Myth: You can only have 1 ARC/IEP Team Meeting a year Truth: You can request an Admissions and Release Committee (ARC)/IEP meeting at anytime, but you will at least have one annually to review...

Human Development Institute’s (HDI)The Parent Involvement Initiative The Parent Involvement Initiative is part of the Kentucky Department of Education’s State Personnel Development Grant (SPDG), funded by the Office of Special Education Programs and managed...

U.S. Department of Education News RElease 9/20/18 Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) Assistant Secretary Johnny Collett has released a framework that communicates the way OSERS will focus its work to advance the Secretary...

KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (KDE) NEWS RELEASE Number 18-132 Sept. 5, 2018 BOARD DEFINES SCHOOL PERFORMANCE LEVELS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY; CONTINUES BREATHITT MANAGEMENT; DISCUSSES GRAD REQUIREMENTS (Frankfort, KY) – The Kentucky Board of Education approved...

Publicly-funded community services are provided for Kentuckians who have problems with mental health, developmental and intellectual disabilities, or substance abuse, through Kentucky’s 14 regional Boards for Mental Health or Individuals with an Intellectual Disability...

Myth: Special Education is a place Truth: Special Education is services and supports through Individualized Education Program (IEP) not a place.  Under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), which calls for IEP for...