government services blog
by Chris Riso
April 29
5/15/25 Last Day to Register for Free UB Summer Graduate Classes
5/30/25 Request 2025-26 Hardware, Software, & Library Materials Loans
6/1/25 Last day for Parents to Request Special Education Services from Districts
TBA NYSED Nonpublic Safety Equipment (NPSE) Claims Due
TBA NYSED Elementary School AIS Claims Due
NYSED NonPublic Safety Equipment (NPSE) Reimbursement Update: NYSED does not have any new updates to report for NPSE, other than to once again apologize for the delay in reimbursement. Moving forward, they are confident that there will not be any substantial changes to the Year 11 guidance and forms so they should be very similar to the guidance and forms from Year 10. They gave me the following reminders: if you are planning to claim NPSE via the electronic portal, which is recommended, you could start your preparation by gathering your receipts, invoices, and contracts for qualified NPSE purchases and payments made to the vendors prior to 12/31/24 that you anticipate claiming for Y11 reimbursement, requesting replacements for missing invoices, and making sure your staff portal access and SEDREF accounts are up to date in order to be ready to file once the system is open. You may also want to review your SFS/Vendor ID account information and consider changing your payments from paper checks to ACH direct deposits. Additionally, here is what I found in an auto reply message from ORISS on 4/22/25:
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NPSE Y10. Year 10 Review has started and will continue well into Spring 2025.
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NPSE Y11. NPSE Y11 will open next. Schools will receive an email notification via Non-Pub ListServ when the Y11 application becomes available; it will also be posted on the “Funding Opportunities” page. The NPSE purchasing deadline closed 12/31/2024. The Y11 purchasing deadline of 12/31/24 will remain regardless of launch date. With NPSE, there are no missed opportunities. Allocations accumulate from year to year; any unused allocations roll-over into the next grant cycle.
Erie 1 BOCES Textbook Update: Kelly Flynn from Erie 1 BOCES will be sending an email to the listed textbook coordinators regarding the NYS Textbook Loan program. This email has all of the information school’s need in order to use the Erie 1 BOCES textbook ordering website so there will not be an in-person Annual Textbook Loan Meeting. Please email me if your school did not receive this information. Email Kelly at kflynn@e1b.org if you have a new textbook coordinator.
Hearing, Vision, and Scoliosis Screenings: On Friday, April 25th you each received an email with a memo that explained the need for public schools to perform the mandated Hearing, Vision, and Scoliosis screenings. This is a reminder from me that your school can have a public school nurse perform those health screenings at your school if you request them from your district of location, preferably by the May 1st preceding the school year. If your students are not getting these screenings done by their primary care providers, you should arrange for district staff to perform them at your school.
