KDE releases new COVID-19 reopening guidance on food service and USDA waivers
The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) released new reopening guidance on July 27 on food service operations and waivers for school meal programs.
KDE town hall answers Kentucky teachers’ questions about reopening
Officials from the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE), the Kentucky Department for Public Health (DPH) and Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman discussed the COVID-19 pandemic and school reopening and took questions from teachers around the state during an online Town Hall on July 23.
KDE school curriculum committee hears details concerning graduation requirements, NTI, 2020-2021 school year
The School Curriculum, Assessment and Accountability Council (SCAAC) met on July 21 to discuss graduation requirements, non-traditional instruction (NTI) programming and the legislative impacts for the 2020-2021 school year.
Kentucky principals’ council weighs in on COVID-19 reopening guidance
Since the Kentucky Department of Education’s Principal Advisory Council last convened on April 22, the department has released several guidance documents – including the flagship Healthy at School document that was released in conjunction with the Kentucky Department for Public Health.
Memorandum signed waiving leave limits; more KDE guidance released
By Jim Gaines jim.gaines@education.ky.gov Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman, who also serves as secretary of the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, has signed a memorandum from Interim Commissioner of Education Kevin C. Brown that is the first step in giving local school boards more flexibility in offering emergency leave for school district employees affected by COVID-19. The memo waives the normal [...]
KDE commissioner signs memorandum waiving limits on emergency leave for Kentucky school employees due to COVID-19
Kentucky Interim Commissioner of Education Kevin C. Brown is suspending the statutory 3-day limit on paid emergency leave for school employees for the entire 2020-2021 school year.
2020 KySTE Making IT Happen Award virtually presented to KDE’s Laura Raganas
Laura Raganas, a digital learning coach from the Kentucky Department of Education’s Office of Education Technology, was recognized as the recipient of the 2020 Kentucky Society of Technology in Education Making IT Happen Award during a July 21 virtually EdTech Webcast.
KDE to host Virtual Town Hall on Reopening Schools for Kentucky educators and staff on July 23
The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) and the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet will co-host a virtual town hall on reopening schools for state educators and other support staff from 2-4 p.m. ET on Thursday, July 23.
SAC members review new KDE COVID-19 reopening guidance, discuss virtual schools
The Kentucky Department of Education’s Superintendent Advisory Council met virtually July 20 to take a look at guidance released by the department on special education, compensatory education and daily participation for non-traditional instruction.
Nineteen new students selected for 2020-2021 KDE Commissioner’s Student Advisory Council
Nineteen Kentucky public high school students have been selected to join the Commissioner’s Student Advisory Council for the 2020-21 year, the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) announced on July 20.