Recovery Efforts: Addressing the Provision of FAPE through Alternative Service Delivery Models for Students with Disabilities During the Re-Opening of Schools

MSDE Technical Assistance Bulletin June 2020 On March 12, 2020, the State Superintendent of Schools closed Maryland schools for in-person student instruction and extracurricular activities in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Subsequent orders extended the physical closure through the end of the 2019-2020 school year. As Maryland begins recovery efforts for the re-opening of school…

Recovery Efforts: Addressing the Reopening of Nonpublic Special Education Schools

MSDE Technical Assistance Bulletin June 2020 On June 10, 2020,the State Superintendent of Schools announced, in coordination with the second stage (medium risk) of the Governor’s Maryland Strong: Roadmap to Recovery Plan, that nonpublic special education schools (NPSs) will have the option to reopen their school buildings to provide instruction through an alternative service delivery…