State Required Special Education Forms in Acholi, Arabic, Khmer, Mandarin, Nuer, Somali and Spanish

INFORMATIONAL LETTER NO: 64
POLICY CODE: IHBA

TO: Superintendents of Schools, Child Development Services Regional Board Chairs, Directors of Special Education, MADSEC, Maine Parent Federation; Southern Maine Parent Awareness.
FROM: Susan A. Gendron, Commissioner
DATE: February 19, 2009
RE: State Required Special Education Forms in Acholi, Arabic, Khmer, Mandarin, Nuer, Somali and Spanish

** Please forward to Assistant Superintendents, School Principals and Child Development Services Regional Site Directors**

The Department of Education has contracted with RIS Interpret of Catholic Charities of Maine to translate all of the State required special education forms into the following languages:

Acholi, Arabic, Khmer, Mandarin, Nuer, Somali and Spanish. The forms in each language set have been put into the order in which the English forms appear on the Department of Education website.

Under the headings “Program Review” and “Speech Severity Matrix and Supporting Docs”, please see “Also available in Acholi, Arabic, Khmer, Mandarin, Nuer, Somali and Spanish” and click on the language you wish to use. The URL for the forms in all the languages is http://www.maine.gov/education/forms/specservices.htm#pr .

If you have questions, please contact Susan Parks at 624-6646 or susan.parks@maine.gov .