Publications

2018 Critical Start of School Trainings

As part of our Start of School Campaign, OSSE has once again assembled a list of trainings that will help ensure your LEA is ready for the start of the coming school year.

2018 Start of School Campaign Critical Trainings.pdf

Environmental Literacy Guides

Environmental Literacy Guides for pre-K through Grade 5 Educators are intended to provide inspiration for guiding questions and starting points for environmental investigations that can take place in the classroom, on school grounds, in nearby neighborhoods, or offsite.

Environmental Literacy Guides.pdf

Summer Meals Intent to Participate - Site Form

Completion of this form does not obligate the Sponsor to participate in the DC Free Sumer Meals Program. The primary purpose of this form is to utilize the data to provide preliminary information to the USDA on the number of potential sponsors.

FY 2017 Early Literacy Grant Request for Applications (RFA)

The Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) will not forward applications to the review panel that do not conform to the following specifications:

FY 2017 Early Literacy Grant Request for Applications (RFA).pdf

PARCC Score Report Notification Letter to Parents

TEMPLATE: Score Report Notification Letter to Parents

[DATE]

Dear Parent(s) and/or Guardian(s),

Score Report Notification Letter to Parents [PDF]

School Improvement Grant (SIG) Program LEA Application Budget

Budget Narrative & Totals: Provide a full proposed budget to be funded from the School Improvement 1003(g) grant for the upcoming funded year(s) and delineate the cost as either LEA level or school site level. If needed, insert lines in order to provide all expenditures

Institution Appeal Rights and Procedures for the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)

Updated: August 2020

CACFP Appeal Procedures.pdf

Checklist of Things We Need to Help Your LEA Get Start of School Ready

LEA leaders who ensure their teams complete the tasks below will help to ensure that OSSE can effectively support a great start of the 2023-24 school year for their LEA. The checklist below is organized by priority area, followed by the start date and then final deadline.