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KRS Chapter 158.00

  • .005   Definition of "character education."

  • .007   Definitions for chapter.

    • Conduct of Schools

  • .010   Uniform school system to be maintained -- Variations.

  • .020   Repealed, 1966.

  • .021   Repealed, 1966.

  • .025   Repealed, 1966.

  • .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.  

  • .031   Primary school program -- Authority for administrative regulations -- Attributes -- Part time attendance -- Grouping -- Advancement -- Reporting requirements.

  • .032   Flagging record of missing child -- Procedure upon recovery -- Documents required upon enrollment or transfer.

  • .035   Certificate of immunization.

  • .036   Repealed, 1988.

  • .037   Report of immunization results.

  • .040   Repealed, 1946.

  • .050   School year.

  • .060   School month and school day -- Duty-free lunch period -- Nonteaching time for teachers.

  • .065   Repealed, 1974.

  • .070   School term -- Professional development -- Suicide prevention -- Holidays and days closed -- Continuing education for certain students -- Breakfast program -- Scheduling of athletic competitions -- Missed school days due to emergencies and service credit.

  • .075   Veterans Day observance in public schools.

  • .080   Private and parochial schools -- Courses -- Term.

  • .090   Repealed, 1990.

  • .100   Program required to be provided by school district -- Additional programs permitted.

  • .102   Requirement for library media center -- Employment of librarian.

  • .105   War veterans may complete high school course without tuition.

  • .107   Repealed, 1982.

  • .108   Effect of failure to pay for or rent school supplies.

  • .110   Transportation of pupils.

  • .115   Supplementation of school bus transportation system by county out of general funds -- Annual report to Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue.

  • .120   Nonresident pupils -- Tuition.

  • .130   Repealed, 1990.

  • .135   Reimbursement for school services for state agency children in state institution or day treatment center or in custody of Department of Juvenile Justice.

  • .137   Educational passports for state agency children.

  • .140   Admission to high school -- Promotion -- Classification -- High school diploma -- Alternative high school diploma -- Vocational certificate of completion.  

  • .145   Legislative findings and declarations on school dropout rate.

  • .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.

  • .148   Student discipline guidelines and model policy -- Local code of acceptable behavior and discipline -- Required contents of code.

  • .150   Suspension or expulsion of pupils.

  • .153   Punishment based on child's records -- Disclosure of records -- Cause of action -- Districtwide standards of behavior for students participating in extracurricular activities.

  • .154   Principal's duty to report certain acts to local law enforcement agency.

  • .155   Reporting of specified incidents of student conduct -- Notation on school records -- Report to law enforcement of certain student conduct -- Immunity.

  • .156   Reporting of commission of felony KRS Chapter 508 offense against a student -- Investigation -- Immunity from liability for reporting -- Privileges no bar to reporting.

  • .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.

  • .163   Earthquake and tornado emergency procedure system.

  • .164   Building lockdown procedure -- Practice.

  • .165   Possession and use of personal telecommunications device by public school student.

  • .170   Bible to be read.

  • .175   Recitation of Lord's prayer and pledge of allegiance -- Instruction in proper respect for and display of the flag -- Observation of moment of silence or reflection.

  • .177   Teaching of evolution -- Right to include Bible theory of creation.

  • .178   Ten Commandments to be displayed.

  • .180   Repealed, 1978.

  • .181   Legislative findings.

  • .182   Definitions for KRS 158.181 to 158.187.

  • .183   Prohibited acts by students -- Rights of student -- Administrative remedies.

  • .184   Construction favoring establishment clause, religious liberty, and free speech.

  • .185   Construction prohibiting school employee from leading, directing, or encouraging religious or anti-religious activity in violation of establishment clause.

  • .186   Copies of law to local school board and school-based decision making council.

  • .187   Short title for KRS 158.181 to 158.187.

  • .190   Sectarian, infidel, or immoral books prohibited.

  • .194   Bill of Rights to be displayed.

  • .195   Reading and posting in public schools of texts and documents on American history and heritage.

