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

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Communications

COVID-19 Communications from KDE

Published: 10/27/2020 1:42 PM

This page contains education related COVID-19 updates happening in the state . For more information, contact 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

Kentucky teachers address state Senate on COVID-19 impact (Jan 7, 2021)

Talking with Students About Jan. 6, 2021 (Jan 6, 2021)

Seniors: What’s your next step? (Jan 5, 2021)

Kentucky school reopening guidance for January 2021 released (Dec 18, 2020)

Kentucky superintendents hear plans for return to in-person instruction, vaccine distribution (Dec 15, 2020)

KDE releases guidance to assist districts in preparing for COVID-19 vaccine distribution (Dec 15, 2020)

Commissioner Glass meets with Kentucky teachers to solicit feedback on returning to in-person instruction (Dec 11, 2020)

Kentucky parents prioritize mental health, prefer local decision in reopening schools to in-person instruction (Dec 10, 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

Toni Konz Tatman

Chief Communications Officer

Office of the Commissioner

Division of Communications

300 Sower Blvd., 5th Floor

Frankfort, KY 40601

(502) 564-2000 ext. 4602

Fax (502) 564-3049

toni.tatman@education.ky.gov

Letters from the Commissioner

Talking with Students About Jan. 6, 2021 (Jan 6, 2021)

Seniors: What’s your next step? (Jan 5, 2021)

Wishing you a Happy Holiday Season (Dec 1, 2020)

We need our communities to take this virus as seriously as our schools have (Nov 13, 2020)

Reaching and serving Kentucky’s homeless children and youth (Nov 9, 2020)

We need to hear from you (Nov 3, 2020)

A statement from Kentucky Education Commissioner Jason E. Glass (Oct 29, 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)