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<div>To: District and Consortium District Business Managers</div>
<div>Fr: Eric Richards, Office of Student Learning and Partnerships</div>
<div>Dt: November 16, 2009</div>
<div>Re: 2007-2008 Maintenance of Effort Update</div>
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<div>Good afternoon, all</div>
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<div>By now you have received a letter from us regarding the status of your 2007-2008 special education maintenance of effort audits. It has come to my attention that the auditor inadvertently used the wrong column on the SECC spreadsheet for the IEP count
that was used in your letter. This count may have included all of your kids on IEPs not just 5-21 year olds. MOE applies only to 5-21 year olds. </div>
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<div>As a result, our auditor is going to revisit each audit and apply the correct IEP count for 2007 (5-21 year olds only). He will likely complete this next week, after which we will reissue letters with the corrected information.</div>
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<div>I apologize for the inconvenience, and thank you in advance for your patience as we rectify this situation.</div>
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<div><font face="Brush Script MT, cursive" size="4">Eric</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="3">Eric A. Richards, Director of Operations</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="3">Oregon Department of Education</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="3">Office of Student Learning and Partnerships</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="3">503-947-5786</font></div>
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