious consideration to this option, please carefully read the first attachment MOE Page One. If your district then decides to move forward, it would be necessary to complete an application.

The application process includes the following:


1.    A cover letter with an authorized signature that communicates your district's desire to invoke this option during 2009-2010.

2.    A completed worksheet. Please use the second attachment: MOE Form.

3.    A 1-2 page summary of the activities to which you plan to redirect the amount of money by which your MOE bar is lowered, including:

A.   Description of the activity or activities and;

B.   the amount of money that will be directed to each activity.

4.    A brief description of how your district accounting system will track the redirected funds separately for your 2009-2010 financial audit.

5.    Mail the application materials in hard copy form to:

Eric Richards, Director of Operations
Oregon Department of Education: Office of Student Learning and Partnerships
Public Services Building
255 Capitol Avenue NE
Salem, Oregon 97301

Applications must be postmarked no later than March 30, 2010.  There will be no extensions beyond this date.
As a reference related to item 3 above in the application process, IDEA requires a district expend the freed-up state/local funds on activities authorized by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). (34 CFR §300.205) This includes any activities under Title I, Impact Aid, and other ESEA programs. The law allows you to redirect the funds to one or more of the activities below.
Title I Activities
                Improving Basic Programs Operated by LEAs
                Improving Student Reading Skills
                Education of Migratory Children
                Prevention and Intervention Programs for Neglected, Delinquent or At-Risk
                National Assessment
                Comprehensive School Reform
                Advanced Placement Programs
                School Drop-out Prevention
Other Title I Activities
                Preparing, Training and Recruiting High Quality Teachers and Principals
                Language Instruction for Limited English Proficient and Immigrant Students
                21st Century Schools
                Promoting Informed Parental Choice and Innovative Programs
                Flexibility and Accountability
                Indian, Native Hawaiian, and Alaskan Native Education
                Impact Aid Program
Impact Aid
School districts may use Impact Aid for a wide variety of expenses, including the salaries of teachers and teacher aides; purchasing textbooks, computers, and other equipment; after-school programs and remedial tutoring; advanced placement classes; and special enrichment programs.

If you have questions regarding the option of lowering your MOE bar, or the application process, please contact Eric Richards at 503-947-5786 or eric.richards at state.or.us<mailto:eric.richards at state.or.us>.

If you have any difficulty opening the attached document, please contact Laura Allran at laura.allran at state.or.us<mailto:heidi.schulze at state.or.us> or 503-947-5674.

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MOE Page 1.pdf
MOE Page 2.pdf
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