1.1.7 – Waiver Request

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The Office of Special Education and Early Learning (OSEEL) has created a new webpage with information and resources related to the 1.0% alternate assessment participation waiver required by the Every Student Succeeds Acts (ESSA). All updated information is available on the Kentucky Alternate Assessment Participation Waiver page of the KDE website. The page includes:

•           Information submitted by an LEA justifying the need of the LEA to assess more than 1.0 percent of its students on an alternate assessment.

•           All previous waivers submitted to the USED.

•           All letters of waiver approval received from the USED.

•           Current training, guidance documents and other resources available on alternate assessment participation.