KDE releases guidance documents for districts dealing with COVID-19 closures (4/7/20) The guidance documents available include:KDE: COVID-19 Resources for Special Education and Early Learning webpageKDE: KDE helps schools through challenges of providing special education during NTI – April 1, 2020 KDE’s OSEEL Letter to Parents of Students with IEPs During COVID-19 (Reference in the letter: OSEP Letter to Pergament, December 2013 ) (March 17, 2020) KDE: OSEEL Resources and Tools for Remotely Teaching Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities March 11, 2020 KY Dept of Education (@KyDeptofEd) tweeted Tue, Mar 31, 2020: 2pm ET #COVID19 Special Superintendent’s Webcast on Special Education has begun. KDE Associate Commissioner Gretta Hylton is leading the discussion here: https://t.co/oPnk6JZPmj Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) Interim Commissioner Kevin C. Brown’s March 20 letter to families – March 20, 2020Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) Interim Commissioner Kevin C. Brown’s March 13 letter to families – March 13, 2020KDE: COVID-19: Answers to FAQs for Kentucky’s Schools and Districts – March 13, 2020Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) Non-Regulatory Guidance Regarding the Implementation of the Non-Traditional Instruction Program (NTI) for Students with Individual Education Programs (IEPs) During Novel Coronavirus Pandemic {Please review additional non-regulatory guidance previously provided by US ED’s Office of Special Education Programs. ED Non-Regulatory Guidance issued in 2018 & Additional information } (March 11, 2020)