<p>In compliance with the New York State Education Department’s (NYSED) request for information from families on student access to devices and internet connectivity, the DOE has added the <b>NYSED’s Digital Equity Family Questionnaire</b> for families to<b> complete through their New York City School Accounts (NYCSA);</b> the questionnaire is available <b>in all DOE-supported languages</b>. </p><p></p><p>Please read this <a href="https://www.schools.nyc.gov/about-us/reports/digital-equity-family-questionnaire">notification letter</a> and f<b>ill out the survey no later than December 1</b>.</p><p>You may read the click to go to the letter directly in <a href="https://www.schools.nyc.gov/docs/default-source/default-document-library/family-letters/digital-equity-family-letter">English</a>, <a href="https://www.schools.nyc.gov/docs/default-source/default-document-library/33363-diit-2021-november-digital-equity-family-letter-chinese">Chinese</a>, <a href="https://www.schools.nyc.gov/docs/default-source/default-document-library/33363-diit-2021-november-digital-equity-family-letter-korean">Korean</a>, <a href="https://www.schools.nyc.gov/docs/default-source/default-document-library/33363-diit-2021-november-digital-equity-family-letter-spanish">Spanish</a>, <a href="https://www.schools.nyc.gov/docs/default-source/default-document-library/33363-diit-2021-november-digital-equity-family-letter-bangla">Bengali</a> and <a href="https://www.schools.nyc.gov/docs/default-source/default-document-library/33363-diit-2021-november-digital-equity-family-letter-russian">Russian</a>. Other languages are available on the link above.</p><p>If you need assistance with <a href="https://nycdoe.sharepoint.com/sites/PrincipalsHub/SitePages/New-NYCSA-Portal-and-Creating-Accounts-for-Families.aspx">creating your NYCSA account</a>, please contact Dina Ingram at <a href="mailto:ringram3@schools.nyc.gov">ringram3@schools.nyc.gov.</a>. For parents without NYCSA accounts, who do not want to obtain one, a paper version of the questionnaire is available on the <a href="https://www.schools.nyc.gov/about-us/reports/digital-equity-family-questionnaire">Digital Equity Family Questionnaire</a> webpage. If you use a paper version, please return with your child to room 273C to Ms. Ingram so that and staff will be able enter families’ responses received.</p><p>Families can also contact the help desk <a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https://itsmdoe.nycenet.edu/CherwellPortal/IT?_%3D5f1538c9%230&data=04%7c01%7cEWight%40schools.nyc.gov%7c62a7562308134b6b2b6d08d99d50112c%7c18492cb7ef45456185710c42e5f7ac07%7c0%7c0%7c637713789477914992%7cUnknown%7cTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7c1000&sdata=VqDjCWv0ijw%2BVX0hQxZOF2wV620FykyGZmbH8GWo%2BoQ%3D&reserved=0">online</a> or by calling 718-935-5100</p><p></p><p>*Original post 117/2021</p>
