Title XIII, Education

As used in this chapter: (1) "Agent" means any person employed by a proprietary school to act as agent, solicitor, broker, or independent contractor to procure students for the school by solicitation of enrollment in any form made at any place other than the main office or princi…

KRS 165A.310 to 165A.410 shall not apply to any institution offering a four (4) year bachelor's degree recognized by the Council on Postsecondary Education, nor shall it apply to any religious institution exempt from taxation under the laws of this state or which is subject to th…

(1) No person shall conduct, operate, maintain, or establish a proprietary school as herein defined or use any words which designate or tend to designate to the public that the operator of the school is qualified to conduct, operate, and maintain the school, unless he holds a val…

Terms -- Duties of executive director -- Administrative regulations -- Meetings -- Powers and duties of commission -- Compensation -- Complaint committee -- Annual report. (1) The Kentucky Commission on Proprietary Education is hereby created as an independent agency of the Commo…

Conditional license -- Renewal -- Owner's liability for actions of agents. (1) No person shall solicit or perform the services of an agent in this state for a proprietary school, located either within or without this state, unless the school shall have been issued by the commissi…

Transferability -- Voidable student contracts. (1) (a) No person shall maintain or operate a proprietary school located and doing business within this state until the school has been issued a license by the commission pursuant to the provisions of KRS 165A.310 to 165A.410. (b) No…

administrators and instructors -- Records -- Financial statement -- Approval and denial of license -- Conditional license. (1) No proprietary school located or doing business in this state shall be issued a license under these provisions until the commission has determined that t…

(1) All fees collected pursuant to this chapter, except those collected pursuant to KRS 165A.450, shall be deposited in the State Treasury in a trust and agency account of the Kentucky Commission on Proprietary Education and shall be used by the commission to defray the cost of a…

student records to commission prior to discontinuance. (1) An agent's permit may be revoked by the commission for fraud or misrepresentation in procuring or soliciting a student or prospective student for enrollment in a course or courses of instruction or study offered or mainta…

The commission shall have the authority to promulgate and adopt reasonable rules and regulations for the administration of this chapter.

The Attorney General may, at the request of the Kentucky Commission on Proprietary Education or on his own motion, bring in a Circuit Court appropriate action for the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter. Any such action under this section may, at the discretion of the A…

Minimum balance -- Fee structure. All licensed schools, resident and nonresident, shall be required to contribute to a student protection fund. The fund shall be used to pay off debts, including refunds to students enrolled or on leave of absence by not being enrolled for one (1)…

chapter -- Exceptions. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, all proprietary schools located or doing business in this state that offer CDL driver training shall be governed by the provisions of this chapter, except for matters governing: (a) The curriculum, w…

Eligibility based on results -- Fees. (1) All persons initially applying for a license to operate a CDL driver training school or a license as a CDL driver training instructor shall be required to undergo a state and national criminal history background check conducted by the Dep…

connected with school -- Requirements for school and instructors. (1) A person shall not operate, conduct, maintain, or establish a CDL driver training school unless the person holds a valid current license issued by the commission. The following persons shall not be allowed to b…

Department of Kentucky State Police -- Application to act as instructor -- Fees -- Determination of whether to issue license. (1) Any person seeking a license to operate, conduct, maintain, or establish a CDL driver training school shall apply to the commission on forms prepared …

licenses. (1) Upon receipt of a satisfactory application accompanied by the prescribed fee, the commission shall issue a license to the applicant. (2) If the license is issued to a CDL driver training school, it shall be posted and at all times displayed in a conspicuous place so…

(1) Every license issued for the operation of a CDL driver training school shall expire on June 30 following the date of the issuance unless revoked or canceled by the commission. (2) Before July 1 of each year, every CDL driver training school shall apply for renewal of its lice…

The commission shall, upon receipt of satisfactory evidence, suspend, revoke, refuse to issue, or refuse to renew the license of a CDL driver training school or a CDL driver training instructor if: (1) The licensee fails or refuses to comply with the provisions of this chapter or…

Appeal. Any person whose license to conduct a CDL driver training school or any person whose license to give instructions in these schools has been suspended or revoked or the issue or renewal thereof is refused, may request a hearing. The request shall be in writing addressed to…

Confidentiality. (1) Every CDL driver training school and CDL driver training instructor shall maintain records showing the name, address, and instruction permit or operator's license number of each person to whom instruction is given. The records shall also indicate the type of …

A CDL driver training school shall not be located within three hundred (300) feet of any governmental building in which is carried on any function having to do with the administration of any laws relating to motor vehicles.

The commission shall promulgate administrative regulations under KRS Chapter 13A governing the following: (1) Standards for CDL driver training school office facilities, branch office facilities, classroom facilities, and off-the-road testing facilities; (2) Conflict of interest …

(1) This chapter shall not apply to: (a) Any school or educational institution which offers to full-time, regularly enrolled students as a part of its curriculum a course in driving instruction for the purposes of obtaining a Kentucky Class D driver's license issued under KRS Cha…

(1) Any person, company, firm, corporation, association, society, or partnership, or any officer or employee thereof, who shall violate the provisions of KRS 165A.310 to 165A.410 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed one …

Any person who violates KRS 165A.470, 165A.480, 165A.500, or 165A.505 shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than three hundred dollars ($300) or be imprisoned for not less than ten (10) days nor more than thirty (30) days, or both fined and imprisoned f…