MDE COVID-19 Guidance to Districts as of June 10, 2020

IDEA Waiver Request and Extension 
The MDE has submitted a waiver request to extend the period of availability for some categories of Federal special education funds. This extension includes FY2019 IDEA Part B (611) and… 

 MDE Call Center Alert 
Starting Monday, June 15, 2020, the MDE call center will be open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.to 5 p.m. To reach an MDE staff member, please call 601-359-3513.  

Educator Licensure Call Center Alert 
Starting Monday, June 15, 2020, the Educator Licensure Call Center will be open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. You may reach a licensure team member at 601-359-3483.  

Due to the anticipated high volume of calls, please visit www.mdek12.org/licensure and the Educator Licensure section of www.mdek12.org/covid19 before calling the office or emailing questions to the teachersupport@mdek12.org email address. Answers to most questions we receive are addressed on those webpages

Do You Have Questions for MDE?  
Please check the 
MDE COVID-19 Information webpage before emailing your questions to MDE staff. The answers to most of the questions we receive are addressed on the webpage. We also regularly add guidance, answers to new questions and links to our daily update email on this webpage. Daily updates are posted in the Administrator News section of the EdUpdate. 

  Announcements from all previous email updates are posted in the Administrator News section of the EdUpdate.