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The Kentucky Department of Education became an official organization in 1924. [1] Its headquarters is located in Frankfort, Kentucky. [2] In 1848, Kentucky citizens voted for a law that allowed taxation to support schools. [1] In 1938, a new law was passed allowing vocational-technical schools to be formed.
The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) operates schools for military dependents at two major United States Army bases in Kentucky, Fort Campbell and Fort Knox. DoDEA has organized a Kentucky-specific district to administer the schools on those bases (although some of the Fort Campbell schools are physically located in Tennessee).
KSD was established as the Kentucky Asylum for the Tuition of the Deaf and Dumb on April 10, 1823. It was the first state-supported school of its kind in the United States and the first school for the deaf west of the Allegheny Mountains. [3] The deaf were a special concern of General Elias Barbee, a Kentucky state senator, whose daughter was deaf.
The Kentucky Department of Education and staffs of the KYVU and the KYVL created the Kentucky Virtual High School (KYVHS). The KYVHS launched in January 2000 to serve as a statewide educational provider of those highly specialized courses that the smaller, rural school districts could not afford to offer on a regular basis.
Early childhood intervention came about as a natural progression from special education for children with disabilities (Guralnick, 1997). Many early childhood intervention support services began as research units in universities (for example, Syracuse University in the United States and Macquarie University in Australia) while others were developed out of organizations helping older children.
After decades of debate, all local Kentucky school boards have now approved a policy banning corporal punishment. Jennifer Ginn, spokesperson for the Kentucky Department of Education, confirmed ...
Diana Woods, of Lexington, and Julie Pile, of Florence, will serve as at-large members for terms expiring April 14, 2026, according to a news release from the Kentucky Department of Education.
The following is a list of programs broadcast by Kentucky Educational Television (KET), a PBS-affiliated statewide network based in Lexington, Kentucky, which serves the entire state of Kentucky and portions of neighboring states.