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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Information

Learn what precautions you can take about the coronavirus.

Call the KY Department for Public Health’s COVID-19 hotline at (800) 722-5725 or visit its COVID-19 webpage.

More information also is available on KDE’s COVID-19 webpage.

Communications

COVID-19 Communications from KDE

Published: 6/26/2020 6:39 PM

This page contains education related COVID-19 updates happening in the state . For more information, contact Interim Communications Officer Toni Konz Tatman at 502-564-2000, ext. 4602, toni.tatman@education.ky.gov or Assistant Director of Communications Jennifer Ginn at 502-564-2000, ext. 4601, jennifer.ginn@education.ky.gov.

Recent News

KDE's Commissioner’s Student Advisory Council discusses mental health, non-traditional instruction (Jul 29, 2020)

Interim Commissioner Kevin C. Brown’s July 24 letter to families (Jul 24, 2020)

Contact tracing should be in full force by start of school, Kentucky superintendents told (Jul 29, 2020)

Local Superintendents Advisory members approve recommendation to state board on leave, school calendar emergency regulations: TEST (Jul 28, 2020)

KDE releases COVID-19 reopening guidance on assigning staff in instructional settings (Jul 28, 2020)

Kentucky schools for blind, deaf opening online for first six weeks due to COVID-19 (Jul 28, 2020)

KDE’s Education Continuation Task Force hears about certification and permission flexibility (Jul 27, 2020)

KDE releases new COVID-19 reopening guidance on food service and USDA waivers (Jul 27, 2020)

MORE COVID-19 NEWS FROM KDE

Frequently Asked Questions

COVID-19: Answers to FAQs for Kentucky’s Public School Families (March 13, 2020)
COVID-19: Answers to FAQs for Kentucky’s Schools and Districts (March 13, 2020)
COVID-19: Answers to FAQs for Student Teaching Coordinators (March 17, 2020)
FAQs: FERPA & Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Non-Traditional Instruction (NTI)

Kentucky’s NTI student participation rates show engagement during pandemic (June 26, 2020)
Unlimited NTI days, 2021-2022 funding: Memorandum provides flexibility for Kentucky’s school districts (June 25, 2020)
KDE advisory council discusses NTI for gifted students, reopening guidance (June 16, 2020)
KDE's Teachers Webcast provides a voice for Kentucky educators during NTI (April 28, 2020)
KDE encourages ‘good faith effort’ in working with exceptional children during NTI (April 27, 2020)
KSB, KSD staff personally deliver NTI materials to students (April 26, 2020)
KDE helps schools through challenges of providing special education during NTI days (April1, 2020)
Beginning March 30, KET devotes daytime schedule to at-home learning (March 26, 2020)
KBE grants waiver allowing all 172 districts to utilize Non-Traditional Instruction amid COVID-19 crisis (March 18, 2020)
Non-Regulatory Guidance Regarding the Implementation of the Non-Traditional Instruction Program (NTI) for Students with Individual Education Programs (IEPs) During Novel Coronavirus Pandemic (March 13, 2020)
Districts may apply for NTI waiver in case of emergency closures (March 11, 2020)

Testing and Graduation

KDE cancels K-PREP testing for 2019-2020 school year (March 24, 2020)
Kentucky to apply for testing waiver from U.S. Department of Education (March 20, 2020)

#TEAMKENTUCKY

The show goes on in McCracken County, seniors honor teacher on closing night(March 31, 2020)
How Harrison County handled being the first Kentucky school district impacted by COVID-19 (March 17, 2020)

Communications from the U.S. Department of Education

Office of the Commissioner

Division of Communications

300 Sower Blvd., 5th Floor

Frankfort, KY 40601

(502) 564-2000 Ext. 4612

Fax (502) 564-3049

Letters from the Commissioner

A letter to teachers and school staff from Interim Education Commissioner Kevin C. Brown (Jul 24, 2020)

Interim Commissioner Kevin C. Brown’s July 24 letter to families (Jul 24, 2020)

Interim Commissioner Kevin C. Brown’s July 10 letter to families (Jul 10, 2020)

Carta del 26 de junio del Comisionado interino Kevin C. Brown a las familias Por Kevin C. Brown (Jun 29, 2020)

Interim Commissioner Kevin C. Brown’s June 26 letter to families (Jun 26, 2020)

Interim Commissioner Kevin C. Brown’s June 5 letter to families (Jun 5, 2020)

A statement from Interim Education Commissioner Kevin C. Brown (Jun 3, 2020)

More Letters from the Commissioner

Webcasts

Commissioner's Webcasts for superintendents, teachers and principals.

Videos from Gov. Andy Beshear

Gov. Andy Beshear’s Message for Kentucky's Preschool-Aged Children (March 25, 2020)
Gov. Andy Beshear's Message to Kentucky's Children (March 17, 2020)

Gov. Andy Beshear's Message for Parents & Caregivers of Young Children (March 27, 2020)