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  • Advisory: Governor signs Holocaust education legislation

    Communicate about requirements to provide Holocaust education in your district.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • Advisory: Data added to NYS Report Card

    On Monday, April 26, the New York State Education Department (NYSED) added financial transparency information to its online data dashboard (https://data.nysed.gov/). According to an email from NYSED, this data release adds expenditure per pupil (EPP) and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) data to the New York State Report Card information provided for each district and/or…

  • Continuation of operations plans must be posted online

    Ensure that your district’s continuation of operations plan is posted in compliance with state law

  • Advisory: New Title IX Rule includes communications requirements for districts

    On August 14, 2020, changes to the Title IX Rule went into effect. This new rule requires school districts to update their Title IX policies, procedures and communications. The Title IX Rule, enacted by the U.S. Department of Education and enforced by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR), exists to ensure,…

  • Advisory: New laws impact school district elections

    Governor Andrew Cuomo recently signed two pieces of legislation intended to ease New York state residents’ ability to exercise their right to vote in school district elections. What you need to know about the simplified ballot application The state amended Election Law in 2010 to simplify the absentee ballot application for registered voters, but it…

  • Notify parents of data security and privacy protections

    Required communications under Ed Law 2D.

  • Advisory: School districts in NYS required to teach child sexual abuse prevention classes to K-8 students

    On August 29, 2019, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed legislation known as Erin’s Law, which will require New York state public schools to teach child sexual abuse and exploitation prevention classes to students in grades K-8. This legislation mandates these prevention classes to include age-appropriate instruction that helps students recognize what sexual abuse might look like…

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