K-12 Education

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• Educational Opportunities for Military Families

  Military families, like all families, want the highest quality education for their children, especially during times of relocation and deployment. Connecticut belongs to the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunities for Military Children (the Compact).

• English Language Proficiency Assessments

• 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.

• Exemplary Sexual Health Education

  Guidance and resources for developing, implementing, and evaluating an Exemplary Sexual Health Education (ESHE), which is a systematic, evidence-informed approach to sexual health education.

• Explore Your Choices

  Connecticut public school choice programs are an opportunity to raise student achievement and reduce racial, ethnic and economic isolation. Explore your choices by finding a school or district program.

• 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.

• Field Trips: Guidance for School Nurses

  These guidelines provide school nurses and school districts with information, resources, and guidance needed to develop safe plans for the health care needs all students on field trips. School nurses should use these guidelines in conjunction with their individual school district policies and procedures.

• Find Information about Smarter Balanced

  This page provides information about the Smarter Balanced Assessments administered in Grades 3 - 8 for ELA and Mathematics.

• Fiscal Services

  Bureau of Fiscal Services Home page

• 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.

• Forms for School Nutrition Programs

  Forms for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) school nutrition programs, including the School Breakfast Program (SBP), National School Lunch Program (NSLP), Seamless Summer Option (SSO) of the NSLP, Afterschool Snack Program (ASP) of the NSLP, Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP), and Special Milk Program (SMP).

• Foundations of Reading Survey

  This webpage provides information for district administrators and teachers about the implementation and administration of the reading survey, as mandated in Section 13 of Public Act 13-245.

• Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) Completion

  Contact Information pertaining to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) Completion.

• Frequently Asked Questions about Mastery-Based Learning

  Mastery-based learning refers to systems of instruction, assessment, grading, and academic reporting that are based on students demonstrating that they have learned the knowledge and skills they are expected to learn as they progress through their education.

• Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP)

  The U.S. Department of Agriculture's FFVP provides all children in participating schools with a variety of free fresh fruits and vegetables throughout the school day.