Important Guidance From Kentucky Department of Education Regarding COVID-19

• KDE releases guidance documents for districts dealing with COVID-19 closures (4/7/20)
  The guidance documents available include:
  • Considerations for the Senior Class of 2020
  • Considerations for Instruction
  • Considerations for Professional Learning
  • Considerations for Mental Health and Wellness
  • Considerations for Assigning and Reporting Grades
• KDE: COVID-19 Resources for Special Education and Early Learning webpage
• KDE: KDE helps schools through challenges of providing special education during NTI – April 1, 2020
• KDE’s OSEEL Letter to Parents of Students with IEPs During COVID-19 (Reference in the letter: OSEP Letter to Pergament, December 2013) (March 17, 2020)
• KDE: OSEEL Resources and Tools for Remotely Teaching Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities March 11, 2020  
• KY Dept of Education (@KyDeptofEd) tweeted Tue, Mar 31, 2020: 2pm ET #COVID19 Special Superintendent’s Webcast on Special Education has begun. KDE Associate Commissioner Gretta Hylton is leading the discussion here: https://t.co/oPnk6JZPmj  
• Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) Interim Commissioner Kevin C. Brown’s March 20 letter to families – March 20, 2020
• Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) Interim Commissioner Kevin C. Brown’s March 13 letter to families – March 13, 2020
• KDE: COVID-19: Answers to FAQs for Kentucky’s Schools and Districts – March 13, 2020
• Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) Non-Regulatory Guidance Regarding the Implementation of the Non-Traditional Instruction Program (NTI) for Students with Individual Education Programs (IEPs) During Novel Coronavirus Pandemic {Please review additional non-regulatory guidance previously provided by US ED’s Office of Special Education Programs. ED Non-Regulatory Guidance issued in 2018 & Additional information} (March 11, 2020)