Important Recent Guidance from Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) for Students with Disabilities

• Kentucky schools for blind, deaf opening online for first six weeks due to COVID-19 7/28/20 Press Release
• KDE releases COVID-19 reopening guidance on assigning staff in instructional settings 7/28/20 Press Release
  • Guidance Document: KDE COVID-19 Considerations for Reopening Schools Flexibility for Assigning Staff in the COVID-19 Instructional Setting 7-24-20
• KDE virtual town hall answers Kentucky teachers’ questions about reopening 7/23/20 Press Release
  Teachers and staff submitted more than 250 questions in advance, and panelists answered as many as they could that concerned state-level decisions and policy. Questions they ran out of time for (and that are related to state-level decisions and policy) will be answered online on KDE’s COVID-19 FAQ Spreadsheet 
• KDE releases new COVID-19 reopening guidance documents on exceptional learners, compensatory education, daily participation for NTI 7/20/20 Press Release
  Guidance Documents:
  • KDE Reopening Considerations for Exceptional Learners and Preschool Students 7-20-20
  • KDE Participation Guidance: Daily Participation and Non-Traditional Instruction 7-20-20
  • KDE 7-20-20 COVID Guidance Compensatory Education and Extended School Year Services
• KDE releases guidance on gauging COVID-19 learning gaps 7/13/20 Press Release
  • Guidance Document KDE Academic Re-entry, Stage Two Meeting Learners’ Academic Needs 7-13-20