Resources, Tools, Notices, and Professional Development Shared with School Administrative Units to Offer Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) in Early Childhood Settings
| Date | Topic | Recording Link | Agenda/Notes/Files |
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| 5-15-2024 | Updates to Public Law 643; Readiness Self-Assessment; Approaches to Communication | YouTube | |
| 5-29-2024 | Preschool Special Education Program Fund, Business Manager Focused Q&A | YouTube | |
| 6/12/2024 | FAPE Obligation, Summer Referrals, Transition Notifications, Funding Codes | YouTube | |
| 7/17/2024 | Pathways program, Certification, Fiscal Update | YouTube | |
| 7/31/2024 | Child Find Process, Revolving Renovation Fund | YouTube | |
| 8/7/2024 | C to B Transition, MOU’s, High-Cost Child, Maine Care | YouTube | |
| 8/14/2024 | MOU updates, BDI/Day-C Training info, Child Outcomes Summary Process | YouTube | |
| 8/15/2024 | School Renovation Fund Meeting | YouTube | |
| 8/28/2024 | Maine Roads to Quality, Maine Early Learning Standards, Special Purpose Preschools | YouTube | |
| 9/4/2024 | Head Start Requirements, BDI/DAY-C Training Updates, Mixed Delivery System | YouTube | |
| 9/11/2024 | LRE Scenarios, Superintendent’s Agreement, Updated Funding Counts, High-Cost Child | YouTube | |
| 9/18/2024 | Transportation Overview, Scenarios continued, Pathways to Partnerships | YouTube | |
| 9/25/2024 | Early Childhood Special Education Website Launch, LRE Examples | YouTube | |
| 9/26/2024 | Child Outcomes Summary Process Training for Educators | YouTube | |
| 10/2/2024 | Discipline/Behavior, Finance/Enrollment Data | YouTube | |
| 10/9/2024 | Toileting, Data FAQs | YouTube | |
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10/23/2024 |
282B Certification, Breakout Discussion |
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| 11/6/2024 | Breakout Session Discussion on Mixed Delivery System | YouTube | |
| 11/7/2024 | Cohort 2 Informational Meeting: Early Childhood Special Education Services | YouTube | |
| 11/20/2024 | Head Start | YouTube | |
| 11/21/2024 | Developmental Delay Presentation | YouTube | |
| 12/4/2024 | Child Count, High-Cost Data, In by Three and Child Outcomes Data Collection Tool | YouTube | |
| 12/18/2024 | Early Childhood Special Education Data: Results from Services Provided | YouTube | |
| 1/15/2025 | Office of Child Family Services, Data Collection, Grants4ME Update | YouTube | |
| 1/29/2025 | 282B Certification Update, Child Outcomes Training Announcement | YouTube | |
| 2/12/2025 | Cohort 1 Spreadsheet Training for Indicators 7 and 12 | YouTube | |
| 2/25/2025 | Cohort 1 Informational Meeting, state funds used for the FAPE transition, Part C Early Intervention for ME | YouTube | |
| 3/5/2025 | Cohort 2 First Informational Session and Welcome: Includes updates, guidance, planned activities, communications, policies, and a website tour. | YouTube | |
| 3/12/2025 | Cohort 1 Informational Meeting: Cohort 2 schools list; Early Learning Grant PreK Partnerships start-up funding to expand public PreK; Transportation Purchases; CDS Summer Child Find; Catchment Area Guidance. | YouTube | |
| 3/19/25025 | Cohort 2 Informational Meeting: Introduction of CDS Directors and staff to Cohort 2 SAUs; Transportation guidance and application for vehicle purchases; Overview of Early Childhood Special Education supports for Cohort 2 schools. | YouTube |
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| 3/26/2025 | Cohort 1 Informational Meeting: PreK Partnership Grant; Child Count due April 1st. Information on P.L. 2001, c. 676, promotion and retention; Preschool transition to kindergarten; Least Restrictive Environment IEP team discussions leading to placements and program selection in the mixed delivery system. | YouTube |
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Contact
Jennifer Hopkins
Assistant Transition Coordinator of FAPE Services for Early Childhood
Email: Jennifer.l.Hopkins@maine.gov