  • .197   School council or governing body authorized to display historic religious and nonreligious artifacts, monuments, symbols, and texts in conjunction with course of study.

  • .200   Moral instruction.

  • .210   Survey of desire for moral instruction may be made.

  • .220   Time allowed for moral instruction in suitable place.

  • .230   Arrangements with persons in charge.

  • .240   Credit for moral instruction.

  • .250   Activities for nonparticipants in moral instruction classes.

  • .260   Cost of moral instruction.

  • .270   Repealed, 1974.

  • .280   Repealed, 1984.

  • .281   Definitions for KRS 156.476, 158.281, 158.282, and 161.051.

  • .282   Instruction of all blind students in the use of braille -- Assessment for blind students in program -- Exceptions.

  • .285   Repealed, 1990.

  • .286   Repealed, 1990.

  • .290   School fundraising activities.

  • .292   Excused absences for students who serve as election officers.

  • .293   Excused absences for secondary school students who participate in Military Burial Honor Guard Program -- Inclusion in instructional program.

  • .294   Excused absences for students who participate in Veterans’ Service Organization Burial Honor Guard -- Inclusion in instructional program.

  • .295   Repealed, 1990.

  • .297   Meningococcal meningitis disease and vaccine information.

  • .300   Repealed, 1982.

  • .301   Legislative findings on skin cancer risks -- Schools encouraged to educate students on risks of exposure to ultraviolet rays.

  • .303   Educational segment on prevention of pediatric abusive head trauma encouraged.

  • .305   Response-to-intervention system to identify and assist students having difficulty in reading, writing, mathematics, or behavior -- District-wide use -- Department to provide technical assistance and training -- Annual report.  

  • .310   Repealed, 1982.

  • .320   Repealed, 1982.

  • .330   Repealed, 1982.

  • .340   Repealed, 1982.

  • .350   Repealed, 1982.

  • .355   Repealed, 1990.

    • Preschool Programs

  • .360   Family literacy services.

  • .380   Repealed, 1990.

  • .385   Repealed, 1990.

  • .390   Repealed, 1990.

  • .395   Repealed, 1990.

  • .405   Repealed, 1990.

  • .410   Repealed, 1990.

  • .415   Repealed, 1990.

  • .420   Repealed, 1990.

  • .425   Repealed, 1990.

  • .430   Repealed, 1990.

    • School Safety and School Discipline

  • .440   Legislative findings on school safety and order.

  • .441   Definitions for chapter.

  • .442   Center for School Safety -- Duties -- Members of board.  

  • .443   Terms of board members -- Meetings -- Selection of administering university -- Duties of board of directors.

  • .444   Administrative regulations relating to school safety -- Role of Department of Education to maintain statewide data collection system -- Reportable incidents -- Annual statistical reports -- Confidentiality.

  • .445   Local assessment of school safety and school discipline -- District assessment -- Local plans.

  • .446   Use of appropriated funds.

  • .450   Repealed, 1984.

  • .455   Repealed, 1984.

  • .460   Repealed, 1984.

  • .465   Repealed, 1984.

  • .470   Repealed, 1984.

  • .505   Repealed, 1984.

  • .510   Repealed, 1984.

  • .515   Repealed, 1984.

  • .520   Repealed, 1984.

  • .525   Repealed, 1984.

  • .530   Repealed, 1984.

  • .535   Repealed, 1984.

  • .540   Repealed, 1984.

  • .545   Repealed, 1984.

  • .550   Repealed, 1984.

  • .600   Repealed, 1990.

  • .605   Repealed, 1990.

  • .607   Repealed, 1990.

  • .610   Repealed, 1990.

  • .615   Repealed, 1988.

  • .617   Repealed, 1988.

  • .618   Repealed, 1990.

  • .620   Repealed, 1990.

    • Advanced Placement and Dual Enrollment

  • .622   Administrative regulations of Kentucky Board of Education relating to advanced placement courses -- Duties of Department of Education relating to advanced placement and dual enrollment programs -- Credit for Virtual High School and advanced placement courses.

  • .625   Deadline for training required under KRS 161.166.

