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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">May 31, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Reminder that the IDEA Annual Application for Federal Funds are due
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June 2, 2017.</b> You may email a scanned copy or mail an original copy; do not fax your application.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The application and instructions are located on the<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/ode/schools-and-districts/Pages/Special-Education-Funding.aspx">Special Education Funding webpage</a>. If you want to email a scanned copy of your completed Assurance Statement, please email it to Joanne Manning.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Contact</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">: Joanne Manning at 503-947-5696 or
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4F6228"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Jackie McKim at 503-947-5629 or
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Also, the 2017-2018 IDEA Part B Funding Estimates will be posted at:<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/ode/schools-and-districts/Pages/Special-Education-Funding---Reports.aspx">Special Education Funding - Reports webpage</a>. If you have any questions related to the estimates or special education funding in general, please
contact Jackie McKim at <a href="mailto:jackie.mckim@state.or.us">jackie.mckim@state.or.us</a> or 503-947-5798.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1B75BC">Oregon achieves . . . together!</span></i><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1B75BC"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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</span></b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:90%;color:#1B75BC">R</span></i><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:90%;color:#1B75BC">uby Sandberg, Executive Assistant</span></i><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:90%;color:#1B75BC"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:90%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:90%;color:#1F497D"> to Assistant Superintendent Sarah Drinkwater<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:90%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:90%;color:#1F497D"> Office of Student Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:90%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:90%;color:#1F497D"> 503-947-5738
<a href="http://www.oregon.gov/ode"><span style="color:blue">www.oregon.gov/ode</span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:90%;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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