Title XIII, Education
16 chapters · 1,306 sections in this title.
KRS § 159.010 Parent or custodian to send child to school -- Age limits for compulsory attendance -- Local board of education may adopt policy extending compulsory attendance requirements to age 18 -- All local boards to extend age limit upon adoption of policy by 55 percent of school districts -- Notification and counseling prior to withdrawal -- Encouragement to reenroll after withdrawal
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compulsory attendance -- Local board of education may adopt policy extending compulsory attendance requirements to age 18 -- All local boards to extend age limit upon adoption of policy by 55 percent of school districts -- Notification and counseling prior to withdrawal -- Encour…
KRS § 159.020 Transferring child from one district to another
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Any parent, guardian, or other person having in custody or charge any child who has entered the primary school program and is subject to compulsory attendance under KRS 159.010 who removes the child from a school district during the school term shall enroll the child in a regular…
KRS § 159.030 Exemptions from compulsory attendance
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(1) The board of education of the district in which the child resides shall exempt from the requirement of attendance upon a regular public day school every child of compulsory school age: (a) Who is a graduate from an accredited or an approved four (4) year high school; or (b) W…
KRS § 159.035 Participation in 4-H activities, page programs of the General Assembly, and ten days of military basic training to be considered attendance -- Excused absence for educational enhancement or attendance at Kentucky State Fair -- Appeal of denial of excused absence -- Exception for testing periods -- Excused absences for deployment and return days of parent or guardian on active duty -- Excused absence to visit parent or guardian on R and R -- Excused absence due to mental or behavioral health status
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and ten days of military basic training to be considered attendance -- Excused absence for educational enhancement or attendance at Kentucky State Fair -- Appeal of denial of excused absence -- Exception for testing periods -- Excused absences for deployment and return days of pa…
KRS § 159.040 Attendance at private and parochial schools
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Attendance at private and parochial schools shall be kept by the authorities of such schools in a register provided by the Kentucky Board of Education, and such school authorities shall make attendance and scholarship reports in the same manner as is required by law or by regulat…
KRS § 159.051 Loss of license or permit by student for dropping out of school or for academic deficiency -- Procedures for reinstatement
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academic deficiency -- Procedures for reinstatement. (1) When a student who is at least fifteen (15) years of age but less than eighteen (18) years of age drops out of school or is declared to be academically deficient, the school administrator or his or her designee shall notify…
KRS § 159.070 Attendance districts -- Enrollment permitted in school nearest home
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Each school district shall constitute a separate attendance district unless two (2) or more contiguous school districts, with the approval of the Kentucky Board of Education, unite to form one (1) attendance district. Controversies arising in attendance districts relating to atte…
KRS § 159.075 Pre-enrollment and preadmission of child whose parent or guardian is transferred to military installation or is returning to the state after being separated from the military
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transferred to military installation or is returning to the state after being separated from the military. (1) A child of a military family may pre-enroll or participate in preadmission in a school district if the parent or guardian of the child: (a) Is transferred to or is pendi…
KRS § 159.080 Director of pupil personnel and assistants
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(1) Each superintendent of a local school district shall appoint a director of pupil personnel and assistants as are deemed necessary. Salaries of directors and assistants shall be fixed by the board of education. (2) Directors of pupil personnel shall have the general qualificat…
KRS § 159.090 Directors of pupil personnel for united districts
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Two (2) or more contiguous school districts may unite to form one (1) attendance district and the superintendent of schools of the districts shall appoint directors of pupil personnel as are necessary. The salary of directors of pupil personnel in united districts shall be borne …
KRS § 159.130 Powers of directors of pupil personnel
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The director of pupil personnel and his assistants shall be vested with the powers of peace officers, provided, however, that they shall not have the authority to serve warrants. They may investigate in their district any case of nonattendance at school of any child of compulsory…
KRS § 159.140 Duties of director of pupil personnel or assistant
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2026) (1) The director of pupil personnel, or an assistant appointed under KRS 159.080, shall: (a) Devote his or her entire time to the duties of the office except as provided in subsection (2) of this section; (b) Enforce the compulsory attendance and census laws in the attendan…
KRS § 159.150 Definitions of truant and habitual truant -- Attendance record requirements -- Adoption of truancy policies by local school boards -- Implementation of early intervention and prevention programs
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requirements -- Adoption of truancy policies by local school boards -- Implementation of early intervention and prevention programs. (1) Any student who has attained the age of six (6) years, but has not reached his or her eighteenth birthday, who has been absent from school with…
KRS § 159.152 Truancy intervention in grades 6 through 12 -- Duties of director of pupil personnel -- Notice to court-designated worker
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personnel -- Notice to court-designated worker. In addition to the duties assigned under KRS 159.140, the director of pupil personnel, or an assistant appointed under KRS 159.080, shall: (1) Upon a student in grades six (6) through twelve (12) becoming a truant as defined in KRS …
KRS § 159.160 Attendance reports to superintendent
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The principal or teacher in charge of any public, private, or parochial school shall report to the superintendent of schools of the district in which the school is situated the names, ages, and places of residence of all pupils in attendance at his school, together with any other…
KRS § 159.170 Withdrawals -- Teachers to investigate and report -- Entry of expulsion in student record -- Collection and dissemination of student records
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student record -- Collection and dissemination of student records. (1) Whenever any child of compulsory school age withdraws from school, the teacher of the student shall ascertain the reason. The fact of the withdrawal and the reason for it shall be immediately transmitted by th…
KRS § 159.180 Parents responsible for children's violations
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Every parent, guardian, or custodian of a child residing in any school district in this state is legally responsible for any violation of KRS 159.010 to 159.170 by the child. Before any proceedings are instituted against the parent, guardian, or custodian for violation of KRS 159…
KRS § 159.250 Nature of census
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The director of pupil personnel of each school district, working under the direction of the superintendent of schools, shall institute and maintain a complete, accurate, permanent, and continuous census of all children between the ages of five (5) and twenty-one (21) enrolled in …
KRS § 159.270 False report of census prohibited
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No director of pupil personnel or other person shall willfully or fraudulently report a larger number of children of school age in any district than the actual number, or otherwise make a false report of the census.
KRS § 159.990 Penalties
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(1) Any parent, guardian, or custodian who intentionally fails to comply with the requirements of KRS 159.010 to 159.170, except as provided in subsection (5) of this section, shall be fined one hundred dollars ($100) for the first offense, and two hundred fifty dollars ($250) fo…