U.S. Department of Education Closes New York State Education Department Corrective Actions, But Says Future Monitoring Will Continue

More than two years after U.S. Department of Education identified seven IDEA noncompliance findings in 2023, it says NYSED has finally satisfied all original corrective actions.

May 6, 2026, U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) issued a Differentiated Monitoring and Support (DMS) close-out letter to New York State Education Department (NYSED).

OSEP stated that the purpose of the letter was to provide an update on the required actions identified in OSEP’s September 21, 2023, DMS monitoring r…