Guidance for the 2024-25 school year
Read the latest special education guidance, policies and protocols for the 2024-25 school year.
Special Education Town Hall Resources
- Presentation deck on preference sheets, paperwork and the operational process, and SBOs
- Recording of March 4 Town Hall Zoom Meeting (VIDEO)
Teacher Evaluation materials
Principals Digest & Hub Items
Excerpts from DOE Principals Digest and Principals Hub communications pertaining to Special Education topics are posted below, which can also be accessed on the DOE InfoHub - login is required.
June 2025
- 6/10 - Guidance on Requesting Nurses During Peak Trip Season (related guidance: Trip Plan template, Trip Nurse Policy for Students Requiring Nursing Services)
- 6/3 - Continued Extension of Age Eligibility Standards for Students with IEPs
- 6/3 - Share Summer Related Service Letter with Eligible Families (related guidance: Summer 2025 Related Services FAQ)
- 6/3 - Updated Chancellor’s Regulation A-820 (Confidentiality of Student Records)
- 6/3 - Updated Policies and Procedures for Fulfilling Records Requests
- 6/3 - Transportation Updates and End-of-Year Activities
May 2025
- 5/20 - Protecting Personally Identifiable Information of Students (related guidance: Chancellor's Regulation A-820: Confidentiality and Release of Student Records)
- 5/20 - Continue to Administer the NYSAA for ELA, Math and Science (related guidance: Guide to DLM Required Test Administrator Training, NYSAA Test Administrator's Checklist)
- 5/20 - Submit Low Score Regents Appeals and Superintendent Determinations for June 2025 (related guidance: Appeal to Graduate with Low Score on Regents Exam, Superintendent's Determination of Graduation with a Local Diploma)
- 5/20 - 504 Plan Renewal for the 2025–26 School Year (related guidance: 504 Plan Renewal for 2025-26, 504 Plan Renewal Scenario, 504 Plan Renewal Scenario for Transfer Students)
- 5/13 - SESIS Access to IEPs of Incoming Students for the 2025–26 School Year
- 5/13 - Summer Accommodation Plans for All Students with IEPs and 504 Plans (related guidance: Summer School Accommodation Plan Template)
- 5/7 - Guidance for Facilitating Conversations about Special Education with Families (related guidance: Recommendations for Facilitating Conversations about Special Education with Families)
- 5/7 - Escalate Inaccurate Promotion Criteria in ATS for Students with IEPs and ELLs (related guidance: Promotion Implementation Guide, Modified Promotion Portfolio Cover Sheet, Parent Notification of Participation in NYSAA)
- 5/7 - Summer Updates: Guidance, Summer Programs Checklist Dashboard and Training(See sections in the K-8 guidance document on supporting students with disabilities or p. 25 of the high school guidance document.)
- Additional documents: