Myth: You can only have 1 ARC/IEP Team Meeting a year Truth: You can request an Admissions and Release Committee (ARC)/IEP meeting at anytime, but you will at least have one annually to review and update the IEP as needed. Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA) Regulations Part 300 / D / […]

Human Development Institute’s (HDI)The Parent Involvement Initiative The Parent Involvement Initiative is part of the Kentucky Department of Education’s State Personnel Development Grant (SPDG), funded by the Office of Special Education Programs and managed by the University of Kentucky. It is designed to promote stakeholder engagement in Kentucky Department of Education initiatives (e.g. State Performance […]

U.S. Department of Education News RElease 9/20/18 Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) Assistant Secretary Johnny Collett has released a framework that communicates the way OSERS will focus its work to advance the Secretary of Education’s priorities and continue to make progress toward achieving its mission to improve early childhood, educational, and employment outcomes and […]

KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (KDE) NEWS RELEASE Number 18-132 Sept. 5, 2018 BOARD DEFINES SCHOOL PERFORMANCE LEVELS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY; CONTINUES BREATHITT MANAGEMENT; DISCUSSES GRAD REQUIREMENTS (Frankfort, KY) – The Kentucky Board of Education approved school performance levels for 2018 federal and state accountability during a special meeting in Frankfort today. By law, the state must […]

Publicly-funded community services are provided for Kentuckians who have problems with mental health, developmental and intellectual disabilities, or substance abuse, through Kentucky’s 14 regional Boards for Mental Health or Individuals with an Intellectual Disability (Regional MHID Boards). Regional MHID Boards are private, nonprofit organizations established by KRS Chapter 210 which serve residents of a designated multi-county […]

Myth: Special Education is a place Truth: Special Education is services and supports through Individualized Education Program (IEP) not a place.  Under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), which calls for IEP for students who qualify, children are to be educated in the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) with supports and accommodations brought in for that to […]