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Policy Guidance from CDE
Overview
As COVID-19 continues to affect all areas of education in Colorado, CDE is shifting policies and requirements and providing resources to guide districts, schools, parents and others through this process. This page will be updated with the most current guidance on the topics below. Additional areas will be added as soon as guidance is developed.
Integrated Timelines
Due to the extraordinary changes to key implementation work because of the pandemic, CDE will provide updates on this page for superintendents and school leaders on the main tasks associated with implementing the standards, assessments, educator evaluations, the READ Act and accountability requirements - often referred to as the Integrated Timeline. Typically, the major activities and expectations have been broken out quarterly and by phase of implementation and listed on CDE’s Integrated Timeline webpage. But for the 2020-21 school year, that information will be located on this page and also sent to superintendents and school leaders through a CDE Update email.
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- May 18, 2020 U.S. Department of Education Fact Sheet: Providing Services to English Learners During the COVID-19 Outbreak (PDF) - U.S. Dept. of Education
- 2020-2021 Interim English Learner Redesignation Procedures (PDF)
- 2020-2021 Interim English Learner Identification and Placement Procedures for the identification of English Learners (ELs) during periods of suspensions of in-person learning due to COVID-19.
- 2019-2020 Distance Learning Guidance to address impacts on instruction for English Learners (ELs) during school closures and distance learning.
- Autism and COVID-19 Resources
- CDE Special Education Office Hours
- Facility Schools COVID-19 Guidance
- Joint Guidance on IDEA Part C and C to B Activities During COVID-19 - Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS) and CDE
- Special Education Guidance
- Supplemental Fact Sheet Addressing the Risk of COVID-19 in Preschool, Elementary and Secondary Schools While Serving Children with Disabilities (PDF) - U.S. Department of Education
- School Transportation COVID-19 Signage (PDF)
- School Transportation Exemptions (PDF)
- CDL Testing Units and Drivers License Offices (PDF)
- Annual Inspectors / Annual Inspections
- Cleaning and Disinfecting School Buses
- Drug and Alcohol Testing for Drivers
- Licenses and DOT Physicals for Drivers
- National Assn. of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services Coronavirus Information Report (DOC)
Please email the CDE Communications Division with any questions: cde_communications_office@cde.state.co.us
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