Below are your weekly updates and reminders from the Georgia Department of Education. Here are your links to the District Deadlines and To-Dos Dashboard and the Digest Archive.
New Guidance Available: Supporting First-Grade Readiness Decisions
This resource helps schools make thoughtful first-grade placement decisions using approved assessment evidence, teacher input, parent or guardian preference, and other relevant information.
- Additional Information: Guidance for First-Grade Readiness: GA Early Literacy Act of 2026 (HB 1193)
- Contact: Amy Denty, amy.denty@doe.k12.ga.us
2027 WIDA ACCESS and WIDA Alternate ACCESS Assessment Language Domain Preclusion Requests
For English learner students with disabilities, IEP teams must document applicable language domain preclusions for the 2027 WIDA ACCESS or WIDA Alternate ACCESS assessments and submit a Language Domain Preclusion Request Form to GaDOE using the form linked below, by November 30.
- Additional Information: Language Domain Preclusion Request Form | Language Domain Preclusion Request Toolkit
- Deadline: November 30, 2026
- Contact: Amy Haynes, amy.haynes@doe.k12.ga.us