FOR RELEASE: January 9, 2024

Governor Hochul today presented a promising vision for the future of our students as they learn, grow and pursue healthy lives and careers in New York.

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FOR RELEASE: November 17, 2023

Sandra Ruffo, president of the Broome-Tioga BOCES board and a past president of the Susquehanna Valley School Board, has been elected president of the New York State School Boards Association. 

 

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FOR RELEASE: November 13, 2023

The state’s Blue Ribbon Commission on Graduation Requirements has undertaken an important process to evaluate the way our state determines whether students have met necessary requirements to graduate. In so doing, the commission has begun to explore the central question of what a New York high school diploma should signify.

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FOR RELEASE: November 8, 2023

Fred Langstaff, the New York State School Boards Association’s president in 2020 and 2021, was honored with the organization’s President’s Award at NYSSBA’s Annual Convention and Education Expo in Buffalo in October. 

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FOR RELEASE: October 23, 2023 Some 1,500 school board members and other school district leaders from throughout New York will gather in Buffalo this week at the New York State School Boards Association’s Annual Convention and Education Expo to immerse themselves in such timely issues as school safety, student mental health, artificial intelligence, More...

FOR RELEASE: October 18, 2023

Longtime school board members Guy Leggio of the Bay Shore School District and Bob Vecchio of the William Floyd School District will be honored with the New York State School Boards Association's highest award for school board service when members from around the state gather in Buffalo next week.

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FOR RELEASE: September 21, 2023

On behalf of school board members throughout the state, our hearts go out to the families, staff and students of the Farmingdale School District as we await more information about those who were aboard a bus that crashed while carrying students to Pennsylvania Thursday.

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FOR RELEASE: August 31, 2023

School districts will need more "English as a New Language" teachers, teaching assistants and multi-lingual support staff if they serve new migrant students when school resumes this fall, according to a survey of superintendents by the New York State School Boards Association (NYSSBA).

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FOR RELEASE: July 25, 2023

School board members from around the state will gather July 28 and 29 at the Crowne Plaza Albany – Desmond Hotel for the New York State School Boards Association’s 2023 Leadership in Education Event.

 

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FOR RELEASE: June 12, 2023

The 2023 legislative session marked a welcome transition to more traditional operational and policy issues that impact student success.

 

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