Florida Department of Education

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[Part 1 of 2, continued in Box 23] (1) Correspondence – part 1 of 2: Dates range from March 28, 1977 to September 6, 1984 for letters related to the DOE between Eleanor Bates, Judith Brechner, Jill Sandler, Wendy Cullar, Carey Ferrell, Susan Yelton, Gloria Harbin, Abe Lavine, Diana Wells, Elinor Elfner, Don Darling, Lynn Groves, Douglas Crawford, Lee Kotick, and Ivor Groves. (2) Correspondence – part 2 of 2: This folder has DOE letters from February 5, 1985 to September 30, 1996 between the aforementioned individuals as well as Carol Vernon, Dede Wells, Carol Anne Redditt, Tuck Tinesly, Lee Clark, Madeleine Will, Barbara Von Harten, Donald Van Fleet, and Betty Caster. (3) Meeting agendas: Contains the packet "SED Network Minutes 11/82 – 1/84: Formative Years" for DOE committees as well as meeting correspondence through 1990 for the SEDNET state advisory board, committee for the "RAISE and Reform" evaluation survey, and the task force on homeless education. (4) Cooperative agreements: Provides several statute guidelines and cooperative agreements between 1969 and 1987, including the Florida Interlocal Cooperation Act of 1969, report "Guidelines for Developing Local Cooperative Agreements," sample agency agreements, coordinators conference paper from March 1980, the agreement between HRS and DOE, reports of contracts from non-public schools, Public Law 99-457 on handicapped infants and toddlers, and a cooperative agreement review for reference in establishing the juvenile justice reform project. (5) Funding: The folder includes a report on cost reporting from the Administrator's Management Conference on March 16-18, 1982, a fund proposal from Wendy Cullar, project application forms with instructions from 1982, listing of district staff salaries by position, a program cost report for 1982-83, report on program cost factors, school district reimbursement forms and information, and project amendments. (6) Data – part 1 of 2: Contains handwritten data on enrolled students by county from December 26, 1978, data on SED students separated by county and type of school for 1980-81 and 1981-82, statistical report "Trends in Public and Private School Enrollments for the Ten-Year Period 1972-82," data on pre-kindergarten SED students, a report on exceptional students enrolled in public schools, and a table on teachers of exceptional students teaching out of field from 1983-86.

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