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New SESIS Form for 2020-21 School Year

The DOE has launched a new special education Program Adaptations Document (PAD), which has replaced the Remote Learning Plan for the 2020-21 school year.

SESIS arbitration victory

The UFT on Jan. 3 prevailed in its grievance charging that the Department of Education’s implementation of the Special Education Student Information System required members to work beyond their regular workday. The independent arbitrator ordered that...

Good riddance

It’s not right to dance on a grave, but with SESIS we’ll make an exception.

Say goodbye to SESIS

After almost a decade of complaints, malfunctions and payments of more than $70 million to thousands of UFT members to compensate them for work outside school hours, the DOE is finally pulling the plug on the $130 million Special Education Student...

Q&A on the Memorandum of Agreement between the DOE and the UFT on Medicaid reimbursement for speech and language services

See questions and answers on the Nov. 18, 2016 memorandum of agreement between the DOE and the UFT on SESIS issues and Medicaid reimbursement for speech and language services.

SESIS arbitration decision info sent to principals

SESIS arbitration decision info sent to principals

Bitter about SESIS

SESIS reimbursement is a victory for the UFT , but the DOE's entire SESIS endeavor leaves a bitter taste.

Meet the President: District 27 and 28

Paperwork, SESIS compliance, testing and more testing — all the things that take time away from instruction — were a prevalent theme at the Meet the President event for members from Districts 27 and 28, held at the UFT’s Queens borough office on Dec...

Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Speech Teachers and Speech and Language Therapists

Information about extended days, testing time, wait listed students, evaluations, and more, for speech teachers and speech and language therapists.

Amending the IEP Without a Meeting

Amendments to an IEP after the annual review may be made by the IEP team at an IEP team meeting, or by amending the IEP without an IEP team meeting.