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<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>TO:
All District and ESD Special Education Directors</span></font><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> Nancy
Latini, PhD</span></font><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Assistant
Superintendent</span></font><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Student
Learning & Partnerships</span></font><font size=2><span style='font-size:
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<p><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>______________________________________________
</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>August </span></font><font color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:navy'>22</span></font><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>, 2008</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>RE:
EXTENDED COLLECTION DATE FOR POST SCHOOL OUTCOMES</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>As
part of the Oregon State Performance Plan, each school district is required to
collect the</span></font> <font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>percent
of youth who are no longer in secondary school and who have been competitively
employed, enrolled in some type of postsecondary school, or both, within one
year of leaving high school (Indicator 14). Originally, the deadline for
this data collection was June 30, 2008. Many school districts put forth
great effort to complete the follow-up interviews and we appreciate those
efforts. Forty-two school districts have already collected 100% of their
follow-up interviews.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Since
this is the first year the ODE has collected Post School Outcome data and
school districts are just learning the process, the ODE is extending the
collection until</span></font> <font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>September
30, 2008 to allow districts to fulfill the required obligation to collect this
data or to continue to search for students who were not located. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The
results of each school district’s 2007-08 Post School Outcome data collection
will be reported to the public in the</span></font> <font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'>2009 School District Special Education Report Card. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The
ODE is reimbursing school districts for completed follow-up interviews
(required or alternate) at a rate of $15 per completed interview.
Districts have until September 30, 2008 to expend this money. Grant
awards are the maximum amount that districts can receive; actual reimbursement
is based on the number of</span></font> <font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'>completed interviews. (Example—15
possible interviews=$225; 12 actual completed interviews=$180 is the maximum
amount that can be claimed.)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Please
feel free to contact Jackie Burr at (503) 947-5639 or e-mail her at</span></font>
<a href="mailto:jackie.burr@state.or.us"><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'>jackie.burr@state.or.us</span></font></a><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> should you have any
questions. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Nancy
Latini, PhD</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Assistant
Superintendent</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Oregon
Department of Education</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Student
Learning & Partnerships</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>503-947-5702</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="mailto:nancy.latini@state.or.us"><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:
Arial'>nancy.latini@state.or.us</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>If
you have any difficulty opening the attached document, please contact Laura
Allran at</span></font> <a href="mailto:laura.allran@state.or.us"><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>laura.allran@state.or.us</span></font></a><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> or 503-947-5674.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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