Download Now August 31, 2020 - KDE Guidance and Safety Expectations and Best Practices for Kentucky Schools (K-12) Safety Expectations_FINAL DOC 8-31-20
Download Now August 17, 2020 - KDE releases COVID-19 guidance on tracking participation and small groups for in-person targeted services and orientation Press Release
Download Now August 17, 2020 - Welcoming Students for Orientation and Targeted Services
Download Now August 17, 2020 - Participation Tracking in Infinite Campus
Download Now August 17, 2020 - Public health commissioner explains issues with COVID-19 reporting to Kentucky superintendents
Download Now August 13, 2020 - KDE, health officials answer local school board member questions about COVID-19, delaying in-person instruction until Sept. 28
Download Now August 12, 2020 - KDE, superintendents discuss delay of in-person school to Sept. 28 due to COVID-19
Download Now August 10, 2020 - KDE Press Release; Gov. Beshear asks Kentucky superintendents to delay in-person classes until Sept. 28
Download Now July 20, 2020 - Daily Participation and Non-Traditional Instruction (NTI)
Download Now July 23, 2020 - KDE’s COVID-19 FAQ Spreadsheet via Google Sheets
Download Now July 20, 2020 - KDE Participation Guidance: Daily Participation and Non-Traditional Instruction
Download Now July 20, 2020 - KDE 7-20-20 COVID Guidance Compensatory Education and Extended School Year Services
Download Now July 13, 2020 - KDE releases guidance on gauging COVID-19 learning gaps
Download Now July 13, 2020 - KDE Academic Re-entry, Stage Two Meeting Learners’ Academic Needs
Download Now July 01, 2020 - DE releases toolkit to assist schools in helping students cope with trauma
Download Now July 01, 2020 - Understanding Trauma and Traumatic Stress
Download Now July 01, 2020 - What is Trauma
Download Now July 01, 2020 - Trauma-Informed Teams
Download Now June 24, 2020 - Memorandum submitted by Interim Education Commissioner Kevin C. Brown: Unlimited NTI days, 2021-2022 funding: Memorandum provides flexibility for Kentucky’s school district
Download Now June 24, 2020 - Kentucky issues COVID-19 guidance for upcoming school year
Download Now June 24, 2020 - Guidance on Safety Expectations and Best Practices for KY Schools Interm Guidance as of June 2020
Download Now June 22, 2020 - KDE releases new COVID-19 guidance on in-school food service for 2020-2021 school year
Download Now June 22, 2020 - COVID-19 guidance on in-school food service for 2020-2021 school year
Download Now June 22, 2020 - Healthy at School guidance set to be released June 24, Kentucky superintendents provide feedback
Download Now June 15, 2020 - KDE seeking family input on what supports they need due to COVID-19 crisis
Download Now June 15, 2020 - Family Input Survey: The survey will take approximately 10-15 minutes to complete and will be open through June 24. If you are an adult family member or caregiver who was responsible for a child or children during the period of distance learning during the 2020-2019 school year, KDE invites you to complete the survey found at this link
Download Now June 08, 2020 - KDE releases Framework of Best Practices for School Counselors
Download Now June 08, 2020 - Framework Document of Best Practices for School Counselors
Download Now June 03, 2020 - KDE issues guidance on how to facilitate conversations about race-based stress and trauma Press Release
Download Now June 03, 2020 - KDE Guidance on How Districts Can Facilitate Conversations About Race-based Stress and Trauma
Download Now May 27, 2020 - Local Superintendents Advisory Members discuss security risk assessment tool
Download Now May 27, 2020 - Department for Public Health offers COVID-19 guidance to Kentucky’s superintendents
Download Now May 21, 2020 - Gov. Beshear introduces contact tracing to Kentucky’s superintendents
Download Now May 19, 2020 - KDE releases guidance on how districts can use federal ESSER funds
Download Now May 18, 2020 - KDE COVID-19 Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund Guidance for LEAs
Download Now May 12, 2020 - KDE kicks off learning initiative to limit the summer slide
Download Now May 11, 2020 - Press Release Guidance Document: COVID-19 Governors Emergency Education Relief Fund Guidance for LEAs
Download Now May 05, 2020 - KDE asks districts to be flexible when planning for start of 2020-2021 school year
Download Now May 04, 2020 - CARES Act funding, student re-entry for next school year discussed by task force
Download Now May 04, 2020 - Revisions to Kentucky’s ESSA plan available for public comment
Download Now April 28, 2020 - KDE urges districts to consult with local health officials when planning graduation alternatives
Download Now April 27, 2020 - KDE encourages ‘good faith effort’ in working with exceptional children during NTI Press Release
Download Now January 01, 1970 - Districts will have flexibility in spending federal COVID-19 emergency relief funds
Download Now April 22, 2020 - Latest Counselor Connection Dr. Damien Sweeney
Download Now April 07, 2020 - New #COVID19 webpage
Download Now April 07, 2020 - Considerations for the Senior Class of 2020
Download Now April 07, 2020 - Considerations for Instruction
Download Now April 07, 2020 - Considerations for Professional Learning
Download Now April 07, 2020 - Considerations for Mental Health and Wellness
Download Now April 07, 2020 - Considerations for Assigning and Reporting Grades
Download Now March 21, 2020 - Kentucky Students Eligible for New Emergency Food Benefits. The Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS) Department for Community Based Services (DCBS) and the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) are partnering to provide food assistance to families who have lost access to free or reduced-price school meals during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) emergency.
Download Now March 18, 2020 - COVID-19 (“Coronavirus”) Information and Resources for Schools and School Personnel.
Download Now January 01, 1970 - Reference in the letter to parents of students with IEPs: OSEP Letter to Pergament, December 2013
Download Now March 11, 2020 - COVID-19 Resources for Special Education and Early Learning
Download Now March 11, 2020 - Non-Regulatory Guidance Regarding the Implementation of the Non-Traditional Instruction Program (NTI) for Students with Individual Education Programs (IEPs) During Novel Coronavirus Pandemic
Download Now March 11, 2020 - ED Non-Regulatory Guidance issued in 2018
Download Now March 11, 2020 - Additional Information
Download Now September 14, 2020 - KDE &KPH COVID-19 Mode of Instruction Metrics for K-12 Education
Download Now September 14, 2020 - To see the current map at anytime to use with Mode of Instruction Metrics for K-12 Education for your school district
Download Now September 29, 2020 - KDE &KPH COVID-19 Mode of Instruction Metrics for K-12 Education (UPDATED - September 29, 2020)
Download Now October 21, 2020 - Public comment sought on proposed alternate assessment waiver Press Release
Download Now September 30, 2020 - Kentucky superintendents share school reopening advice, get revised metric for holding in-person classes Press Release
Download Now September 30, 2020 - KPH: P-EBT Funding A second round of student meals through the Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) program is coming, Tatman said. Eligibility is based on participation in the National School Lunch Program, school start dates and instruction methods. Some students may not get their new P-EBT cards until November. All questions about P-EBT should be directed to the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services at (855) 306-8959.
Download Now November 18, 2020 - Gov. Beshear suspends in-person instruction in Kentucky schools beginning November 23, 2020
Download Now December 14, 2020 - 2021 DPH KDE COVID-19 Mode of Instruction Metrics for K-12 Education 12-14-20