Exit & Reclassification of English Learners

Reclassification is the process by which a student's status as an active English Learner changes. Standard and automatic reclassification occurs when a student has achieved the state's English Language Proficiency (ELP) benchmark as measured by the ACCESS or Alternate ACCESS test.

English learners in NH exit EL status and automatically reclassify into a 4-year period of "Monitoring" status by reaching the following ELP levels:

Program Monitoring:

2021-22 program monitoring is underway. The following LEAs were identified for monitoring: Concord, Dover, Nashua & Windham.

FY23 Year End Grants Management System (GMS) Closing:

As we approach the State’s fiscal year end the NHED Office of Business Management (OBM) has closing procedures which will affect grant reimbursements to schools and LEAs in GMS.

• From June 5^th to mid-July OBM will not process payments.
• This process will not affect access to grants in GMS. You will still be able to enter grants, adjust existing activities, request returns, get approval for changes and also submit reports.
• This is especially important for those grants that are behind on their reporting and have grants ending 6/30/2023 or 8/30/2023.
• Those grants are required to have all their reports, including a final report, submitted by 8/14/2023 or 10/15/2023 respectively.
• For May payments needing to be processed before July, please file the May report before Friday, June 2, 2023

2023-2024 Title III Allocations:

NHED anticipates the 23-24 Grant Award Notification (GAN) from the US Department of Education on July 1, 2023. Once the GAN is received, the NHED will distribute allocation notices to all Superintendents. If you are a new grant manager and would like to be included on that allocation notification email, please contact Wendy Perron, to be added to the list.

General GMS Updates:

• The default year in GMS has been changed to 2022-23. Please be sure you are working on the correct grant as you make updates.

Discovery Education

As part of the New Hampshire Statewide partnership with Discovery Education, all NH educators are invited to participate in free summer professional development!

Learn how you can leverage Discovery Education’s engaging multimodal resources to enhance classroom instruction, curate materials and differentiate activities and quizzes to meet the needs of diverse learners, provide high quality SEL activities, make meaning in classroom instruction through career exploration, or find immediate access to professional learning on a wide range of topics. 

• NH DEN Workshop in a Day
• Virtual PD Sessions
• Custom! Contact, Nancy Rose, Senior Manager for NH, to schedule something for yourself or your school.