Title XIII, Education
16 chapters · 1,306 sections in this title.
KRS § 158.005 Definition of "character education."
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As used in KRS Chapters 156 and 158, unless the context requires otherwise, "character education" means instructional strategies and curricula that: (1) Instill and promote core values and qualities of good character in students including altruism, citizenship, courtesy, honesty,…
KRS § 158.007 Definitions for chapter
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As used in KRS Chapter 158 unless the context requires otherwise: (1) "Advanced placement" or "AP" means a college-level course that incorporates all topics and instructional strategies specified by the College Board on its standard syllabus for a given subject area and is licens…
KRS § 158.010 Uniform school system to be maintained -- Variations
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(1) A uniform system of common schools shall be maintained in Kentucky. (2) Local school districts may, with approval of local boards of education, provide special programs and services to one (1) or more areas of the district in contrast to other areas where the variation is a r…
KRS § 158.030 "Common school" defined -- Attendance at public school and primary school program -- Advancement without regard to age -- Local boards to adopt policy establishing petition and evaluation process for students who do not meet age requirements
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school program -- Advancement without regard to age -- Local boards to adopt policy establishing petition and evaluation process for students who do not meet age requirements. (1) "Common school" means an elementary or secondary school of the state supported in whole or in part b…
KRS § 158.031 Primary school program -- Authority for administrative regulations -- Attributes -- Part time attendance -- Grouping -- Advancement -- Reporting requirements
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Attributes -- Part time attendance -- Grouping -- Advancement -- Reporting requirements. (1) In this section, "primary school program" means that part of the elementary school program in which children are enrolled from the time they begin school until they are ready to enter the…
KRS § 158.032 Flagging record of missing child -- Procedure upon recovery -- Documents required upon enrollment or transfer
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required upon enrollment or transfer. (1) Upon notification by the commissioner of education of a child's disappearance, any school in which the child is currently or was previously enrolled shall flag the record of the child so that when a copy of or information regarding the ch…
KRS § 158.033 Instruction in student's home or hospital -- Signed statement of diagnosed condition -- Student may receive home or hospital instruction effective on day of admittance -- Calculation of instructional sessions for purposes of KRS 157.360 -- Students with disabilities -- Administrative regulations
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condition -- Student may receive home or hospital instruction effective on day of admittance -- Calculation of instructional sessions for purposes of KRS 157.360 -- Students with disabilities -- Administrative regulations. (1) If in any district there are students not able even w…
KRS § 158.035 Certificate of immunization
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Except as provided in KRS 214.036, no child shall be eligible to enroll as a student in any public or private elementary or secondary school without first presenting a certificate from a medical physician, osteopathic physician, or advanced practice registered nurse licensed in a…
KRS § 158.037 Report of immunization results
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Each public or private elementary or secondary school shall report immunization results to its local health department in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.
KRS § 158.038 Student identification badges must contain hotline number contact information relating to domestic violence, sexual assault, and suicide prevention -- Recommendation required of Cabinet for Health and Family Services
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information relating to domestic violence, sexual assault, and suicide prevention -- Recommendation required of Cabinet for Health and Family Services. (1) Beginning August 1, 2020, any student identification badge issued to a student in grades six (6) through twelve (12) by a pu…
KRS § 158.039 Suicide prevention awareness information and lessons
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(1) The Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall post on its website high-quality, evidence-based suicide prevention awareness information, which shall include information on recognizing the warning signs of a suicide crisis. The website shall include information related to s…
KRS § 158.041 Display of child abuse, human trafficking, and safe haven baby box hotline numbers in schools
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numbers in schools. Every public school shall prominently display the statewide child abuse hotline number administered by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, the National Human Trafficking Hotline number administered by the United States Department of Health and Human Se…
KRS § 158.050 School year
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The school year shall begin on July 1 and end on June 30.
