NEWS:

Education reveals its return to school plan

NEWS Pedro Pierluisi on return to classes: “There is no final protocol here”

This should be the process to open schools

DE is working on a detailed plan for the vaccination process against Covid-19, in order to reopen schools

“We cannot keep our children at home without receiving in-person education indefinitely”

The issue of rebuilding schools has priority on the work agenda.

Notes will begin to be sent on January 11 by email

Education implements new system for students of post-secondary institutions

Notes will begin to be sent on January 11 by email

The Government of Puerto Rico has not repaired a single school 11 months after an earthquake

They discussed the plan for a possible start of in-person classes

Universities asked to eliminate College Board requirement in response to COVID-19 emergency

“…the deadline to apply for aid was extended until December 30.”

Secretary of Education details status of the reconstruction of schools after the earthquakes

These are the differences between antigen, molecular and serological COVID-19 tests

Secretary of Health rules out return to classes before March

Special Education Procedures Manual 2020

The aid expires on May 31, 2021 after which it will be the families' responsibility to pay for the continuity of services

These are the internet providers that participate in the $400 subsidy

Online complaint and provisional remedy process

Department of Education assures that it evaluates connectivity options for students

Teachers report challenges in handling printed modules

Secretary of Education cannot specify if they are ready for face-to-face classes

ED guide with strategies for families to promote the emotional stability of minors in the face of COVID19

CFSE donates $9 million for Special Education

Car service begins in school cafeterias

Starting Monday, August 31, the DE will work remotely

Public education email list of all schools

Education statement on the start of school, student attendance, use of school uniform and duties and functions of staff during the coming weeks

Teachers will continue to work remotely until September 11.

Instructions for delivery of equipment to students

Task force epidemiologist does not favor in-person classes until 2021

The Department of Education deactivates the program that it would use to teach distance classes

Returning to school should wait until next year according to Dr. Coello

Secretary of Health assures that schools cannot be opened

Is it safe for schools to reopen during the pandemic?

Doctor recommends not returning to schools until COVID is under control

Successful virtual education: recommendations for parents

Detailed plan for delivery of computers to students

Online training calendar

Training for parents and students: webinars on email accounts, @miescuela.pr and Microsoft Teams

Educational options for returning to school remotely

Public policy to establish the registry of irregular special student services assistants of the Department of Education of the Government of Puerto Rico

General rules for the start of the 2020-2021 school year of special education program services

Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced announces that the Department of Education delivers thousands of computers to public school teachers

There will be continuity of special education program services according to the last current PEI for those students who did not have a PEI 2020-2021

Educational and related courses will preferably be offered remotely. They can be offered in person only if the protocols are followed and if the parents agree

CDC recommends returning to schools in the fall

Instructions to access Office 365. Each student and teacher has up to 5 licenses

We ask families to contact the Governor, La Fortaleza and Antonio Pabón Batlle to request the veto of PC 1945

Teachers will have to go to schools to teach online classes

Start of classes will be virtual starting August 17 and in person in September

Governor reveals what the return to school will be like “Parents have to prepare for a different school year,” she said.

Governor previews how classes will be taught in public schools next semester Wanda Vázquez Garced acknowledged that it will be “a different school year”

Education does not know if classes will be in person or online

Return to face-to-face classes in August is more difficult due to the rise in positive cases of Covid-19

US Education Secretary Betsy DeVos doubled down on Donald Trump's insistence that children can safely return to the classroom

Federal government insists on the total reopening of schools

They advocate for special education assistants

New OSEP communications on IDEA procedural guarantees, June 30, 2020

About the ED's Covid19 protocol

Governor asks to rescind Montessori school regulations

Student performance fell after school closures

magnet school

Module for families on the Contingency and Protection Plan against COVID-19

US Department of Education Office of Special Education Services Issues New Communications Regarding Dispute Resolution Procedures

Education accepts that there is no authorization to start face-to-face classes in August

There is no plan for children with functional diversity

Secretary of Education reports on disbursement of $224 million for computers, tablets and training.

The governor is concerned about the special education project

ED contingency and protection plan against COVID-19

Education announces alliance with WIPR for summer camp At home I learn

The Senate gives way to the project that would create the Associate Secretariat of the Special Education Program

List of providers that offer cybertherapy services

Concerned about the future of Montessori public schools

Ordered to benefit special education service providers

The Department of Education reduces teachers in schools where enrollment has increased

Virtual teaching is uphill

Education announces grade delivery date

First virtual summer camp for children announced

Education announces grade delivery date

Education plan still uncertain regarding court order to reopen school cafeterias

Education evaluates whether to appeal judge's order to reopen dining rooms for all those in need

Court orders Education to open “all cafeterias that are necessary”

Education presents four alternatives for the start of classes

Education closes 32 school cafeterias after 50 employees tested positive for COVID-19

Public Notice – COMPU Online Public Schools Meeting

Teachers Association calls on the DE to defend special education teachers

They propose that there be 15 students per classroom

Be prepared in case you decide to have a virtual meeting.  #Get informed

Third supplement to the memorandum of online related services for special education students during the COVID-19 emergency period

Education will open 122 school cafeterias

LAW 48-2020 to regulate cybertherapy in Puerto Rico

Governor signs the law to regulate cybertherapy

“To say that therapies are being given and that it is the parents' decision whether they take them or not, is totally false”