CONDUCT OF SCHOOLS -- SPECIAL PROGRAMS
KRS tit. XIII, ch. 158
in effectContents
section158.005. Definition of "character education."section158.007. Definitions for chaptersection158.010. Uniform school system to be maintained -- Variationssection158.020. Repealed, 1966section158.021. Repealed, 1966section158.025. Repealed, 1966section158.030. "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 requirementssection158.031. Primary school program -- Authority for administrative regulations -- Attributes -- Part time attendance -- Grouping -- Advancement -- Reporting requirementssection158.032. Flagging record of missing child -- Procedure upon recovery -- Documents required upon enrollment or transfersection158.033. 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 regulationssection158.035. Certificate of immunizationsection158.036. Repealed, 1988section158.037. Report of immunization resultssection158.038. 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 Servicessection158.039. Suicide prevention awareness information and lessonssection158.040. Repealed, 1946section158.041. Display of child abuse, human trafficking, and safe haven baby box hotline numbers in schoolssection158.050. School yearsection158.060. Access to teacher employment contract -- School month and school day -- Duty-free lunch period -- Nonteaching time for teacherssection158.065. Repealed, 1974section158.070. 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 instructionsection158.072. Eligible students -- Change of residence within district -- Option to remain enrolled in original school -- Transportationsection158.075. Veterans Day observance in public schoolssection158.080. Private and parochial schools -- Courses -- School calendarsection158.090. Repealed, 1990section158.100. 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 programssection158.102. Requirement for library media center -- Employment of librariansection158.105. War veterans may complete high school course without tuitionsection158.107. Repealed, 1982section158.108. Effect of failure to pay for or rent school suppliessection158.110. Transportation of pupilssection158.115. Supplementation of school bus transportation system by county out of general funds -- Annual report to Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenuesection158.120. Nonresident pupils -- Nonresident pupil policy -- Tuition -- Enrollment of nonresident pupils in virtual programs -- Limitations -- Sunsetsection158.130. Repealed, 1990section158.135. Reimbursement for school services for state agency children in state institution or day treatment center or in custody of Department of Juvenile Justicesection158.137. Educational passports for state agency childrensection158.139. Facilitation and enablement of employment opportunities for graduates with alternate high school diplomas -- Requirements for Department of Workforce Developmentsection158.140. 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 completionsection158.141. 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 regulationssection158.142. Early high school graduation program -- Requirements -- Early Graduation Scholarship Certificate -- Award from early graduation scholarship trust fundsection158.143. High school equivalency diploma -- Eligibility -- State agency child -- Student enrolled in district-operated alternative education programsection158.144. 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 -- Penaltysection158.145. Legislative findings and declarations on school dropout ratesection158.146. Establishment of strategy to address school dropout problem -- Department to provide technical assistance, award grants, and disseminate information to school districts and school level personnelsection158.148. 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 codesection158.149. 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 reportssection158.150. Suspension or expulsion of students -- Alternative program or other intervention -- Removal from classroom -- Return of expelled student to school districtsection158.153. Punishment based on child's records -- Disclosure of records -- Cause of action -- Districtwide standards of behavior for students participating in extracurricular activitiessection158.154. Repealed, 2024section158.155. 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 educationsection158.156. Reporting of commission of felony KRS Chapter 508 offense against a student -- Investigation -- Immunity from liability for reporting -- Privileges no bar to reportingsection158.157. 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 schoolssection158.158. 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 informationsection158.160. 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 epidemicsection158.162. 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 complysection158.163. Earthquake and tornado emergency procedure systemsection158.164. Building lockdown procedures -- Practicesection158.165. Possession and use of personal telecommunications device by public school studentsection158.170. Bible to be readsection158.175. 