Resolve, Regarding Continuity of Care in the Child Development Services System Refe~~nce to the Committee on Education and Cultural Affrurs suggested and ordered printed. Presehted by SenatorALFOND of Cumberland.
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 0489
Committee: Education and Cultural Affrurs
Sponsors: WAGNER, SUTHERLAND

FIRST ~GULAR 
SESSION~2009 
Legislative Document 
No. 489 
In Senate, February 12,2009 
. Resolve, Regarding Continuity of Care in the Child Development 
Services System 
Refe~~nce to the Committee on Education and Cultural Affrurs suggested and ordered 
printed. 
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Presehted by SenatorALFOND of Cumberland. 
Cosponsored by Representative WAGNER of Lewiston' and 
Representative: SUTHERLAND of Chapman. 
Printed on recycled paper 
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JOY J. O'BRIEN 
Secretary of the Senate 
Sec. 1. Department of Education to amend rules. Resolved: That, in order 
to ensure continuity of care, the Department of Education shall amend its rules governing 
special education to provide that: 
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1. For children enrolled in the' Child 'Development Services System, as defined in the 
Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 7001, subsection I-A, collateral contact must 
be reimbursable at the same rate that it is reimbursable under the MaineCare program 
when the Individualized Educational Program Team determines the service to be 
appropriate; 
2. 
The Individualized Educational Program Team make a determination about 
extended school year services at every Individualized Educational Program Team 
meeting; 
3. The Individualized Educational Program Team may make a determination about 
extended school year services based on available data, including information about a 
child's disability, even if an interruption in service has not occurred; 
4. 
. In accordance' with the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education 
Improvement Act of 2004,20 ,United States Code, Sections 1400 to 1485 (2008), a ' 
regional site may not unilaterally limit the duration of extended school year services; and 
5. Initial evaluations for special education must include procedures to determine 
whether a child is a child with a disability, as defined in 20 United States Code, Section 
1401 (2008), within 60 calendar days of receiving parental consent for children in the 
Child Development Services System and within 45 school days of receiving parental 
consent for children in public schools and that the department may, as part of the rule-
making process and in a manner consistent with major substantive rulemaking, further 
amend. its rules to adjust timelines in the Child Development Services System to be 
consistent with' this section. 
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SUMMARY 
This resolve directs the Department of Education to amend its rules governing special 
education to align reimbursement of collateral contact with the MaineCare program; to 
require each Illdividualized Educational Program Team to make a determination 
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. iegardmg extende9 school year services at every Individualized Educational Program 
. Team meeting; to clarify that the Individualized Education Program Team may make a 
determination about extended school year services based on available data, including 
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information about a child's disability, even if an interruption in service has not occurred; 
to clarify that a Child Development Services System regional site may not unilaterally 
limit the duration of extended school year services; and to adjust the timeline for special 
education evaluation to 60 calendar days for the Child Development Services System 
while leaving it at the current state standard of 45 school days for public school districts. 
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