Category: State & Federal News Portfolio
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Required notifications for school districts (2023-24)
Updates to lead testing requirements, employment law, and fiscal transparency documents.
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Advisory: New ESSA designations to be released in 2023
With new accountability designations coming out this spring, inform your community about what this means and how your district or school is responding.
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Advisory: New lead testing requirements in effect
State water testing law has been amended for 2022-23, changing the time frame for testing and the action level for lead, among other changes.
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Advisory: Governor signs Holocaust education legislation
Communicate about requirements to provide Holocaust education in your district.
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Advisory: New requirements for remote meetings in effect
Changes to virtual public meetings legislation have sprung the need for districts to develop and approve internal procedures to continue distance meetings. Read more about this change and how to communicate about it.
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Advisory: Alyssa’s Law requires schools to consider panic alarms
In the wake of ongoing school violence, school districts are required to consider silent panic alarms.
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Federal & state funding: Communication requirements & recommendations
This spring, both the federal government and New York state released requirements for school districts that are receiving money through the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ARP-ESSER) and/or receiving a foundation aid increase of more than 10% or $10,000,000. To help districts ensure that their ARP-ESSER plan and foundation aid spending…