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 reflectionsection158.177. Teaching of evolution -- Right to include Bible theory of creationsection158.178. Ten Commandments to be displayedsection158.180. Repealed, 1978section158.181. Legislative findingssection158.182. Definitions for KRS 158.181 to 158.187section158.183. Prohibited acts by students -- Rights of student -- Duties of local board of education -- Administrative remediessection158.184. Construction favoring establishment clause, religious liberty, and free speechsection158.185. Construction prohibiting school employee from leading, directing, or encouraging religious or anti-religious activity in violation of establishment clausesection158.186. Copies of law to local school board, school-based decision making council, and certified employeessection158.187. Short title for KRS 158.181 to 158.187section158.188. Teaching activities permitted in the secular study of religion with the use of the Bible or other scripturesection158.189. Legislative findings -- Policies for use of restrooms by students of the opposite biological sex -- Requirements -- Best available accommodation to be providedsection158.190. Sectarian, infidel, or immoral books prohibitedsection158.191. Health and mental health services related to human sexuality, contraception, or family planning -- District to notify parents -- District prohibited from keeping student information confidential from a parent -- Prohibition on policies for use of pronouns that do not conform to a student's biological sexsection158.192. Complaint alleging that material, program, or event is harmful to minors - - Complaint resolution policy -- Determination by principal -- Appeal -- Final disposition by board -- Request by parent or guardian to preclude student access -- Parent's or guardian's access -- Model policysection158.193. Private religious expression by school employees -- Activities permitted while employees are on duty -- Constructionsection158.194. Bill of Rights to be displayedsection158.195. Display of national motto in public elementary and secondary schools -- Reading and posting in public schools of texts and documents on American history and heritage -- Posting of restrictions on child labor in public school buildings that contain instructional space for students in grades six through twelvesection158.196. Instructional materials standards and concepts -- Documents and speeches to be includedsection158.197. Elective course on religious scripture -- Purpose -- Restrictions -- School council or governing body authorized to display historic religious and nonreligious artifacts, monuments, symbols, and texts in conjunction with course of studysection158.200. Moral instruction -- Conditions -- Quarterly reportssection158.210. Repealed, 2025section158.220. Repealed, 2025section158.230. Repealed, 2025section158.240. Repealed, 2025section158.250. Repealed, 2025section158.260. Repealed, 2025section158.270. Repealed, 1974section158.280. Repealed, 1984section158.281. Definitions for KRS 156.476, 158.281, 158.282, and 161.051section158.282. Instruction of all blind students in the use of braille -- Assessment for blind students in program -- Exceptionssection158.285. Repealed, 1990section158.286. Repealed, 1990section158.290. School fundraising activitiessection158.292. Excused absences for students who serve as election officerssection158.293. Excused absences for secondary school students who participate in Military Burial Honor Guard Program -- Inclusion in instructional programsection158.294. Excused absences for students who participate in Veterans' Service Organization Burial Honor Guard -- Inclusion in instructional programsection158.295. Repealed, 1990section158.297. Meningococcal meningitis disease and vaccine informationsection158.299. Type 1 diabetes informational materials -- Requirementssection158.300. Repealed, 1982section158.301. Legislative findings on skin cancer risks -- Schools encouraged to educate students on risks of exposure to ultraviolet rayssection158.302. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation training required for high school studentssection158.303. Educational segment on prevention of pediatric abusive head trauma encouragedsection158.305. Definitions for section -- Implementation of multitiered system of supports for kindergarten through grade three -- Evidence -- Assistance -- Universal screener and diagnostic assessment -- Comprehensive reading program -- Training -- Reading improvement plan and team -- Accelerated interventions - - Teacher academies or coaching models -- Web-based resource --section158.306. Approved list of reading curriculum and interventions -- Standards -- Science of reading program -- Three-cueing system prohibited -- Administrative regulationssection158.307. Dyslexia toolkit to assist school districts in instructing students with dyslexia -- Professional development related to dyslexia -- Local board of education policy to identify and assist students in kindergarten through grade three with dyslexia -- Annual reportsection158.310. Repealed, 1982section158.320. Repealed, 1982section158.330. Repealed, 1982section158.340. Repealed, 1982section158.350. Repealed, 1982section158.355. Repealed, 1990section158.360. Family literacy servicessection158.380. Repealed, 1990section158.385. Repealed, 1990section158.390. Repealed, 1990section158.395. Repealed, 1990section158.405. Repealed, 1990section158.410. Repealed, 1990section158.415. Repealed, 1990section158.420. Repealed, 1990section158.425. Repealed, 1990section158.430. Repealed, 1990section158.440. Legislative findings on school safety and ordersection158.441. Definitions for chaptersection158.442. Center for School Safety -- Duties -- School safety