Important Announcements

• Graduation Requirements Flexibility
• OSSE Releases Model Child Find Poster for LEAs Serving 3 through 5-year Olds
• School Health and Safety Guidance Technical Assistance
• LEA COVID-19 Nonpublic School Reminders: Nonpublic Learning Plans and LEA Requests for Continued Payments to Nonpublic Schools
• Help Revise the DC Social Studies State Standards! Application Now Open for the Technical Writing Committee (reminder)
• Cancellation of DC Science, Dynamic Learning Maps, and Health and Physical Education Assessment and STAR Framework Scores for the 2020-21 School Year (reminder)
• OSSE Updates IDEA, Part B Provision of FAPE: Guidance Related to Remote and Blended Learning (reminder)
• Important Immunization Reminder and Requirements for In-Person Learning (reminder)
• Special Education Transportation Reminders in Preparation for Return to Service (reminder)

Professional Development, Leadership Opportunities & Events

• 2021 Winter/Spring PD Catalog: Virtual Professional Learning for DC Educators
• 2020-21 Community Schools Community of Practice
• Climate Action Heroes Virtual Field Trip with National Children’s Museum
• Become an Ally Partner for DC Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness for the 2020-21 School Year (reminder)

Important Dates & Deadlines to Remember