CSDE Issues Memorandum Regarding Limited Use Of Remote Learning As A School Day

On December 31, 2021, the Connecticut State Department of Education ("CSDE") issued a memorandum updating guidance to school districts regarding the use of remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic (the "Remote Learning Memorandum").  The Remote Learning Memorandum changes certain important aspects of the CSDE's July 2021 Guidance Regarding Future of Remote Learning in Connecticut Schools (the "July Guidance") and related November 2021 Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Remote Learning (the "November FAQ"), including:

• permitting school districts to count students who are learning remotely "in attendance" in any of four "very limited" circumstances, provided that remote learning or equivalent out-of-school instruction for such students equals at least half the school day;