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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">TO:  School District Business Managers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Thank you to those districts which have submitted the IDEA Excess Cost Calculation 12-13 data for the audit year ending June 30, 2012.  This collection closes Monday, March 11, 2013.  Below is a link to the
 ODE Excess Cost webpage which includes further links to the January 2013 WebEx presentation, PowerPoint, Q&A, template worksheet, instructions for downloading current SECC data, and data collection information.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?=371">http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?=371</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">If you need further assistance, please contact Steve Smith, Director of Operations, at
<a href="mailto:steve.w.smith@state.or.us">steve.w.smith@state.or.us</a> or 503-947-5711, or Carol Stoddard, Administrative Specialist, at 503-947-5879 or
<a href="mailto:carol.stoddard@state.or.us">carol.stoddard@state.or.us</a>. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We appreciate your timely attention to this matter.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Raavi","sans-serif";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:steve.w.smith@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>
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<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>
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 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>
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