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July 24, 2025 – Superintendents

We have two additional updates for you this week – see below. Click here for the District Deadlines and To-Dos Dashboard.

Georgia Early Literacy and Dyslexia Reporting

There are four areas of the Georgia Early Literacy and Dyslexia Act reporting that must be completed by August 1, 2025 in the MyGaDOE Portal. Schools that serve K-3rd grade students must report high-quality instructional materials, professional learning, information on students with characteristics of dyslexia, and certification that the Dyslexia Handbook has been distributed by electronic means to all personnel. This year’s reporting requires school-level reporting (principal), with districts (superintendents and curriculum directors) having editing and approval rights to all school-submitted data. Professional learning data and characteristics of dyslexia data represent information from the 2024-25 school year. Please see the user guides linked below for detailed instructions.

GaDOE Migration to GA@Work Accounting Software

The information below was shared with your Finance Officers this morning and is included here for your awareness.

The State of Georgia is migrating to new accounting software on October 1, 2025. This migration affects GaDOE’s ability to effectively process grant payments submitted through the Grants Accounting Online System (GAORS). Due to this change, we are limiting the amount of reimbursement payments we will process during the initial months. Starting in October, we will only pull grant reimbursement requests once per month. This will require planning on each subrecipient’s part to ensure estimated cash flows are considered, as well as the timing of drawdown submissions and completion reports, which are due October 30.

GaDOE Financial Review is hosting a series of webinars to provide information on the revised payment schedule and the adjustments needed at both the state and subrecipient levels, and provide an opportunity to ask questions. We encourage both financial and federal programs staff to attend, as it will be critical for both departments to work together to ensure reimbursement requests are accurate and meet the immediate needs of the programs.

BOOST Grant Now Open

The BOOST (Building Opportunities in Out-of-School Time) Grant, in partnership with the Georgia Statewide Afterschool Network, awards one-year funding to community organizations that operate comprehensive out-of-school-time (OST) programming year-round, during the summer months, or after school during the academic year. These must be evidence-based programs that support student learning and address nonacademic challenges.

GOLD Grant Now Open

The Georgia Outdoor Learning Demonstration (GOLD) Grant, offered in collaboration with the Environmental Education Alliance, is intended to support the launch, revitalization, or expansion of outdoor learning opportunities for public school students in all parts of the state. Through an appropriation from the Georgia General Assembly, a minimum of 18 grants ranging from $500 to $5,000 per recipient will be awarded. Georgia LEAs and nonprofit organizations providing outdoor learning opportunities to children are eligible to apply.

Reminder: Updated ESOL Program State Resource Guide

An updated ESOL Program State Resource Guide, 2025-2026, is now available in GaDOE Community Guidance & Policy Documents. This year’s Resource Guide includes critical updates on the English Learner (EL) identification procedures for potential ELs with suspected or documented disabilities (see pages 29-30 and 35-50).

Reminder: SB 351 Webinar – Safeguarding Georgia’s Students and Strengthening Schools

Join us July 29 at 10 a.m. or July 30 at 2 p.m. for a free, informative webinar designed for education leaders and staff across Georgia. With the “Protecting Georgia’s Children on Social Media Act” (SB 351) now in effect, this 30-minute session will walk you through how to access and implement free tools and resources through our partnership with Parent ProTech.