  • .640   Repealed, 1990.

  • .6401   Repealed, 1990.

  • .6402   Repealed, 1990.

  • .6403   Repealed, 1990.

    • Educational Improvement

  • .645   Capacities required of students in public education system.

  • .6450   Instruction in voter registration and election procedures.

  • .6451   Legislative declaration on goals for Commonwealth's schools -- Model curriculum framework.

  • .6452   School Curriculum, Assessment, and Accountability Council.

  • .6453   Definitions -- Assessment of achievement of goals -- Revision of academic content standards -- Components -- Criterion-referenced and norm-referenced tests -- Program assessments -- High school and college readiness assessments -- ACT and WorkKeys -- Accommodations for students with disabilities -- Assessment design -- Reporting timelines -- Biennial plan for validation studies -- Local assessment -- School report card -- Individual student report -- Inappropriate test preparation prohibited.

  • .6454   National Technical Advisory Panel on Assessment and Accountability.

  • .6455   System to identify and reward successful schools -- School accountability system -- Consequences for schools not meeting accountability measures -- Review and audit process -- Formula for school accountability and improvement goal -- District accountability -- Appeals of performance judgments.

  • .6457   Definitions for KRS 158.6452, 158.6453, 158.6455, and 158.6457.

  • .6458   Plan for implementation of state assessment and accountability system -- Report.

  • .6459   Intervention strategies for accelerated learning -- Individualized learning plan -- Retake of ACT.

  • .646   Kentucky Institute for Education Research Board.

  • .647   Education Assessment and Accountability Review Subcommittee -- Members -- Duties -- Vote required to act.

  • .6471   Meetings -- Required attendance for department representative -- Report -- Assignment of regulation to committee - Consideration.

  • .6472   Review of administrative regulations.

  • .648   State Advisory Council for Gifted and Talented Education -- Purpose -- Duties.

  • .649   Achievement gaps -- Data on student performance -- Policy for reviewing academic performance -- Student achievement targets -- Reporting requirements -- Review and revision of improvement plan.

  • .650   Definitions for KRS 158.680 to 158.710.  (Expired)

  • .660   Repealed, 1990.

  • .665   Repealed, 1990.

  • .670   Repealed, 1990.

  • .680   State Advisory Committee for Educational Improvement.  (Expired)

  • .683   Renumbered as KRS 158.646, effective September 16, 1996.

  • .685   Standards of student, program, service, and operational performance to be established -- Educationally deficient school district -- Action to eliminate deficiency -- Education development district.  (Expired)

  • .690   Repealed, 1990.

  • .700   Repealed, 1990.

  • .710   Responsibilities and functions of educationally deficient districts and education development districts -- Plans required -- Reports required. (Expired)

  • .720   Repealed, 1990.

  • .730   Repealed, 1990.

  • .740   Repealed, 1990.

  • .750   Repealed, 1990.

  • .760   School-to-Careers System -- Legislative intent -- Goals.

  • .7603   School-to-Careers Grant Program -- Authority for administrative regulations -- Advisory committee.

  • .770   Advisory committee on writing program.

  • .775   Writing program pilot project.

  • .780   Management improvement programs.

  • .782   Guidelines to provide highly skilled education assistance to schools and districts -- Professional leave for selected employee -- Appropriate training -- Review of paperwork requirements.

  • .785   Collection and review of management data -- Management audit -- Conditions for designation as state assisted or state managed district -- Actions required.

  • .790   Renumbered as KRS 151B.135, effective July 1, 1990.

  • .791   Legislative findings and intent regarding reading.

  • .792   Definitions for KRS 158.792 and 164.0207 -- Reading diagnostic and intervention fund -- Grants for reading intervention programs -- Administrative regulations -- Annual reports on use of grant funds and costs of intervention programs.

  • .794   Reading Diagnostic and Intervention Grant Steering Committee -- Membership -- Duties.

  • .795   Renumbered as KRS 151B.140, effective July 1, 1990.

  • .796   Governor's Scholars Program -- Purpose -- Governor's Scholars Program, Inc. -- Board of directors -- Funding -- Reports.  

