K-12 Education

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• Comprehensive School Health Education

  Guidance and resources for developing, implementing, and evaluating a planned, sequential school health education program.

• CACFP Family Day Care Homes

  The U.S. Department of Agriculture's CACFP in licensed family or group day care homes provides cash assistance for nutritious meals and snacks served to infants and children ages 12 and younger.

• English learner/Multilingual learner (EL/ML)

  English learner/Multilingual learner main page with position statement, Guidelines for Administrators, Seal of Biliteracy information and additional resources.

• Career and Technical Education

  Career and Technical Education (CTE) provides students of all ages with the academic, technical skills, knowledge and training necessary to succeed in future careers and to become lifelong learners.

• Title I, Part A

  Title I, Part A is the U.S. Department of Education’s largest K-12 grant program. The CSDE supports local school districts in using their Title I funds to improve student outcomes.

• Connecticut Arts and Standards

  The Connecticut State Department of Education supports arts learning through education focused on the whole child to promote artistically literate citizens well equipped with the creativity, communication, and critical thinking skills needed to live rich, meaningful lives.

• Request for Proposals

  View a listing of Request for Proposals from 2008 to current year.

• The Connecticut Alternate Assessment System (CTAA, CTAS, and CAAELP)  

  This page contains information on Connecticut's Alternate Assessment System for students with significant cognitive disabilities. This includes The Connecticut Alternate NGSS Science Assessments in Grades 5, 8 and 11; and Connecticut Alternate Assessment (CTAA) for English language arts/literacy and Mathematics for Eligible Students in Grades 3-8 and 11.

• Connecticut Technical Education and Career System

  The mission of the Connecticut Technical Education and Career System (CTECS) is to provide a world-class, unique and rigorous learning environment for high schools students and adult learners that ensures both student academic success and trade/technology mastery and instills a zest for lifelong learning.

• Afterschool Programs

  Afterschool programs provide academic enrichment (such as hands-on science or technology programs) and activities to support student learning and development.

• Family Resource Centers

  The Connecticut Family Resource Center concept promotes comprehensive, integrated, community-based systems of family support and child development services located in public school buildings.

• Food Distribution Program (USDA Foods)

  The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food Distribution Program coordinates the distribution of USDA Foods to many of the public and private schools that provide meals to students through the USDA Child Nutrition Programs.

• CACFP At-risk Afterschool Care Centers

  The U.S. Department of Agriculture's CACFP in at-risk afterschool care centers provides cash assistance for nutritious snacks and meals served at no charge to students ages 18 and younger in afterschool programs.

• Magnet Schools

  School Choice programs and interdistrict magnet schools are designed to attract students from different school districts to learn together in settings that offer unique, high-quality, themed educational opportunities.

• Guidelines for Alternative Education Settings

  These guidelines are designed to support the operation of alternative education settings (schools or programs) offered by local and regional boards of education. The purpose of the guidelines is to ensure improved program designs and greater outcomes for students in alternative education settings.