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I have personally ran into a lot more resistance when it comes to getting an IEP for a preschool age child. Depending upon your state laws Kindergarten may be considered preschool in my state it is. As children are not required to attend school until first grade. I would follow the above advice mentioned. I also wanted to inform you that in my experience and from others I've spoken to the district pushes back more with preschool age children.

If there was no preschool IEP, then she's at the very beginning. Steps in here: https://adayinourshoes.com/how-to-get-iep/

Any chance the doctors your daughter has already been working with have any connection to the school district? They might be able to start the conversation for your family. Otherwise, the simplest thing to do is write a letter requesting evaluation. I'm sure the data and doctor's info already had will be useful to this. Remember, the letter doesn't even have to be particularly thorough. They are required to respond, but as has been said, likely the school district is bare bones right now and usually the request timeline is "business days" anyway, so I wouldn't bat an eye about needing to wait until school has started, because that's when they'll actually have people to handle it and will properly be in business.

In my state, if a parent/legal guardian submits a request for the local public school district to evaluate a child for special education (an IEP), the school must respond to that request in writing within 30 days, and if they choose to not evaluate the child, they have to state why they are refusing the evaluation. Check your state's regs to be sure of its timelines (see https://adayinourshoes.com/idea-individuals-with-disabilities-education-act/).