KRS § 158.060 Access to teacher employment contract -- School month and school day -- Duty-free lunch period -- Nonteaching time for teachers
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Duty-free lunch period -- Nonteaching time for teachers. (1) Each teacher shall be provided access to a copy of his or her employment contract upon request. (2) Twenty (20) school days, or days in which teachers are actually employed in the schoolroom, shall constitute a school m…
KRS § 158.070 Definitions -- School district calendar committee -- School calendar adoption procedures -- Variable student instructional year -- Professional development -- Holidays and days closed -- Waivers -- Scheduling of athletic competitions -- Continuing education for students -- Student attendance days and their equivalents in instructional year -- Nontraditional instruction program -- Administrative regulations -- Breakfast program -- Calculation of service credit and equivalent time for days missed by employees due to emergencies
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adoption procedures -- Variable student instructional year -- Professional development -- Holidays and days closed -- Waivers -- Scheduling of athletic competitions -- Continuing education for students -- Student attendance days and their equivalents in instructional year -- Nont…
KRS § 158.072 Eligible students -- Change of residence within district -- Option to remain enrolled in original school -- Transportation
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enrolled in original school -- Transportation. (1) For purposes of this section, "eligible student" shall mean a public school student enrolled in kindergarten or grade one (1), two (2), or three (3) who qualifies for free or reduced-price school meals or attends a school that pa…
KRS § 158.075 Veterans Day observance in public schools
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All public schools shall observe Veterans Day under this section. (1) On Veterans Day, or one (1) of the five (5) school days preceding Veterans Day, one (1) class or instructional period shall be devoted to the observance of Veterans Day. (2) Students shall assemble in one (1) o…
KRS § 158.080 Private and parochial schools -- Courses -- School calendar
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Private and parochial schools certified in accordance with KRS 156.160(2) shall: (1) Be taught in the English language and shall offer instruction in the several branches of study required to be taught in the public schools of the state; and (2) Operate on a school calendar with …
KRS § 158.100 Program required to be provided by school district -- Additional programs permitted -- Refugee or legal alien students -- Virtual high school completion program -- School district may establish virtual programs
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permitted -- Refugee or legal alien students -- Virtual high school completion program -- School district may establish virtual programs. (1) Notwithstanding any statute to the contrary, each school district shall provide an approved preschool school program through twelve (12) g…
KRS § 158.102 Requirement for library media center -- Employment of librarian
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(1) The board of education for each local school district shall establish and maintain a library media center in every elementary and secondary school to promote information literacy and technology in the curriculum, and to facilitate teaching, student achievement, and lifelong l…
KRS § 158.105 War veterans may complete high school course without tuition
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Each school district in this state shall admit to its twelve (12) grade school service, without tuition, any veteran of the Armed Forces whose attendance was interrupted, before completing the approved twelve (12) grade school course, because of induction or enlistment in the Arm…
KRS § 158.108 Effect of failure to pay for or rent school supplies
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No child shall be denied full participation in any educational program due to an inability to pay for, or rent, necessary school supplies, including textbooks.
KRS § 158.110 Transportation of pupils
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(1) Boards of education may provide transportation from their general funds or otherwise for any pupil of any grade to the nearest school to the pupil's residence within the district if the pupil does not live within a reasonable walking distance to such nearest school of appropr…
KRS § 158.115 Supplementation of school bus transportation system by county out of general funds -- Annual report to Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue
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general funds -- Annual report to Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue. (1) Each county may furnish transportation from its general funds, and not out of any funds or taxes raised or levied for educational purposes or appropriated in aid of the common schools, to…
KRS § 158.120 Nonresident pupils -- Nonresident pupil policy -- Tuition -- Enrollment of nonresident pupils in virtual programs -- Limitations -- Sunset
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nonresident pupils in virtual programs -- Limitations -- Sunset. (1) A board of education shall adopt a nonresident pupil policy to govern the terms under which the district shall allow enrollment of nonresident pupils. Upon allowing nonresident pupil enrollment, the policy shall…
KRS § 158.135 Reimbursement for school services for state agency children in state institution or day treatment center or in custody of Department of Juvenile Justice
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institution or day treatment center or in custody of Department of Juvenile Justice. (1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "State agency children" means: 1. a. Those children of school age committed to or in custody of the Cabinet for Health and …
KRS § 158.137 Educational passports for state agency children
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(1) As used in this section: (a) "State agency child" or "state agency children" means "state agency children" defined in KRS 158.135; (b) "School or educational facility" means any public school, private school, day treatment center, or any other public or private entity that pr…
