CCIDS mentioned in BDN report on preschoolers’ special ed
The University of Maine’s Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies (CCIDS) was mentioned in the Bangor Daily News article, “Anticipating LePage’s reorganization, schools move to take over preschoolers’ special ed.” Six months ago, Gov. Paul LePage’s administration said it would propose legislation to have the state’s public schools take over special education for 3- to 5-year-olds. Six school districts have started working to take over the special services from the state’s Child Development Services system before any mandate comes down from the Legislature, according to the article. Grants from the Maine Department of Education will help four school districts in the Lewiston area and two in the Biddeford area plan how they will deliver services such as speech, physical and occupational therapy to preschool-age students and to transport children to receive those services, the article states. The four Lewiston-area districts will work with UMaine’s CCIDS to determine how they should provide special services when they become the public schools’ responsibility, the BDN reported.