In case you missed it, the Office of Child and Family Services (“OCFS”) has made available $48.6 million in the third installment of the federal CARES funding to support child care programs and the families who need child care services.
As many providers are already aware the reporting of SEIT on the consolidated fiscal report (CFR) for the year ending June 30, 2020 has been updated. Now providers are required to break out individual (9135), groups of 2 (9140) and groups of 3 or more (9145) into...
t’s funny what a difference a few weeks make. Prior to June 6th, when the forgiveness period was only eight weeks, we were strategizing with our clients to try to determine which staff they needed to bring back to work, considering which base period would have the least impact on their FTE calculation, and determining if we should use the cash basis or alternate method for seeking payroll forgiveness?
The Coronavirus has caused an extensive burden on schools in educating and providing related services to students remotely. Students who do not have access to technology, due to financial limitations, or the academic support needed from teachers or aides have been suffering. Teachers who have trained for in-person classroom settings are disoriented with the switch to remote, online learning.
Special Education programs have been grappling with the impact of the Coronavirus Pandemic for over three months, and while the State is looking for ways to move back to some level of face-to-face learning come September, it is anticipated that the impact of the pandemic will be felt throughout the balance of calendar 2020 and beyond. Governor Cuomo originally announced that distance learning would continue throughout the summer, and then on June 8, 2020 he issued EO 202.37, allowing districts and independent schools providing special education services (853 schools, 4201 schools, and 4410 schools) to provide in-person special education services as long as proper safety protocols are out in place.
On April 27, 2020, NYSED issued a new round of FAQs as an add-on to the first 21 FAQs issued by SED on March 27, 2020 with respect to the remote delivery of services by providers to students with special needs.
On May 1, 2020, Governor Cuomo has ordered all schools K-12 and college facilities in New York State to be closed through the remainder of the academic year. They are required to continue to provide distance learning during that time.
Today, on April 6th, 2020, the Board of Regents Acts released a series of Emergency Regulations and Amendments due to COVID-19. Below, you will find important factors in the full press release here. School and District Accountability One-year waiver from provisions of...
Many providers were scheduled to take spring break during April. The Governor issued an Executive Order that 4410 and 853 programs must exhaust all snow and vacation days to be eligible for the 180-day waiver. The Executive Order further went onto say that School...
