Response to Questions from SAUs and Parents Regarding the Maine Unified

INFORMATIONAL LETTER NO: 84
POLICY CODE: KD

TO: Superintendents of Schools; Special Education Directors; CDS Site Directors; Disability Rights Center; Maine Parent Federation; MADSEC

FROM: Susan A. Gendron, Commissioner of Education

DATE: February 13, 2008

SUBJECT: Response to Questions from SAUs and Parents Regarding the Maine Unified Special Education Regulations (MUSER)

The Department of Education’s Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Committee has developed responses to questions asked by School Administrative Units (SAUs)
and parents about the MUSER at the Maine Department of Education workshops held in the spring of 2007.

The questions and answers may be accessed at http://www.maine.gov/education/speced/documents/muserqanda.pdf and http://www.maine.gov/education/speced/documents/muserqanda.rtf .

The Maine Department of Education will not distribute paper copies of this document.

The Maine Department of Education may add related questions and answers to this document in the future. Please contact Jaci Holmes, jaci.holmes@maine.gov , or Susan Parks, susan.parks@maine.gov with questions about this document.