KRS § 158.139 Facilitation and enablement of employment opportunities for graduates with alternate high school diplomas -- Requirements for Department of Workforce Development
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with alternate high school diplomas -- Requirements for Department of Workforce Development. In order to facilitate and enable employment opportunities for students graduating with a Kentucky alternate high school diploma pursuant to KRS 156.160(1)(e) and 158.140(2)(b), the Depar…
KRS § 158.140 Admission to high school -- Promotion -- Classification -- High school diploma -- Alternate high school diploma -- Academy diploma -- Posthumous diploma -- Diploma for certain honorably discharged veterans -- Vocational certificate of completion
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diploma -- Alternate high school diploma -- Academy diploma -- Posthumous diploma -- Diploma for certain honorably discharged veterans -- Vocational certificate of completion. (1) When a pupil in any public elementary school or any approved private or parochial school completes t…
KRS § 158.141 Passing grade on civics test or course in civic literacy required for high school graduation -- Testing procedures -- Department to submit testing data to the Legislative Research Commission -- Instruction areas for civic literacy course -- Administrative regulations
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school graduation -- Testing procedures -- Department to submit testing data to the Legislative Research Commission -- Instruction areas for civic literacy course -- Administrative regulations. (1) Beginning with the entering ninth grade class of the 2025-2026 school year, and ea…
KRS § 158.1411 Financial literacy requirements for high school graduation -- Establishment of academic standards, curricula, and guidelines for financial literacy
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Establishment of academic standards, curricula, and guidelines for financial literacy. (1) For students entering grade nine (9) on or before June 30, 2025, successful completion of one (1) or more courses or programs that meet the financial literacy standards shall be a Kentucky …
KRS § 158.1413 Essential workplace ethics instruction program -- Required biennial collaboration -- Symbol of attainment of essential workplace ethics indicators
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collaboration -- Symbol of attainment of essential workplace ethics indicators. (1) Each school district shall implement essential workplace ethics programs that promote characteristics that are critical to success in the workplace. Each student in elementary, middle, and high sc…
KRS § 158.1415 Curriculum for instruction on human sexuality or sexually transmitted diseases -- Written consent of parents -- Notification to parents -- Provision of alternative curriculum -- Exceptions
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diseases -- Written consent of parents -- Notification to parents -- Provision of alternative curriculum -- Exceptions. (1) If a school council or, if none exists, the principal adopts a curriculum for human sexuality or sexually transmitted diseases, instruction shall include bu…
KRS § 158.142 Early high school graduation program -- Requirements -- Early Graduation Scholarship Certificate -- Award from early graduation scholarship trust fund
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Graduation Scholarship Certificate -- Award from early graduation scholarship trust fund. (1) Beginning with the 2014-2015 school year, a public school student may complete an early high school graduation program and qualify for an Early Graduation Scholarship Certificate for use…
KRS § 158.143 High school equivalency diploma -- Eligibility -- State agency child -- Student enrolled in district-operated alternative education program
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Student enrolled in district-operated alternative education program. (1) Notwithstanding any other statute to the contrary, a state agency child, as defined in KRS 158.135(1), who is at least seventeen (17) years of age shall be eligible to seek attainment of a High School Equiva…
KRS § 158.144 Adult caregiver with whom minor student resides may, by affidavit, establish authority to make school-related decisions for minor student -- Conditions -- Caretaker's decision may be superseded -- Obligations and liability of person relying on affidavit of authority -- Revocation of affidavit -- Statute subordinate to federal law -- Penalty
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establish authority to make school-related decisions for minor student -- Conditions -- Caretaker's decision may be superseded -- Obligations and liability of person relying on affidavit of authority -- Revocation of affidavit -- Statute subordinate to federal law -- Penalty. (1)…
KRS § 158.145 Legislative findings and declarations on school dropout rate
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(1) The General Assembly hereby finds that: (a) Little progress has been made in reducing the state's student dropout rate; (b) The number of school dropouts in Kentucky is unacceptable; (c) The factors, such as lack of academic success, poor school attendance, lack of parental s…
KRS § 158.146 Establishment of strategy to address school dropout problem -- Department to provide technical assistance, award grants, and disseminate information to school districts and school level personnel
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Department to provide technical assistance, award grants, and disseminate information to school districts and school level personnel. (1) No later than December 30, 2000, the Kentucky Department of Education shall establish and implement a comprehensive statewide strategy to prov…
KRS § 158.148 Definitions of "bullying" and "parent or guardian" -- Discipline guidelines, transportation services policy, and model policies -- Local code of acceptable behavior and discipline -- Required contents of code
