The Kentucky Board of Education (KBE) during its Dec. 6-7 meeting heard an update on Kentucky Department of Education’s (KDE’s) initiatives aimed at increasing student reading proficiency and helping teachers with more professional learning opportunities.
Kentucky's public schools are increasingly shifting their focus to more practical learning experiences, engaging students in deeper lesson plans that build off prior knowledge and help students apply what they learn to real-world challenges.
The Kentucky Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Early Learning hired five early learning specialists using ARP ESSER funding to help address unfinished learning brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
So far Kentucky has received two-thirds of the $2 billion it was allocated under the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funding, or ARP ESSER.
Kentucky schools will get just over $2 billion dollars in a third round of Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER III) funding from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA).
During their April 7 meeting, the Kentucky Board of Education (KBE) heard an update on the third round of federal Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funding, which is on its way to Kentucky school districts.