Policy Highlights Archive

2025 
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• 2025 Annual Report of the Connecticut Commission for Educational Technology

• Observance of Religious Holidays in the Public Schools

• Attempting to Navigate Opt-Out Requests in Response to Mahmoud v. Taylor

• The Mahmoud Policy Conundrum - Mahmoud v. Taylor

• School Safety: Preparation, Response, and After Action

• Public Act 25-168 An Act Concerning the State Budget for the Biennium Ending June 30, 2027, and Making Appropriations Therefor, and Provisions Related to Revenue and Other Items Implementing the State Budget

• Required Annual Due Process Notifications (Updated)

• Title IX Summer Prep Worksheet

• Policy-Related Legislative Update “Illegal” DEI
• Amended Omnibus Education Bill Passes the House

• End of Year Policy Considerations

• Amending School Security and Safety Policies to Include New Act
• DEI Compliance

• An Act Concerning School and Public Libraries Being Considered
• Update on New CABE Policy Services

• Equity and Diversity

• Connecticut School Climate Policy Resources

• OCR Confirms that the 2024 Title IX Regulations Are Vacated

• Title IX Judicial Decision
• Restorative Practices Policy
• Reading the Policy Tea Leaves

• Three Principles to Develop School Cellphone (Student Personal Electronic Device) Policies

• State Law That Governs Local Board of Education Budget Preparation, Approval, and Modification=

• Religion in Public Schools

• Addressing Parent Concerns Regarding School Safety in the Face of Cell Phone Restrictions

• New Resources from the U.S. Department of Education Will Help School Administrators Address Sex Discrimination and Provide Equal Opportunity Based on Sex, including Pregnancy or Related Conditions and Parental, Family, or Marital Status 

• Public Act 21-92 An Act Concerning Emergency Action Plans for Interscholastic and Intramural Events

• Title IX 2024

• Required Annual Due Process Notifications (Updated)

• More Smartphone Bans in Schools
• The Policy Concerns That Keep Teachers Up at Night
• What to Expect from the Updated Title IX Regulations

• 2024 Legislative Acts Impacting Board Policies

• Title IX Implementation Game Plan

• Important Updates to Title IX Regulations

• Warmer Weather and Dress Code Guidance

• Information to Support Increasing Educator Diversity Plans
• Guidance on Civil Rights Protections and Supports for Transgender or Gender-Diverse Students
• Tabletop Exercises to Support Safety Plans
• Policy-Related CSDE Updates

• Artificial Intelligence

• Can Board Policy Keep Up with Technology?
• CSDE Update on the CT Leader and Educator Evaluation and Support Plans 2024 
• CT Lawmakers Urged to Delay Kindergarten Entrance Change in CT Mirror, 2/22/24

• Increasing Educator Diversity
• Challenging Behavior Reporting Form

• The State Board of Education Adopts the Parent Bill of Rights for English Learners/Multilingual Learners

• Transitioning to 2024

• Play-Based Learning

• Leading from Why and the Tactical Decisions that Follow

• Educator and Leader Evaluation and Support Plan
• School Climate Policy

• Kindergarten Entrance and Play

• CABE’s Policy and Regulation on Generative AI

• CABE’s New Model Generative AI Policy

• Annual Due Process Notifications

• Summer Work

• Review of New Legislation with Policy Implications

• Student Representatives to the Board of Education Technology Update

• End of Year Policy Considerations
• Graduation Issues Reviewed

• A Case for Educational Ethics

• Time to Review and Update Your Library Book Selection Policy

• Dress and Grooming

• Parents Rights

• Developing AI Policy Guidelines

• Youth Suicide Prevention – 988 Hotline
• Homelessness – “No Matter What” Campaign

• New Data on Home Visits’ Ability to Reduce Absenteeism

• CSDE Releases Model Enrollment Policy

• District Philosophies of STEM and STEAM

• FAFSA Completion, Related Resources, and a Policy Mandate