coordinator training program -- Members of board -- Center for School Safety and its board of directors not subject to reorganization by the Governorsection158.443. Terms of board members -- Meetings -- Selection of administrator for the center -- Duties of board of directorssection158.444. Administrative regulations relating to school safety -- Role of Department of Education to maintain statewide data collection system -- Reportable incidents -- Annual statistical reports -- Confidentialitysection158.445. Local assessment of school safety and school discipline -- District assessment -- Local planssection158.446. Use of appropriated fundssection158.447. Required review of CPTED principles prior to school construction or renovationsection158.448. Protocols for student records within student information systemsection158.449. Annual report of assessment of disruptive behavior school incidents resulting in a complaintsection158.450. Repealed, 1984section158.455. Repealed, 1984section158.460. Repealed, 1984section158.465. Repealed, 1984section158.470. Repealed, 1984section158.471. Local board of education authorized to establish police department for local school districtssection158.473. Police officers appointed by local board of education -- Powerssection158.475. Appointed police officers to comply with KRS 61.300 and other requirements set by the local board of educationsection158.477. Appointment or promotion to ranks, grades, and positions – Compensation -- Employment contract permittedsection158.479. Emergency vehicles -- Radio systems -- Reportingsection158.481. Authority of local board to regulate traffic and parking -- Fees -- Violationssection158.483. Prohibition against false representation as police officer, agent, or employee of a police department of a local school districtsection158.485. Definitions for KRS 158.485 to 158.490section158.486. School bus stop arm camera monitoring systems -- Enforcement of violations -- Use of recorded imagessection158.487. Civil penalties -- Disposition of revenuessection158.488. Stop arm camera violation notice -- Contents -- Destruction of recorded imagessection158.489. Contest of violation -- Evidence -- Standard of proof -- Defensessection158.490. Suspension of motor vehicle registration for nonpayment of civil penalty -- Required noticesection158.505. Repealed, 1984section158.510. Repealed, 1984section158.515. Repealed, 1984section158.520. Repealed, 1984section158.525. Repealed, 1984section158.530. Repealed, 1984section158.535. Repealed, 1984section158.540. Repealed, 1984section158.545. Repealed, 1984section158.550. Repealed, 1984section158.600. Repealed, 1990section158.605. Repealed, 1990section158.607. Repealed, 1990section158.610. Repealed, 1990section158.615. Repealed, 1988section158.617. Repealed, 1988section158.618. Repealed, 1990section158.620. Repealed, 1990section158.622. 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 coursessection158.625. Deadline for training required under KRS 161.166section158.640. Repealed, 1990section158.645. Capacities required of students in public education systemsection158.646. Kentucky Institute for Education Research Boardsection158.647. Education Assessment and Accountability Review Subcommittee -- Members -- Duties -- Vote required to act. (Effective until January 1, 2027)section158.648. State Advisory Council for Gifted and Talented Education -- Purpose -- Dutiessection158.649. Achievement gaps -- Data on student performance -- Policy for reviewing academic performance -- Student achievement targets -- Reporting requirements -- Review and revision of improvement plansection158.650. Repealed, 2017section158.660. Repealed, 1990section158.665. Repealed, 1990section158.670. Repealed, 1990section158.680. Repealed, 2017section158.683. Renumbered as KRS 158.646section158.685. Repealed, 2017section158.690. Repealed, 1990section158.700. Repealed, 1990section158.710. Repealed, 2017section158.720. Repealed, 1990section158.730. Repealed, 1990section158.740. Repealed, 1990section158.750. Repealed, 1990section158.760. School-to-Careers System -- Legislative intent -- Goalssection158.770. Advisory committee on writing programsection158.775. Writing program pilot projectsection158.780. Management improvement programssection158.782. Monitoring and review of turnaround plan -- Skilled assistancesection158.785. Collection and review of management data -- Management audit -- Conditions for designation as state assisted or state managed district -- Actions requiredsection158.790. Renumbered as KRS 151B.135section158.791. Legislative findings and intent regarding reading and mathematicssection158.792. Definitions for KRS 158.792 and 164.0207 -- Reading diagnostic and intervention fund -- Grants for reading intervention programs -- Administrative regulations -- Use of grant funds -- Information and reports provided by Department of Educationsection158.794. Reading Diagnostic and Intervention Grant Steering Committee -- Membership -- Dutiessection158.795. Renumbered as KRS 151B.140section158.796. Governor's Scholars Program -- Purpose -- Governor's Scholars Program, Inc. -- Board of directors -- Funding -- Reportssection158.797. Repealed, 1990section158.798. Program to encourage studies in mathematics, science, and related technologies -- Role of Kentucky Science and Technology Council, Incsection158.799. Name for program created by KRS 158.798section158.800. Repealed, 1990section158.801. Definitions