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RSU 22 board votes to join Maine DOE cohort 3 to begin providing special-education services for 4-year-olds
Summary
After a presentation from the district's director of special services, the RSU 22 board voted unanimously to join the Maine Department of Education cohort 3 next school year to take on responsibility for special-education child-find and services for 4-year-olds, with 3-year-olds phased in the following year.
Christy Balvin, RSU 22's director of special services, told the board that the state is shifting responsibility for early childhood special education from Child Development Services (CDS) to public school administrative units and that RSU 22 plans to join the Maine Department of Education cohort 3 in the 2026 school year to assume services for 4-year-olds.
"The Maine Department of Education is committed to funding at 100% at this time," Balvin said, describing a funding…
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