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• Chronic Absence

  Good attendance is essential to student achievement! Research shows that absences add up and that good attendance is essential to student achievement and graduation. Whereas, chronic absence and truancy can be lead to school drop-out, academic failure and juvenile delinquency. By removing barriers to attendance, districts, schools and community partners can improve attendance.

• Additional Certification Actions

  Step-by-step instructions on updating your contact information in the certification database and requesting a duplicate certificate

• Special Education Legal and Due Process Resources

  Resources including complaint resolution, procedural safeguards, parent information and Connecticut special education regulations

• Child Labor

  This topic can be integrated into unit on innovation and capitalism in 20th century in a grade 8 or 10 classroom.

• Easing into Secondary Transition: A Comprehensive Guide to Resources and Services in Connecticut

  This guide provides information about professional development opportunities related to secondary transition as well as resources and services available statewide.

• 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.

• State Systemic Improvement Plan SSIP

  The State Systemic Improvement Plan (SSIP) is part of OSEP’s Results-Driven Accountability (RDA) initiative to improve results for children with disabilities by improving educational services, including special education and related services.

• Surrogate Parent Program

  The Surrogate Parent Program is a federally mandated program that provides educational advocacy services for children and youth under the jurisdiction of the Department of Children and Families (DCF) (foster children) or an unaccompanied minor or homeless youth, who need or may need special education.

• Private Schools

  Procedures for application as an approved non public school and as a recognized accrediting agency.

• Smarter Balanced Parent Guides

• Guidance for Independent Educational Evaluations and In-School Observations

  An IEE is an evaluation conducted by a qualified examiner who is not employed by the school district responsible for the public education of the child.

• School Psychology

  Includes publications, resources and professional organizations for School Psychology.

• Special Education Eligibility Documents

  Bureau of Special Education guidelines, resources and tools to assist in determining student eligibility for special education and related services.

• Menu Planning for Child Nutrition Programs

  Resources that provide guidance on planning, preparing, and promoting healthy meals that meet the USDA meal pattern requirements for schools and institutions participating in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Child Nutrition Programs.

• Afterschool Snack Program (ASP)

  The U.S. Department of Agriculture's ASP operates under the National School Lunch Program (NSLP). It provides cash reimbursement to help schools serve nutritious snacks to children in afterschool activities aimed at promoting the health and well-being of children and youth in Connecticut’s communities.