Monthly Archives: June 2013

Fifty-four school districts adopt new attendance age

Within two days of the official implementation of the “Graduate Kentucky” bill to promote high school graduation, 54 Kentucky school districts have voted to increase their compulsory attendance age. On Tuesday, Gov. Steve Beshear, First Lady Jane Beshear, and Education Commissioner Terry Holliday challenged the state’s school districts to adopt the new policy, and the leaders are encouraged by the [...]

By |2020-09-23T15:06:07-04:00June 27, 2013|

Summer meal program rolls out

Students were full of smiles, and sandwiches, as they as they experienced a school bus in a new way during the Jefferson County Public Schools’ and the Kentucky Department of Education’s kick off of the 2013 Summer Food Service Program.

By |2023-01-04T15:29:32-05:00June 20, 2013|

Kentucky eTranscript Initiative streamlines the college admissions process

Beginning this summer, Kentucky high school students can send their transcripts and other documents to participating postsecondary members of the Parchment Exchange electronically at no cost to themselves, their high school or the recipient. The statewide adoption of electronic transcripts will complete the online and paperless delivery of all materials necessary for college admissions. All Kentucky public high schools will [...]

By |2019-03-12T16:19:28-04:00June 20, 2013|

Restraint and seclusion article featured in magazine

The spring/summer issue of Kentucky School Leader has a feature article written by Kentucky Department of Education Assistant General Counsel David Wickersham. Wickersham writes about restraint and seclusion in the article, touching on the limits of which restraint and seclusion may be used in Kentucky public schools, how these limits will foster stronger school culture that will, in turn, lead [...]

By |2013-06-17T11:52:06-04:00June 20, 2013|

District verification needed for fall 2013 reporting

Several offices in the Kentucky Department of Education have started work on the School Report Card (SRC) for release in fall 2013. The SRC will display available data and information for A1 schools, alternative programs and career and technical education centers. A proactive and critical first step for 2013 is to verify all schools, programs or centers from the 2012-13 [...]

By |2013-06-17T09:55:01-04:00June 20, 2013|
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