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Michigan Department of Education: Roxanne Balfour, Mary Fielding, Rebecca McIntyre, Ashley
Reed, Nancy Rotarius, Janis Weckstein, and Lori Schulze (contractor).
Bromberg & Associates: Juliana Poletti, Justine Bryant, Kathryn Corr, and Laura Clark (American
Sign Language interpreters), and Kari Box and Terry O’Connor (closed captioning transcribers).
10. Persons submitting comments of support:
R 340.1708 (entire): Special Education Advisory Committee, Michigan Association of Administrators
of Special Education, Michigan Council for Exceptional Children,
Vanessa Cheatham, Greg Morris, Jennifer Barley, Disability Rights Michigan, Anonymous (resident
of Kalamazoo)
R 340.1708 (title): Renee Thelen, Sarah Stargardt, Lori Morningstar (Flushing Community Schools),
Victoria Haber, Sherry Rye
R 340.1708(1): Sarah Stargardt, Lori Morningstar (Flushing Community Schools)
R 340.1708(3): Renee Thelen, Victoria Haber
R 340.1708(4): Sarah Stargardt, Lori Morningstar (Flushing Community Schools), Victoria Haber
R 340.1721e (entire): Special Education Advisory Committee, Michigan Association of
Administrators of Special Education, Michigan Council for Exceptional Children, Greg Morris,
Renee Thelen, Sarah Stargardt, Jennifer Barley, Lori Morningstar (Flushing Community Schools),
Victoria Haber, Anonymous (resident of Kalamazoo), Disability Rights Michigan, Laura Lamore
(Grand Rapids Public Schools), Katie Flynn (Ottawa Area Intermediate School District)
11. Persons submitting comments of opposition:
R 340.1708 (entire) Anonymous, Katie Flynn, Julie Unatin, Anonymous (outside of Michigan)
R 340.1708(1): Renee Thelen, Victoria Haber, Sherry Rye, Elizabeth Mulligan
R 340.1708(2): Renee Thelen, Sarah Stargardt, Lori Morningstar (Flushing Community Schools),
Victoria Haber, Sherry Rye
R 340.1708(3): Lori Morningstar (Flushing Community Schools), Sarah Stargardt
R 340.1708(4): Renee Thelen
R 340.1721e: Anonymous(outside of Michigan)
12. Identify any changes made to the proposed rules based on comments received during the
public comment period:
MCL 24.242 and 24.245