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THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT / THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK / ALBANY, NY 12234

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Office of Student Support Services
89 Washington Avenue, Room 318-M EB, Albany, NY 12234
(518) 486-6090
To: 
District Superintendents of BOCES
Superintendents of Public School Districts
Principals of Public Schools
Superintendents and Principals of State-Operated Schools
From: 
Gemma C. Rinefierd, Ed.D.
Subject: 
2025-26 School Year Report of School Closure and Report of School Re-Opening
Date: 
November 6, 2025

Report of School Closure 2025-26

There are no changes to the reporting requirements or process for the Report of School Closure and Re-Opening in the 2025-26 school year.

Each public school district, BOCES and charter school must submit a Report of School Closure whenever a school building closes for instruction in response to an emergent situation and activation of its Emergency Response Plan. These reports provide immediate notification to the Commissioner regarding an emergency closure and the building鈥檚 subsequent reopening as required by Education Law 搂215 and Commissioner鈥檚 regulations 搂155.17(f)).1

Reasons for submitting a Report of School Closure and corresponding Report of School Reopening for building closures may include, but are not limited, to:

  • A threat of violence or harm to the school or school community
  • Water main breaks
  • Communicable diseases
  • Extraordinary adverse weather conditions (excluding snow days)
  • Natural disasters such as floods
  • Power outages.

The Report of School Closure and the Report of School Re-Opening are available in the SED Monitoring and Vendor Support System application via the . More information on the reports, and how to access them, is provided in Attachment A below.

For State Aid purposes, all closures during the 2025-26 school year must also be accurately reflected on the 2025-26 that the reporting entity is required to submit in September 2026 as a part of its SAMS Form A submission. For additional questions on the spreadsheet and SAMS process, please contact OMSSAMS@nysed.gov.

For questions about the Report of School Closure or Report of School Re-Opening, please see the Report of School Closure webpage or contact the Office of Student Support Services at
SSEC@nysed.gov or (518) 486-6090.

Attachment A

Procedure for providing notification to the Commissioner regarding activation of a school or district emergency plan or building-level school safety plan resulting in the closure of a school building pursuant to Commissioner鈥檚 Regulation 155.17(f)

The Report of School Closure form must be submitted by the Chief Executive Officer2 of each
LEA (school district, BOCES, or charter school) using the following steps:

  1. Go to the 黑料社区 Business Portal
  2. Click on the 鈥淟og In鈥 button
  3. Enter your existing SEDDAS username and password
  4. Under 鈥淢y Applications鈥 click the link to 鈥淪ED Monitoring and Vendor Performance System鈥
  5. Click the link for 鈥淪chool Closure鈥
  6. In the inbox, CEO鈥檚 will see the 鈥Report of School Closure鈥 form, which requests the following information:
    • school(s) that were closed
    • the date of closure and anticipated duration of closure (if known)
    • the reason for closure, including any relevant documents, such as a closure order from a county Department of Health and
    • date that notification regarding the closure was made to the BOCES District Superintendent (if applicable)

When it is determined it is safe to re-open the school(s), the Report of School Re-Opening form must be submitted by the Chief Executive Officer of each LEA (school district, BOCES, or charter school) using the following steps

  1. Go to the
  2. Click on the 鈥淟og In鈥 button
  3. Enter your existing SEDDAS username and password
  4. Under 鈥淢y Applications鈥 click the link to 鈥淪ED Monitoring and Vendor Performance System鈥
  5. Click the link for 鈥淪chool Closure鈥
  6. In the inbox, CEO鈥檚 will see the 鈥Report of School Re-Opening鈥 form which requests the following information:
    • school(s) that were closed
    • the dates of closure and re-opening
    • the reason for closure
    • description of how instruction was provided during the closure period
    • a description of re-opening procedures

If you have questions or problems accessing the business portal or the SED Monitoring and Vendor Performance System, please contact the SEDDAS helpdesk at SEDDAS@nysed.gov. Detailed instructions with screenshots can be found on the School Closure Reporting Instructions webpage. If you have questions about the information to be reported related to school closure, please contact the Office of Student Support Services at SSEC@nysed.gov or (518) 486鈥6090.

1听Pursuant to Education Law 搂215 and Commissioner鈥檚 regulations 搂155.17(f), each superintendent of a school district, every board of cooperative educational services (BOCES), county vocational education and extension board, the Chancellor of the City School District of the City of New York, and each charter school leader shall notify the Commissioner immediately when the emergency plan or building-level school safety plan is activated resulting in the closure of a school building. Charter schools are required to meet the requirements pursuant to Education Law 搂搂2853(2), 2854(1)(b) and Commissioner鈥檚 Regulation 155.17. School districts within a supervisory district shall provide timely notification to the BOCES district superintendent.

2听The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of each public school district, charter school, and BOCES, as recorded in , has been entitled to enter information into SED Monitoring and the School Closure electronic application in SEDDAS. If the CEO information in SEDREF is incorrect, the entity must update it by following the instructions .

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