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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">TO: District and ESD Special Education Directors
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The message below is being sent to you on behalf of:</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Sarah Drinkwater, Ph.D.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Office of Learning/Student Services</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">______________________________________________
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">January 26, 2016</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The IDEA Excess Cost Calculation collection for Special Education is now open and will close on
<b>March 7, 2016</b>. A webinar was hosted on January 20th, and the recording is posted on the
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue"><a href="http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id=371">Excess Cost webpage</a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> and
<a href="https://district.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id=236">District Training webpage</a>. Additional documentation related to Excess Cost calculations can be found on the
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue"><a href="http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id=371">Excess Cost webpage</a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> or the
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue"><a href="https://district.ode.state.or.us/apps/info/DataCllctnDetail.aspx?id=269&Collection_ID=1181">district collection</a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> webpage.
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">If you have questions related to this collection or how to access the templates, please contact one of the staff below.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Jackie McKim,
<a href="mailto:jackie.mckim@state.or.us">jackie.mckim@state.or.us</a> or 503-947-5629</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Cynthia Garton,
<a href="mailto:cynthia.garton@state.or.us">cynthia.garton@state.or.us</a> or 503-947-5696</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Sarah Drinkwater,
<a href="mailto:sarah.drinkwater@state.or.us">sarah.drinkwater@state.or.us</a> or 503-947-5702</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Ruby Sandberg, Executive Assistant
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Oregon Department of Education<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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