COVID-19 Coronavirus Resources

April 15, 2020

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo

• Executive Orders Issued in Response to COVID-19 
  

New York State Education Department 

• COVID-19 Homepage 

• New York State Center for School Health COVID-19 Homepage

Capital Region BOCES

• Capital Region BOCES in partnership with its 24 components school districts  has launched this website as a resource for K-12 educators to support them with remote learning. 

New York State Department of Health

• COVID-19 Homepage for Schools

• Contact Information for Local Health Departments

• Novel Coronavirus Hotline:  1-888-364-3065 

New York State Office of Children and Family Services

• School Emergency Care Guidance (March 18, 2020)

• Emergency Reservation Form – Completed by Parents (March 18, 2020)

• Emergency Employment Attestation For Adults (March 18, 2020)

• Legally Exempt Group Child Care Program Inspection Report (March 19, 2020) 

New York State Empire Development

• Updated Guidance on Essential Businesses, Services, and Functions (April 9, 2020)

  • See #9 for clarification on school district construction projects 

• Frequently Asked Questions for Determining Whether a Business Is Subject to a Workforce Reduction Under Recent Executive Order Enacted to Address Covid-19 Outbreak (March 31, 2020)

United States Centers for Disease Control 

• COVID-19 Homepage

Hunger Solutions New York

• New Outreach toolkit to provide resources to help families apply for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) (May 18, 2020) 

Harvard University Graduate School of Education 

1. Enjoy a free, Open Access book, just published, explaining how to reform education systems so they educate all students as global citizens, with the necessary competencies to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This free resources is presented by Fernando M. Reimers, Ford Foundation Professor of the Practice in International Education at the Harvard School of Education and a former Council presenter.

2. Feranando Reimers also shared a recently published report, that he wrote with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), that shows a framework to support the development of an education response to the Covid-19 Pandemic.