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Subcommittee to Study Early Childhood Special Education
The Subcommittee To Study Early Childhood Special Education was established pursuant to public law 662, signed into law on May 30, 2006, to study early childhood special education programs and services provided for infants and young children from birth to age 8. The subcommittee shall function as a subcommittee of the Task Force on Early Childhood, an initiative of the Children’s Cabinet established pursuant to Maine Revised Statutes Annotated, Title 5, chapter 439, which proposes to implement a state plan for comprehensive early childhood systems. The subcommittee began meeting on July 11, 2006 and concluded meetings on December 7, 2006 in order to report to the Joint Committee on Education in January 2007. The Subcommittee has completed its work. For current information on CDS go to
http://www.maine.gov/education/speced/cds/index.htm
Final Report in DOC, Final Report in PDF of the SUBCOMMITTEE TO STUDY EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION Submitted to
the Commissioner of Education,
the Commissioner of Health and Human Services,
the Joint Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs of the 123rd Legislature,
and the Joint Committee on Health and Human Services of the 123rd Legislature.
Duties. The subcommittee examined the following:
- The extent to which the early childhood special education systems established in the State to deliver effective early intervention and free and appropriate public education services for eligible children from birth to age 8 are provided in an efficient manner that meets the federal and state legal requirements.
- The extent to which the existing early childhood special education systems established in the State strike a reasonable balance between the cognitive development and the emotional and physical needs of young children from birth to age 8.
- National trends and relevant models of governing and delivering early childhood special education systems in other states and jurisdictions that hold the potential for enhancing the effectiveness, efficiency or accountability of the early childhood special education systems established in the State; and
- The short-term and long-term costs and benefits of the Department of Education plan to restructure the Child Development Services System as presented by the Commissioner of Education to the Legislature pursuant to Public Law 2005, chapter 12, section YY, on November 30, 2005 and as conceptualized by LD 1772, An Act to Improve Early Childhood Special Education, that was introduced to the Second Regular Session of the 122nd Legislature.
- Such other issues to the Subcommittee membership determine to be useful or necessary in examining this policy matter.
Membership List
Documents
Matrix of Remaining Work to Duties
Consensogram Review
Population Projections
Report from Data Group to Subcommittee to Study Early Childhood Special Education
Matrix of Resources to Duties
Points from Posted Cards from the August 17, 2006 Meeting
Goals Met 2001-2005
September 7, 2006 Presentation - Some Data on
Minding the Gap,
Enrollment Decline, and
Finding the Money -
Alan Cobo-Lewis, PhD
Corrected Data Group Presentation October 31,2006 in PDF - 53KB
NECTAC
Trends in Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE)
Comparison of States' Data and Performance in RTF
Collaboration with the Wider Early Childhood World in Powerpoint - 85KB
Preschool Profiles
Arkansas in RTF
Iowa in RTF
Massachusetts in RTF
Oklahoma in RTF
Oregon in RTF
Final PL 2007 c.480
Final PL 2007 c.307
Disposition of the Subcommittees Recommendations
Unmet needs - Graphs of performance by Sites
