Recent Technical Advisories
These technical advisories are issued in order to provide support to school boards, districts, schools, educators, and communities as they work to build learning communities that engage learners and support depth of knowledge.
Legislative updates are available on the governance webpage.
2024
2023
- Social Media Curriculum Framework and Guidelines
- Clarification on SB 179 & HB 491 - Restraint and Seclusion
- Chartered Public School Joint Legislative Oversight Committee and Chartered Public School Use of Unused District Facilities
- Technology Platforms in Career Exploration or Career Technical Education
- Further Clarification to SB 216, Implementation of Naturalization Assessment
- Back to School - Respiratory Illness Recommendations
- Objectionable Material Policy
- Restraint and Seclusion
- Civics Instruction
- Administration of Non-Academic Surveys or Questionnaires to Students
- Screening and Intervention for dyslexia and related disorders
- Criminal History Records Check of Transportation Monitors
2022
- Assistance to Certain Students with Disabilities in Registering to Vote
- Court Ordered Placement Payment Procedures
- Back to School - fall colds, flu and COVID-19
- Content of an Adequate Education
- Personal Finance Literacy
- Requiring Emergency Action Plans for Sports Related Injuries
- Suicide Prevention Education Act
- Providing Directory Information to Military Recruiters
- Civics Instruction
- Requirements for Regional Career and Technical Education (CTE) Center Agreements
- Student Privacy and School Transparency Statutes
- Regarding Face Coverings in Public Schools (updated Aug. 16, 2022)
- Notice to Chartered Public School of a Special Education Services Meeting
- Criminal History Records Check for Substitute Teachers
- Convictions which would prohibit certification and employment
- Exemptions from Immunization Forms
- Holocaust and Genocide
- FY22 Memo Amendment to RSA 186-C:2, I: Child with a Disability and Child with a Disability Fact Sheet
- Required reporting of policies, programs, and procedures related to gifted and talented students
- Educational Placements vs. Episode of Treatment TA and FY22 Memo Educational Placements vs. Episode of Treatment TA
- FY22 Memo Attorney Attendance at IEP Team Meetings TA and Attorney Attendance Fact Sheet
- Civics Instruction
- Regarding Face Coverings in Schools and School Buses
- Regarding Face Coverings in Schools
- Efficacy of Supplemental Disinfecting Systems, Such as Bipolar Ionization
2021
- Making the Code of Conduct for NH Educators Applicable to Chartered Public Schools
- Emergency Action Plan Sport Injuries
- Criminal History Records Check SB 134 and SB 147
- Code of Conduct Reporting
- Bus Driver and Transportation Monitor Criminal History Checks
- Criminal History Check Designee
- COVID-19 School Vaccination Requirements
2020
- Implementing HB 1240- sexual assault November 13, 2020
- Advisory Guidance For Schools Conducting Remote Instruction and Hybrid Instruction
- Equitable Services under the CARES Act September 30, 2020
- Home Education September 25, 2020
- Executive Order #48- Special Education Requirements to Support Remote Instruction, June 10, 2020
- School Speech-Language Specialist Certification/Licensure, January 10, 2020
2019
- Suicide Prevention Education in Schools, October 17, 2019
- Annual Financial Audits required by Chartered Public Schools, July 29, 2019
2018
- Parent Exemptions to the Statewide Assessment, October 25, 2018
- Home Education, October 11, 2018
- Home Education Notification Template, October 11, 2018
- Play-Based Kindergarten, August 13, 2018
- Potential Danger of Fire Treated Lumber, February 14, 2018
- Additional Targeted Schools (ATS)
2017
- Alternate Diploma, December 21, 2017
- Reporting Requirements of Instances of Child Restraint and Seclusion, December 18, 2017
- School Nurse; Certification, December 8, 2017
- Duty to Report, September 22, 2017
- Policy Governing the Administration of Non-Academic Surveys or Questionnaires to Students, September 13, 2017
- Bake Sales & Fundraiser Exemptions for Non-Compliant Foods, September 14, 2017
- School Employee and Designated Volunteer Criminal History Records Check, Revised September 12, 2017; Issued July 28, 2016
- New Hampshire Statewide Assessment, August 25, 2017
- Exception To Objectionable Curriculum Course Material, August 25, 2017
- United States and New Hampshire Government/Civics Instruction, August 25, 2017
- Transportation of Charter School Students, August 18, 2017
- Student Transcripts, June 15, 2017
- Manifest Educational Hardship, April 10, 2017
- Highly Qualified Teachers, March 28, 2017
- Minimum Standards for Public School Approval, January 6, 2017
2016
- Transportation of Pupils, November 15, 2016
- Food and Nutrition Programs, Revised November 15, 2016; October 24, 2016
- Reporting Requirements of Instances of Child Restraint and Seclusion, September 28, 2016
- Addendum School Employee and Volunteer Criminal History Records Check, September 27, 2016
- Zika Virus and Current Information on Protection and Prevention, May 2, 2016
- Educator Support and Evaluation Systems, February 11, 2016
- School Health Services, February 9, 2016 (Supersedes Advisory #11 dated September 4, 2008)
2015
- Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children, December 1, 2015
- High School Statewide Assessment - regarding the use of the College Board's SAT for the high school statewide assessment requirement, November 19, 2015
- Statewide Assessment Participation Requirements, January 26, 2015
- Statewide Assessment Participation and Course Material Exemptions, Revised January 13, 2015, Issued May 23, 2014