NOTICE OF INTENT

SAU Submitting: ____________________________

Contact Information: _________________________

Date Submitted by SAU: ______________________

1. _____  Notice of the SAU’s Intent to Submit Reorganization Plan
   
    SAUs included in the proposed RSU: ________________________________

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A Reorganization Plan is submitted by each of the SAUs that proposes to become part of a new Regional School Unit that includes other SAUs. The SAUs of the proposed RSU must submit a Reorganization Plan even if the proposed RSU would be smaller than 2,500 but greater than 1,000 students due to geographic, demographic and other allowed exceptions.

2. _____  Notice of the SAU’s Intent to Submit Reorganization Plan for Alternative Organizational Structure (AOS)
   
    SAUs included in the proposed AOS: ________________________________

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A Reorganization Plan for Alternative Organizational Structure (AOS) is submitted by each of the SAUs that proposes to become part of a new AOS (which will include other SAUs). Each of the SAUs of the proposed AOS must submit a Reorganization Plan even if the proposed AOS would be smaller than 2,500 but greater than 1,000 students due to geographic, demographic and/or other exceptions, as permitted by law.  

3. _____  Notice of the SAU’s Intent to Submit Alternative Plan  

An Alternative Plan is submitted by an SAU that proposes to meet the required reduction in costs without partnering with other SAUs.  

An alternative plan may be submitted only by a unit that is:
(1) An offshore island;
(2) A school operated by a tribal school committee pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 30, section 6214;
(3) A school administrative unit that serves more than 2,500 students, or 1,200 students where circumstances justify an exception to the requirement of 2,500 students under XXXX-36, subsection 6, paragraph A, where expansion of the unit would be inconsistent with the policies set forth in Title 20-A, section 1451; or
(4) A school administrative unit that is designated as an efficient, high-performing district. For purposes of this subparagraph, a school administrative unit is designated an “efficient, high-performing district” if:
(a) It contains at least 3 schools identified as “higher performing” in the May 2007 Maine Education Policy Research Institute report “The Identification of Higher and Lower Performing Maine Schools”; and
(b) Its reported 2005-2006 per-pupil expenditures for system administration represent less than 4% of its total per-pupil expenditures.

The alternative plan must address how the SAU will reorganize administrative functions, duties and non-instructional personnel so that the projected expenditures of the SAU in FY 2008-2009 for system administration, transportation, special education and facilities and maintenance will not have an adverse impact on the instructional program.

3.  Basis for Alternative Plan 

Explain why the SAU intends to submit an Alternative Plan, in accordance with the criteria set forth in #2, above.  

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4. Facilitator (if applicable, if known):  _________________________________

5. Determination and Notification of Compliance

The Commissioner of the Department of Education will make a determination and notify SAUs by September 14, 2007, or 14 days from receipt if received after August 31, 2007, whether the intended action, including the intention to file a Reorganization or an Alternative Plan,  complies with the requirements of Chapter 103-A.

DOE USE ONLY:  Date Received  ____________________
DOE USE ONLY:  Date Reviewed  _______
DOE USE ONLY:  Intended Action Complies______     Does Not Comply _____
DOE USE ONLY:  Date of Commissioner Response ________
DOE USE ONLY:  Date Returned for Revisions with Additional Questions _____
DOE USE ONLY:  Due Date for Revisions from SAU ________
DOE USE ONLY:  Date Revised Notice Reviewed ________ 
DOE USE ONLY:  Date of Commissioner Response to Revised Notice _____