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February 12, 2021

COVID-19 Guidance for Schools: Operating Schools After Vaccination Updated

Kentucky updates quarantine procedures in vaccination guidance due to CDC recommendations

The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) and the Department for Public Health updated the “COVID-19 Guidance for Schools: Operating Schools After Vaccination” on Feb. 11 in response to newly released guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The guidance updated quarantining procedures for schools that have a fully vaccinated staff. Individuals who have received a full series of the COVID-19 vaccination that experience a close contact with an individual infected with COVID-19 and remain asymptomatic after exposure are not required to quarantine if their contact is more than 14 days and fewer than 90 days from their final dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Quarantine guidance for students and for staff who have not been fully vaccinated has not changed.

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Senate Education Committee Virtual Meeting

Bill to greatly expand early literacy education unanimously passes Senate committee

A bill to greatly expand early literacy education and codify the status of the Education Professional Standards Board (EPSB) unanimously passed the Kentucky Senate Standing Committee on Education during its Feb. 11 meeting.

Senate Bill 115, sponsored by Sen. Stephen West, R-Paris, and Rep. James Tipton, R-Taylorsville, builds on the existing Read To Achieve (RTA) program. While successful, that program does not have enough personnel to serve students statewide – especially not in low-performing schools, West said.

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A man stands in front of a small table with two women at it, one of whom is on a computer.

Ground zero for first COVID-19 case in Kentucky, Harrison County closes in on return to in-person instruction

Harrison County Superintendent Harry Burchett described the atmosphere as “unsettling.”

Thirty leaders from the Cynthiana and Harrison County area gathered together on March 7, 2020, as Dr. Crystal Miller, public health director of the WEDCO District Health Department, delivered the news that Cynthiana was ground zero for the first case of COVID-19 in Kentucky.

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National Board and Kentucky NBCT Network recognizes Kentucky National Board Certified Teachers, Feb. 11, 2021

Kentucky celebrates 82 new National Board Certified Teachers during virtual ceremony

Kentucky recognized 82 teachers newly certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) during a Feb. 11 virtual ceremony.

According to Peggy Brookins, NBPTS president and chief executive officer, Kentucky had the fifth-largest class of newly certified National Board Certified Teachers (NBCTs) nationally. These educators join more than 4,000 teachers across the state who have gone through this highly reflective and transformative professional development, with over 600 of their colleagues currently pursuing certification.

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NEWS

KDE Commissioner’s Student Advisory Council discusses virtual listening tour

Kentucky School for the Deaf students will return to in-person instruction March 1

Two Kentucky elementary schools named National ESEA Distinguished Schools

Superintendents Webcast: February 9, 2021

Kentucky superintendents get details of new guidance on school operation, federal funding during webcast

Kentucky Board of Education seeking applicants for KHSAA Board of Control

Karem Award for Excellence in Education Policy 2021, Nomination deadline March 17, 2021

Nominations open for KBE’s David Karem Award for Excellence in Education Policy

KDE releases COVID-19 guidance on student promotion or retention, school operations after staff vaccinations and ESSER II

LITERACY

Free graduate course on literacy for elementary teachers

SOCIAL STUDIES

KET posting social studies video lessons monthly

BULLETIN BOARD

SREB webinar on STEM curriculum set for Feb. 16

COVID-19 RESOURCES

Decision Regarding Promotion or Retention (UPDATED - February 11, 2021)

Operating Schools after Vaccination (UPDATED - February 11, 2021)

Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund II (ESSER II) (February 8, 2021)

COVID-19 Mode of Instruction Metrics for K-12 Education (December 15, 2020)

Guidance and Safety Expectations and Best Practices for Kentucky Schools (K-12) - English (UPDATED - December 7, 2020)

Coronavirus Relief Funds (December 3, 2020)

Orientation and Targeted Services (UPDATED - December 1, 2020)

Pupil Transportation (UPDATED - September 4, 2020)

Participation Tracking in Infinite Campus

Library Media Center

Class Sizes in Virtual Programs and Courses

Kentucky Department for Public Health's COVID-19 webpage

KDE's 2019 COVID-19 webpage

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