MSDE’s Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) External Stakeholder’s Committee is helping to prepare Maryland’s ESSA Consolidated State Plan to align with the federal ESSA signed by President Obama last December. A full first draft of the state plan has been constructed and is available for public view on MSDE’s Website. There is also a survey people are asked to fill out to provide feedback on what they think of this draft.

The Maryland ESSA draft plan is here and the list of listening tour dates and locations can be found here .

I encourage you to provide your thoughts on the draft plan as well as attend a listening session.

Thank you,

Laurie