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The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) is seeking public comment on its request to the U.S. Department of Education (USED) to extend its waiver on the number of students tested using alternate assessments due to the COVID-19 crisis.

The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) is accepting public comments on a proposed waiver to offer flexibility to 21st Century Community Learning Centers (CCLC) grant programs. 

The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) will host a virtual town hall for local school board members on COVID-19 and holding in-person classes from 5:30-7:30 p.m. ET on Aug. 13.

The Kentucky Department of Education is accepting public comments for Kentucky’s waivers for flexibility on K-12 education funding through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act.

The Kentucky Board of Education voted at its Feb. 4 regular meeting to re-release a request for proposals for executive search firms wanting to manage the search for the state’s next education commissioner.

Kentucky’s Consolidated State Plan to implement the requirements under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act, has been revised.

The Kentucky Department of Education is seeking public comment on its request for a waiver (called a Tydings waiver) to use carryover federal funds rather than returning them to the federal government.

The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) is seeking feedback on proposed amendments to an administrative regulation that establishes the standards for a school and district report card and covers definitions, requirements for the school and district report cards, data verification and publication, and a new section on communication of federal and state accountability classifications.

Kentucky's Consolidated State Plan to implement the requirements under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), has been revised.

Under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which was passed by Congress in 2015 to replace the No Child Left Behind Act, state education agencies are required to submit a plan detailing the implementation of the law and how federal education dollars will be spent.