NYSED GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS

SIRS REPORTING GUIDANCE: ASSESSMENT EXEMPTIONS & APPEALS 

• FAQ August 2022: Regents Special Score Appeal (Updated On: 11/09/22)
• Memo May 16, 2022:  Regents Special Score Appeal 22-23 (Posted On: 05/20/22)

OFFICE OF ACCOUNTABILITY

• Memo March 14, 2024: 2023-24 SIRS Migrant Student Data Reconciliation  (Posted on 03/07/24)
• NYSED Migrant Education Program PPT 23-24 (Posted on 04/01/24)

OFFICE OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION

• Memo April 2024:  ELL and Immigrant Student Counts for 2024–25 ESSA Title III Allocations (Posted on 04/11/24)
• Memo October 2, 2023:  Enrolling Students Who Are Refugees or Asylum Seekers  (Posted on 10/06/23)
• Memo September 21, 2023: 2023 Newly Arrived Asylum Seeking Students Data Collection (Posted on 09/22/23)
• Memo August 16, 2023:  English Language Learner (ELL) Identification and Placement for Recently Arrived Children and Youth (Posted on 08/17/23)

OFFICE OF EARLY LEARNING

• Memo July 12, 2024: 2024-2025 Reporting of UPK Students in SIRS
• Memo May 13, 2024: Understanding Your 2024-2025 Prekindergarten Funding
• Memo May 6, 2024:  UPK - Field Guidance for 2025 New Law 
• 2024-2025 UPK Funding Overview 
• 2024-2025 UPK Allocations 
• Memo September 21,2023: 2023-2024 Reporting of UPK Students in SIRS 
• Memo September 21, 2023: Understanding Your UPK Allocations 2023-24 
• 2023-2024 UPK Allocations 

OFFICE OF INFORMATION AND REPORTING SERVICES

• Link: NYSED Behavioral Supports and Interventions in Schools
• FAQ- Reporting Student Restraint Events in SIRS (Posted 07/16/24)
• Updates to Behavioral Supports and Interventions in Schools  (Updated April 2024)
• Memo November 16, 2023:  Reporting Student Behavioral Interventions in 2024-25 

OFFICE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION

• Memo November 2023: Special Ed Events 2023-24 -Change to Submission and Certification of Indicators 11 and 12 (Posted on 12/04/23)

OFFICE OF STATE AID/SIRS ATTENDANCE GUIDANCE

• Memo May 16, 2024:  Disenrolling Students Absent 20 or More Consecutive School Days 
• Memo November 27, 2023:  2023-24 Report of School Closure and Reopening 
• Attendance and Enrollment Information: https://stateaid.nysed.gov/attendance
• Attendance and Enrollment Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

OFFICE OF STATE ASSESSMENT

• Memo October 6, 2023: Academic Intervention Services (AIS) Scale Scores for the 2023-24 School Year Based on Spring 2023 Grades 3-8 English Language Arts and Mathematics Assessment Scores 
• Memo October 4, 2023: 2023 Assessment Data Embargo Release 
• Frequently Asked Questions Related to Investigations for the Elementary- and Intermediate-level Science Tests  (Posted on 08/30/23)
• Memo June 19, 2023:  Availability of 2023 Grades 3-8 Test Results and AIS for the 2023-2024 School Year (Posted on 06/22/23)
• Memo January 2023 :  Implementation Schedule for New Regents Examinations in Mathematics, Science, and English Language Arts 
• 2023-24 Elementary and Intermediate-Level Testing Schedule 
• January 2024 Regents Examination Schedule 
• June 2024 Regents Examination Schedule 

SEDREF

•  Memo June 2024: Updating of Public School Listing

STAFF REPORTING

• Memo July 20, 2023:  Reporting Pupil Personnel Services to SIRS