This form is used to notify the New York State Education Department (NYSED) of the number of Seal stickers and medallions requested and the address to which they should be sent.  The Office of Bilingual Education and World Languages (OBEWL) will provide to all eligible NYS schools the Seal stickers to be placed on the diplomas, the medallions for students to wear at graduation, and certificate templates at no charge.  

Public schools within the New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE) should NOT use this form - please see our website for the form specific to the NYCDOE.  All other schools in the state (including charter and non-public schools located within New York City) should submit this form.  

We recommend that schools submit this form as soon as students have completed all of the work for the Seal (e.g., presented their Culminating Projects, taken any approved assessments) and preferably by May 31st.  We understand that all Seal criteria might not be finalized by May 31st (e.g., course grades, AP scores).  As such, schools should submit these forms as soon as possible following Culminating Project Presentations and indicate as "anticipated" any students who are still awaiting scores for assessments, course grades or other criteria.  While schools may submit these forms after May 31st, they should plan on at least two weeks of processing time between the receipt of the forms by OBEWL and the delivery of the Seals/medallions.

Schools with "anticipated" Seal candidates (those who have not yet met the criteria at the time of the original form submission) should submit an amended End-of-Year Data form with the final data by no later than July 15th (see notes on subsequent section).