for KRS 158.801 and 158.803section158.803. Early mathematics testing program -- Purposes -- Development and requirements of program -- Annual reportssection158.805. Commonwealth school improvement fund -- Purposes -- Criteria for grants to schools needing assistancesection158.806. Read to succeed fund -- Teacher professional learning academies -- Literacy coaching programsection158.807. Data research initiative -- Purposes -- Implementationsection158.808. Energy technology career track programsection158.809. Virtual computer science career academy -- Development and requirements -- Annual reportssection158.810. Definitions for KRS 158.810 to 158.816section158.812. Legislative intent, findings, and declarationssection158.814. Comprehensive plan on secondary career and technical education programs -- Consultation with Career and Technical Education Advisory Committeesection158.816. Annual statewide analysis and report of academic achievement of technical education students -- Assistance plan -- Occupation skill standards and assessmentssection158.818. Evidence-based instructional models to address needs of at-risk students -- Focus -- Components -- Training for high school teachers -- Incorporation into existing programssection158.830. Legislative findings -- Construction of KRS 158.830 to 158.836section158.832. Definitions for KRS 158.830 to 158.838section158.834. Self-administration of medications by students with documented medical conditions -- Authorization -- Written statement -- Acknowledgment of liability limitation -- Duration of permissionsection158.836. Possession and use of medications to treat documented medical conditions -- Schools electing to keep epinephrine, injectable epinephrine devices, bronchodilator rescue inhalers, and undesignated glucagon on premises -- Policies and protocols -- Limitation of liabilitysection158.837. Use of undesignated glucagon by practitioner, pharmacist, or trained individual -- Storage -- Contacting parents, guardians, and emergency services -- Good Samaritan exception -- Immunity from civil liabilitysection158.838. Emergency administration and self-administration of diabetes and seizure disorder medications -- Required training -- Required written statements and seizure action plan -- Limitation on liability -- Renewal of permission -- Expiration dates of medication -- Self-performance of diabetes care tasks -- Diabetes or seizure disorder not to prevent attendance at school the studentsection158.840. Legislative findings and intent -- Importance of students' reading and mathematics skills in achieving scholastic goals -- Roles of statewide entities in improving student achievementsection158.842. Committee for Mathematics Achievement -- Membership, purposes, organization, staffing, and duties of committee -- Report to Interim Joint Committee on Educationsection158.843. Kentucky numeracy counts fund -- Uses -- Eligibilitysection158.844. 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 Educationsection158.845. Definitions for KRS 158.845 to 158.849section158.846. Legislative findings concerning academic achievement in STEM disciplinessection158.847. Science and mathematics advancement fund -- Purposes -- Administrative regulationssection158.848. Grant programs concerning STEM disciplines and AP and IB coursessection158.849. Long-term statewide goals concerning STEM disciplines and AP and IB course participationsection158.850. Limitation on sale of retail fast foods in school cafeteriasection158.852. School food service director or menu planner -- Credentials and certificates -- Continuing educationsection158.854. Administrative regulation specifying minimum nutritional standards for foods sold outside school breakfast and lunch programs -- Restrictions upon sale of certain foods and beverages -- Waiver -- Definitions -- Exceptions -- Student-based enterprise to sell competitive foodssection158.855. Purchase of Kentucky-grown agricultural products permitted by local school board or school district participating in any United States Department of Agriculture Child Nutrition Program -- Exemption from KRS 45A.345 to 45A.460 and 424.260section158.856. Repealed, 2025section158.860. Examination upon completion of core content coursesection158.865. Repealed, 2026section158.866. Repealed, 2026section158.867. Repealed, 2026section158.990. Penaltiessection158.1411. Financial literacy requirements for high school graduation -- Establishment of academic standards, curricula, and guidelines for financial literacysection158.1413. Essential workplace ethics instruction program -- Required biennial collaboration -- Symbol of attainment of essential workplace ethics indicatorssection158.1415. Curriculum for instruction on human sexuality or sexually transmitted diseases -- Written consent of parents -- Notification to parents -- Provision of alternative curriculum -- Exceptionssection158.1559. 