THE NEW DATE OF OCTOBER 29, 2007-Essential Programs and Services (EPS) – English as a Second Language (ESL) Information Needed

This is a REMINDER to ask that each of you complete and submit the following English as a Second Language (ESL) Program Staff and Expenditures Report. Please note that we have extended the deadline. You should complete and submit this report no later than Monday, October 29, 2007.

INFORMATIONAL LETTER: 33
POLICY CODE: DB

TO: Superintendents of Schools

FROM: Susan A. Gendron, Commissioner of Education

DATE: September 14, 2007

RE: Essential Programs and Services (EPS) – English as a Second Language (ESL) Information Needed

Please complete and submit this report no later than THE NEW DATE OF OCTOBER 29, 2007.

The Department is requesting that each School Administrative Unit (SAU) complete and submit the following English as a Second Language (ESL) Program Staff and Expenditures Report. The purpose of this report is to collect ESL information from SAUs, which will then be used in the updating of the ESL weighting component of the Essential Programs and Service funding model, as required by State legislation.

In this report you are asked to provide information for the 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 fiscal years. The report can be found and completed at http://www.usm.maine.edu/cepare . We ask that you download a copy, complete the survey, save your electronic copy with your SAU name added to the document name, and then submit your report in one of two ways, either (1) e-mail your report to Ida Batista at mailto:ibatista@usm.maine.edu , or (2) print off a copy of your report and mail it to: CEPARE, c/o Ida Batista, 99 School Street, Gorham, ME 04038.

Please note that this report contains three parts

Part I ESL Staff counts,
Part II ESL Instructional Expenditures, based on the new model chart of accounting being incorporated into MEDMS. These expenditures are for ESL program code 4100 Instruction function code 1000 from state and local general fund 100 only, and
Part III ESL expenditures for program and services Other Than Instruction. These expenditures are for ESL program code 4100 expenditures from state and local general fund 100 not classified under Instructional Expenditures (Part II of this report). Do not include expenditures from Title III accounts or Special Revenue Fund 268.

Should you have any questions please contact either Ida Batista at 1-888-800-5044 or via e-mail at mailto:ibatista@usm.maine.edu or contact Nancy Mullins at 624-6790 or via e-mail at mailto:nancy.mullins@maine.gov

Thank you in advance for your assistance with this important information-gathering activity.