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Student Support Services (SSS)

The Student Support Services office promotes school improvement by focusing on social and emotional development and learning through programs, services and activities related to:

• Dignity For All Students Act Web Site
• Pupil Personnel Services
• School and Student Health
• Expanded Learning Opportunities
• Social Emotional Learning (SEL)
• Safe Schools & Alternative Education

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News

• February 2025

  • Joint Statement of the Office of the Attorney General and the State Education Department Regarding Transgender Students’ Rights

• January 2025

  • Governor Hochul Announces Release of New York’s First Media Literacy Toolkit for Educators
  • New York State Guidance on Safeguarding the Rights of Immigrant Students

• September 2024

  • Back to School Safety Plan Review
  • Academic Intervention Services (AIS) Scale Scores for the 2024-25 School Year Based on Spring 2024 Grades 3-8 English Language Arts and Mathematics Assessment Scores

• October 2023

  • Academic Intervention Services (AIS) Scale Scores for 2023-24 SY Based on Spring 2023 ELA and Math Assessment Scores

• Summer 2023

  • Restorative Justice Practicees Training: Summer 2023 Course Catalog

• June 2023

  • Creating a Safe, Supportive, and Affirming School Environment for Transgender and Gender Expansive Students: 2023 Legal Update and Best Practices
    • Creating a Safe, Supportive, and Affirming School Environment for Transgender and Gender Expansive Students: Frequently Asked Questions

• December 16, 2022

  • Request for Public Comments on Proposed Tydings Waiver of the State’s FY20 Title IV – Part B Program

• August 2022

  • Academic Intervention Services (AIS) Scale Scores for 2022-23 SY Based on Spring 2022 ELA and Math Assessment Scores

• May 2022

  • Preventing CROWN Act Incidents
  • Potential Effects of the War in Ukraine on School Communities
  • Handbook for Summer School Administrators and Principals 2022

• March 31, 2022

  • Transgender Day of Visibility Memo

• October 2021

  • Academic Intervention Services (AIS) Scale Scores for 2021-22 SY Based on Spring 2021 grades 3-8 ELA and Math Assessment Scores
  • Understanding the CROWN Act

• August 2021

  • Academic Intervention Services (AIS) for the 2021-22 School Year

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Last Updated: May 22, 2025