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 yearsection158.1621. Reporting of number of portable automated external defibrillatorssection158.1622. School AED fundsection158.4410. State school security marshal, duties and responsibilities -- Marshal appointed by and reporting to the commissioner of the Department of Criminal Justice Training -- Annual report to the Center for School Safety, the Legislative Research Commission, and the Kentucky Board of Education -- School security risk assessment tool, purpose --section158.4412. Appointment of district's school safety coordinator -- School safety coordinator's functions and duties -- Policies and procedures excluded from application of KRS 61.870 to 61.884 -- Limitation of civil and criminal liability for school district, school safety coordinator, and school employees acting in good faithsection158.4414. Cooperation of school personnel with local and state law enforcement agencies in efforts to assign certified school resource officers to each campus as funds and personnel become available -- Employment of guardians -- Memorandum of understanding between local boards of education and law enforcement agencies or the Kentucky State Police -- Policies and proceduressection158.4415. Kentucky State Police school resource officer (KSPSRO), specifications for employment as a school resource officer by a school district -- When officer considered an employee of the school district and when an employee of the Kentucky State Police -- Duties and prohibited activities -- Funding of position -- Rights, privileges, immunities, and matters of defense protectedsection158.4416. Trauma-informed approach to education -- Goals for employment of school-based counselors -- Trauma-informed team to recognize and deal with issues of student trauma -- Collaboration for services between two or more school districts or between school districts, educational cooperatives, or other public or private entities -- Annual report to department on school-basedsection158.4418. Annual report on trauma-informed approach plans and school-based mental health services -- Model interagency agreementssection158.4431. Employment of Kentucky guardians by local boards of education -- Qualifications -- Contents of required policies -- Civil and criminal immunitysection158.4433. School Mapping Data Program -- Administration by Kentucky 911 Services Board -- Required capabilitiessection158.4451. Kentucky Office of Homeland Security shall make available an anonymous reporting tool to allow students, parents, and community members to supply information about potentially harmful, dangerous, or criminal activities to public safety agencies and school officials -- Required use of reporting tool or alternative by local school districtssection158.4461. The General Assembly finds that private financial and philanthropic support of public school districts by all members of the community fosters student success, safety, and well-being -- The General Assembly encourages the organization of foundations under KRS Chapter 273 to support public school districts in any district for which no suchsection158.6401. Repealed, 1990section158.6402. Repealed, 1990section158.6403. Repealed, 1990section158.6450. Instruction in voter registration and election proceduressection158.6451. Legislative declaration on goals for Commonwealth's schools -- Model curriculum frameworksection158.6452. School Curriculum, Assessment, and Accountability Councilsection158.6453. Definitions for section -- Review of academic standards and assessments - - Revisions to academic standards -- Review committees -- Advisory panels -- Standards and assessments process review committee -- Administrative regulations -- Information and training -- Statewide assessment program -- Academic components -- Student assessments -- College admissionssection158.6454. Repealed, 2021section158.6455. State school accountability system -- List of certifications, licensures, and credentials -- Dashboard -- Reimbursement for assessment -- Administrative regulations -- Consequences for schools that fail to exit support status -- Components of accountability system -- Appeals of performance judgments -- Reportsection158.6456. Locally developed indicators of quality -- Data -- Department of Education assistance and payment -- Administrative regulationssection158.6457. Definitions for KRS 158.6452, 158.6453, 158.6455, and 158.6457section158.6458. Plan for implementation of state assessment and accountability system -- Reportsection158.6459. Intervention strategies for accelerated learning -- Individualized learning plan -- Support and technical assistancesection158.6471. Meetings -- Education Assessment and Accountability Review Subcommittee, powers, process, and procedures when reviewing -- Assignment of regulation to committee -- Education committees, powers, process, and procedures when reviewingsection158.6472. Review of administrative regulationssection158.6485. Governor's School for Entrepreneurs Program -- Entrepreneurship education organization -- Advisory board -- Appropriations -- Accounting practices and program reports -- Restricted use of fundssection158.7603. School-to-Careers Grant Program -- Authority for administrative regulations -- Advisory committeesection158.7991. Legislative findings and declarationssection158.7992. Program to promote instruction in the arts and foreign languagessection158.8401. Definitions for KRS 158.840 to 158.844section158.8402. Administrative regulations -- Multitiered system of supports for mathematics -- Implementation status report -- Technical assistance and training to local districts -- Requirements for superintendent of public charter school board of directors -- Mathematics diagnostic assessment -- Improvement plan and accelerated interventions -- Resources
Source: Kentucky Legislative Research Commission (legislature.ky.gov)URL: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/chapter.aspx?id=37853Fetched: 10/20/2026