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guidelines, transportation services policy, and model policies -- Local code of acceptable behavior and discipline -- Required contents of code. (1) As used in this section: (a) 1. "Bullying" means any unwanted verbal, physical, or social behavior among students that involves a r…
KRS § 158.149 Use of tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, and vapor products on school property and during school activities -- Written policies -- Penalties -- Department to post nicotine awareness information on website -- Annual reports
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on school property and during school activities -- Written policies -- Penalties - - Department to post nicotine awareness information on website -- Annual reports. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Alternative nicotine product" has the same meaning as in KRS 438.305; (b) "Tobacc…
KRS § 158.150 Suspension or expulsion of students -- Alternative program or other intervention -- Removal from classroom -- Return of expelled student to school district
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intervention -- Removal from classroom -- Return of expelled student to school district. (1) All students admitted to the common schools shall comply with the lawful regulations for the government of the schools: (a) Willful disobedience or defiance of the authority of the teache…
KRS § 158.153 Punishment based on child's records -- Disclosure of records -- Cause of action -- Districtwide standards of behavior for students participating in extracurricular activities
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action -- Districtwide standards of behavior for students participating in extracurricular activities. (1) Unless the action is taken pursuant to KRS 158.150, no school, school administrator, teacher, or other school employee shall expel or punish a child based on information con…
KRS § 158.155 Reporting of specified incidents of student conduct -- Notation on school records -- Report to law enforcement of certain student conduct -- Immunity -- Reports filed by law enforcement agency created by local board of education
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records -- Report to law enforcement of certain student conduct -- Immunity -- Reports filed by law enforcement agency created by local board of education. (1) Any school employee who knows or has reasonable cause to believe that a person has made threats or plans of violence whi…
KRS § 158.1559 Superintendent of each local school district shall require the principal of each school within the district to provide written notice to all students, parents, and guardians about the provisions of KRS 508.078, and the potential penalties for terroristic threatening -- Notice shall be given within ten days of the first instructional day of each school year
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principal of each school within the district to provide written notice to all students, parents, and guardians about the provisions of KRS 508.078, and the potential penalties for terroristic threatening -- Notice shall be given within ten days of the first instructional day of e…
KRS § 158.156 Reporting of commission of felony KRS Chapter 508 offense against a student -- Investigation -- Immunity from liability for reporting -- Privileges no bar to reporting
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student -- Investigation -- Immunity from liability for reporting -- Privileges no bar to reporting. (1) Any employee of a school or a local board of education who knows or has reasonable cause to believe that a school student has been the victim of a violation of any felony offe…
KRS § 158.157 Superintendent of each local school district to require principals to provide written notice of and age-appropriate information on KRS 531.125 to students in grades four through twelve, parents, and guardians -- Applicability to public charter schools
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written notice of and age-appropriate information on KRS 531.125 to students in grades four through twelve, parents, and guardians -- Applicability to public charter schools. (1) The superintendent of each local school district shall require the principal of each school within th…
KRS § 158.158 Local board of education to require each public school with instructional space for students in grades six through twelve to display information on sexual extortion -- Requirements -- Applicability to public charter schools -- Department to publish recommendations for required information
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space for students in grades six through twelve to display information on sexual extortion -- Requirements -- Applicability to public charter schools -- Department to publish recommendations for required information. (1) By August 1, 2025, local boards shall require each public s…
KRS § 158.160 Notification to school by parent or guardian of child's medical condition threatening school safety -- Exclusion of child with communicable disease from school -- Closing of school during epidemic
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threatening school safety -- Exclusion of child with communicable disease from school -- Closing of school during epidemic. (1) A parent, legal guardian, or other person or agency responsible for a student shall notify the student's school if the student has any medical condition…
KRS § 158.162 Mandatory adoption of emergency management response plan in each school -- School to maintain portable automated external defibrillators -- Emergency response drills -- Consequence of schools failing to comply
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school -- School to maintain portable automated external defibrillators -- Emergency response drills -- Consequence of schools failing to comply. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Emergency management response plan" or "emergency plan" means a written document to prevent, mitigat…
KRS § 158.1621 Reporting of number of portable automated external defibrillators
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(1) By August 1 of each year, each school district shall report to the Kentucky Department of Education on the number of portable automated external defibrillators at each school within the district. (2) By October 1 of each year, the Kentucky Department of Education shall publis…