ESSA in Colorado - A Conversation on the Implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act

At the November meeting, the Colorado State Board of Education agreed to delay the submission of the state’s plan for the new federal education law, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

Colorado, as with other states, must develop a plan on how to implement ESSA by next year. The Colorado State Board of Education is expected to receive a draft of the state plan by early 2017 and was planning on delivering the document to the U.S. Department of Education by early March.

The Colorado Department of Education is pleased to announce a new way to receive regular updates on Colorado’s ESSA state plan development. Please click here to subscribe to our new ESSA in Colorado E-Newsletter.

Thank you to the hundreds of educators, parents, and students who took the time to attend and provide feedback at the ESSA listening tour events, listening tour webinar, and through our ESSA blog and email inbox. We are in the process of finalizing the compilations of comments, concerns, and ideas we heard during the tour.  We have sent the input we received by site to all who attended the sessions and are also posting the comments by site on the CDE website.

Colorado Department of Education (CDE) officials visited seven locations across Colorado, with 13 sessions in total, as part of the ESSA listening tour. CDE is hosting an ESSA listening tour webinar on June 1^st for those unable to attend an in-person session. This listening tour session is open to all interested participants.