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<FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Please go to DEC's policy and advocacy page at <a href="http://www.dec-sped.org/index.aspx/PolicyAdvocacy">http://www.dec-sped.org/index.aspx/PolicyAdvocacy</a> and click on "Recent Activities" to see DEC's response to the proposed changes to the Part B SPP/APR. This letter was submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on behalf of DEC on November 21, 2008. <BR>
Bonnie Keilty, Chair<BR>
DEC Governmental Relations Committee<BR>
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Diana J. LaRocco<BR>
DEC Governmental Relations Committee<BR>
Email: dlarocco@hartford.edu<BR>
<HR ALIGN=CENTER SIZE="3" WIDTH="95%">Welcome to the DEC Advocacy List. The Division for Early Childhood (DEC) of the Council for Exceptional Children is a non-profit membership organization advocating for individuals who work with or on behalf of children with special needs, birth through age eight, and their families. For more information about DEC, please contact the DEC Office at: The Division for Early Childhood, 27 Fort Missoula Road, Suite 2, Missoula, MT 59804. Phone: 406-543-0872, Fax: 406-543-0887, e-mail: <FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U>dec@dec-sped.org</U></FONT>. If you would like to either join or be removed from the DEC Advocacy List, email Diana LaRocco at <FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U>dlarocco@hartford.edu</U></FONT>. Additional information about governmental relations activities can be obtained by visiting the DEC website: <FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U><a href="http://www.dec-sped.org/">http://www.dec-sped.org/</a></U></FONT> <BR>
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