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In this joint press release, A.G. Schneiderman and State Education Commissioner Elia issue a reminder that New York State protects transgender students.

This edition of News and Notes provides information about high school graduation rates, Commissioner Elia's P-12 education budget presentation, the SUNY Smart Track High School Financial Literacy Website and Career and Technical Education (CTE) Month.

Joint Legislative Budget Hearing on Education; presentation by Commissioner MaryEllen Elia.

In this edition of News and Notes, I provide updates related to the following: Proposed school health regulation changes; Proposed regulation changes to provide greater flexibility in reissuance of classroom certificates and supplementary certificates; Combatting opioid and heroin use and abuse; 2018 Teacher of the Year nominations; and Resources and activities for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

To ensure that all students have a pathway that leads to college and career readiness, $1 million is available to provide Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs with support and resources to eliminate barriers to Students With Disabilities (SWD) and English Language Learners (ELL)/Multilingual Learners (MLL), encourage participation in and equitable access to CTE programs and activities, and promote gender diversity in non-traditional career paths.

Letter to School Leaders Provides Resources for Complying with the Dignity for All Students Act and Preventing and Addressing Hate-Based Actions

It's American Education Week! This week is a good opportunity to celebrate public education and also to reflect on everything you do to make a difference for children in New York State. I truly appreciate all of your contributions and efforts to help students succeed.

In this issue, we ask educators, parents, and the public to review the new draft P-12 English Language Arts and Mathematics Learning Standards and provide us with feedback.

The New York State Education Department (NYSED) is seeking proposals for the State-level evaluation of its 21st Century Community Learning Centers (CCLC) Program that is required by the United States Department of Education (USDOE). The selected evaluator will assess the extent to which the expected outcomes of this program have been achieved. The results of this evaluation will be used to guide NYSED’s efforts to: direct and improve its administration of the program; provide assistance to local grantees; and improve program quality and outcomes for participating students.

The New York State Education Department (NYSED) intends to establish an Intensive Teacher Institute (ITI) for Teachers of the Blind and Visually Impaired (TVI) for a five-year period, subject to continued availability of funds for such purposes. NYSED anticipates that two awards will be made. The annual maximum award amount made to each of the two programs will be $122,750.

The purpose of 21st Century Community Learning Centers is to provide opportunities for communities to establish or expand activities in community learning centers.

The SIRS refresh for 2015-16 has completed and verification reports 11, 12 and 14 have been refreshed. We apologize for the delay.