April 20, 2018
Additional Funding to Support Hurricane Evacuees from Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands: On April 19, 2018, DESE released the first of two fiscal year 2018 payments to assist districts serving students from Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands who were displaced by last fall’s hurricanes. This first payment distributes $6,742,770 out of the total $15 million […]
March 30, 2018
A Message from the Acting Commissioner: This is the last Commissioner’s Weekly Update that will be published over my signature. Next Thursday, Jeff Riley will be sworn in as our new commissioner by Governor Baker during our “Leading the Nation” celebration at the State House. At that event, we will look back at our successes since […]
February 2, 2018
New Commissioner Appointed: The state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education voted on January 29, 2018 to recommend Lawrence Superintendent/Receiver Jeffrey C. Riley for the position of commissioner, and Education Secretary James Peyser has accepted that recommendation and appointed Mr. Riley. (Video of the January 29 Board meeting and of the January 26 interviews with […]