  • .797   Repealed, 1990.

  • .798   Program to encourage studies in mathematics, science, and related technologies -- Role of Kentucky Science and Technology Council, Inc.

  • .799   Name for program created by KRS 158.798.

  • .7991   Legislative findings and declarations.

  • .7992   Program to promote instruction in the arts and foreign languages.

  • .800   Repealed, 1990.

  • .801   Definitions for KRS 158.801 and 158.803.

  • .803   Early mathematics testing program -- Purposes -- Development and requirements of program -- Annual reports.

  • .805   Commonwealth school improvement fund -- Purposes -- Criteria for grants to schools needing assistance.

  • .807   Data research initiative -- Purposes -- Implementation.

  • .808   Energy technology career track program.

    • Secondary Career and Technical Education

  • .810   Definitions for KRS 158.810 to 158.816.

  • .812   Legislative intent, findings, and declarations.

  • .814   Joint comprehensive plan on secondary career and technical education programs.

  • .816   Annual statewide analysis and report of academic achievement of technical education students -- Assistance plan -- Occupation skill standards and assessments.

  • .818   Evidence-based instructional models to address needs of at-risk students -- Focus -- Components -- Training for high school teachers -- Incorporation into existing programs.

    • Asthma, Diabetes, and Seizure Disorder Medications

  • .830   Legislative findings -- Construction of KRS 158.830 to 158.836.

  • .832   Definitions for KRS 158.830 to 158.836.

  • .834   Self-administration of medications by students with asthma or anaphylaxis - Authorization -- Written statement -- Acknowledgment of liability limitation -- Duration of permission.

  • .836   Possession and use of asthma or anaphylaxis medications.

  • .838   Emergency administration of diabetes and seizure disorder medications -- Required written statements -- Limitation on liability --- Renewal of permission -- Expiration dates of medication.

    • Student Achievement in Mathematics and Reading

  • .840   General Assembly findings and intent -- Importance of students' reading and mathematics skills in achieving scholastic goals -- Roles of statewide entities in improving student achievement.

  • .842   Definitions for KRS 158.840 to 158.844 -- Committee for Mathematics Achievement -- Membership, purposes, organization, staffing, and duties of committee -- Report to Interim Joint Committee on Education.

  • .844   Mathematics achievement fund -- Creation -- Use and disposition of moneys -- Administrative regulations -- Requirements for grant applicants -- Department to provide information to schools and to make annual report to Interim Joint Committee on Education.

    • Student Achievement in STEM Disciplines

  • .845   Definitions for KRS 158.845 to 158.849.

  • .846   Legislative findings concerning academic achievement in STEM disciplines.

  • .847   Science and mathematics advancement fund -- Purposes -- Administrative regulations.

  • .848   Grant programs concerning STEM disciplines and AP and IB courses.

  • .849   Long-term statewide goals concerning STEM disciplines and AP and IB course participation.

    • School Nutrition

  • .850   Limitation on sale of retail fast foods in school cafeteria.

  • .852   School food service director or menu planner -- Credentials and certificates -- Continuing education.

  • .854   Administrative regulation specifying minimum nutritional standards for foods sold outside school lunch programs -- Restrictions upon sale of certain foods and beverages -- Waiver -- Definitions -- Exceptions.

  • .856   Annual assessment and evaluation of school nutrition in district -- Special board meeting and public forum to discuss nutrition and physical activity in the schools -- School district to prepare and submit findings and recommendations to Board of Education.

    • Examination Upon Completion of Core Content Courses

  • .860   Examination upon completion of core content course.

    • Summer Learning Program for Disadvantaged and Low-achieving Children

  • .865   Legislative findings -- Development of summer learning program encouraged -- Purposes of program.  

  • .866   Definitions for KRS 158.865 to 158.867.  

  • .867   Minimum requirements for summer learning camps at schools with certain Title I programs -- Mandatory reports -- Student participation guidelines -- Teacher compensation -- Summary annual reports.  

    • Penalties

  • .990   Penalties.

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