The Local Superintendents Advisory Council (LSAC) held a special meeting on Sept. 19 to review and approve the cut scores for Kentucky’s new accountability system that were recommended by a standard-setting committee.
A panel of education stakeholders and policymakers gathered in Frankfort Sept. 13-14 to participate in a standard-setting process for Kentucky’s new accountability system. The last accountability standard-setting process occurred in 2019 and was a 5-star system. It is now a color-coded system.
The Kentucky Department of Education’s (KDE’s) Local Superintendents Advisory Council (LSAC) approved several proposed amendments to regulations during its regular July 26 meeting.
The Local Superintendents Advisory Council approved draft amendments to a regulation establishing the early high school graduation program in Kentucky and heard an overview of updates to the accountability standard setting process.
The Kentucky Department of Education’s Local Superintendents Advisory Council (LSAC) approved amendments to draft regulations for state-operated area technology centers’ (ATCs’) certified and equivalent staff compensation plan at its Feb. 1 meeting.
The Local Superintendents Advisory Council (LSAC) approved a draft regulation during its meeting on Nov. 23 to limit the use of corporal punishment in schools. The draft regulation will go before the Kentucky Board of Education (KBE) at its meeting on Dec. 1 for approval.
The Local Superintendents Advisory Council approved a recommendation to the Kentucky Board of Education to accept the Kentucky High School Athletic Association’s amendments to 702 KAR 7:065, Designation of Agent to Manage Middle and High School Interscholastic Athletics.
During the Aug. 12 Superintendents Webcast, Kentucky Department of Education leadership fielded questions regarding an emergency regulation passed by the Kentucky Board of Education requiring universal masking in public schools.
The Kentucky Board of Education (KBE) approved an emergency regulation on Aug. 12 to require all individuals inside public school facilities to wear a face covering. The move came at an emergency meeting in response to the highly contagious COVID-19 delta variant.
In response to the highly contagious COVID-19 delta variant, Gov. Andy Beshear announced Aug. 10 an executive order requiring face coverings in Kentucky’s public and private schools, regardless of vaccination status.