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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>To: District Business Managers<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Re: 2010-11 IDEA Excess Cost Calculation - Reminder<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Greetings,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you to all the districts that have submitted and verified the IDEA Excess Cost Calculation 10-11. This is just a friendly reminder that the collection closes on Monday, March 12, 2012 and for the first time will be submitted via Consolidated Collections – Institution Collections on the ODE District website.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Over the past couple of weeks, there has been some confusion regarding what must be submitted. I want to take this opportunity to reiterate that the only information required is information from the “4. ODE Final Submission” tab of the Excess Cost template. There is no need to complete the “5. Verification” tab or to submit anything to ODE via mail.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Collection related information can be located here: <a href="https://district.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id=211">https://district.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id=211</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Once you have successfully submitted two records (one for elementary and one for secondary), please don’t forget to “verify” the collection in status tracking so that I know you have finished.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you have any questions, please contact me directly.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Raavi;color:#1F497D'>Steve W Smith</span><span style='color:#1F497D'> <b> </b>| </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D'>Director of Operations<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:2.0pt'><span style='font-size:4.0pt;color:#1F497D'>______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D'>Office of Student Learning & Partnerships </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>●</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D'> Oregon Department of Education<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D'>255 Capitol Street </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>●</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D'> Salem, Oregon 97310<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D'>Phone: 503-947-5711 </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>●</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D'> Fax: 503-378-5156 </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>●</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D'> Email: </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#3333FF'><a href="mailto:claire.kemmerer@state.or.us">steve.w.smith@state.or.us</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/results/?id=40">Special Education Data, Fiscal, Legal, & Information</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray'>The Oregon Department of Education is an equal opportunity agency and employer.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray'>Messages to and from this e-mail address may be made available to the public under Oregon law.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:22.0pt;font-family:Webdings;color:#437A00'>P</span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#437A00'> </span><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#437A00'> Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.</span></b><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>