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• Student Counts

  Analysis of pupil data to make adjustments for a variety of things including, but not limited to, grades, schools, and duplicate entries.

• Special Diets in the Child and Adult Care Food Program

  Guidance on meeting the requirements of the federal nondiscrimination laws and U.S. Department of Agriculture regulations for meal modifications for participants with special dietary needs in CACFP child care centers, at-risk afterschool care centers, emergency shelters, family day care homes, and adult day care centers.

• Charter Schools

  Charter schools are publicly funded schools that are run independently of the school district and may also have a specialized focus. Charters are granted by the State Board of Education and schools may enroll students in Grades PK-12 as established in their charters.

• Smarter Balanced Tools for Teachers

  This page provides information about the Smarter Balanced Tools for Teachers. The Smarter Balanced Tools for Teachers is a searchable, interactive online collection of instructional and professional learning resources developed by educators for educators.

• CACFP Adult Day Care Centers

  The U.S. Department of Agriculture's CACFP in public or private nonresidential day care centers provides cash assistance for nutritious meals and snacks served to adults who are at least 60 years of age, or functionally impaired adults of any age who reside in the community.

• Federal and State Single Audit Updates

  Latest updates on Federal and State Single Audits

• Special Education Publications

  Special education eligibility documents, topic briefs, parent/family resources, and best practices.

• School Nursing

  Guidance and resources for Connecticut’s school nurses.

• Family Resource Centers

  The Connecticut Family Resource Center concept promotes comprehensive, integrated, community-based systems of family support and child development services located in public school buildings.

• Healthy Food Certification (HFC)

  Healthy Food Certification (Section 10-215f of the Connecticut General Statutes) requires that each board of education or governing authority for all public schools participating in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) must certify annually to the Connecticut State Department of Education whether the district will follow the Connecticut Nutrition Standards for all foods sold to students separately from reimbursable school meals.

• Special Diets in School Nutrition Programs

  The Connecticut State Department of Education's (CSDE) Accommodating Special Diets in School Nutrition Programs provides information and guidance for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) school nutrition programs on providing meals for children with special dietary needs, based on federal laws and USDA regulations. School nutrition programs include the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), School Breakfast Program (SBP), Afterschool Snack Program (ASP) of the NSLP, Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP), and Special Milk Program (SMP).

• Connecticut Interim Assessments: Smarter Balanced and Next Generation Science

  This page provides information about The Smarter Balanced Interim Assessments for mathematics and English language arts (ELA)/literacy. They are available to students in Grades 3 – 8 and high school. The interim Assessments are one of the three components of the Smarter Balanced Assessment System—along with the end-of-year summative assessments in ELA/literacy and mathematics, and a digital library of formative assessment tools and practices that support classroom instruction.

• CACFP Emergency Shelters

  The U.S. Department of Agriculture's CACFP in emergency shelters provides cash assistance for nutritious meals and snacks served to resident infants and children ages 18 and younger.

• Special Milk Program (SMP)

  The U.S. Department of Agriculture's SMP provides low-fat (1%) or fat-free milk to children in public and private nonprofit schools and child care institutions that do not participate in other USDA Child Nutrition Programs.

• About the Collection: CT-SEDS Oct 1 Child Count (previously SEDAC)

  The CT-SEDS Oct 1 Child Count (previously SEDAC) is used to collect data regarding the provision of special education and related services. The data collected is required to provide measurement of each district’s and the state’s compliance with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA).