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Kentucky

• Compulsory Attendance Ages: Between 6 and 16th. (§ 159.010)

• Required Days of Instruction: 185 days, which are to include the equivalent of 175 six (6) hour instructional days and 10 non-instructional (teacher) days.

• Required Subjects: Include reading, writing, spelling, grammar, history, mathematics,  and civics. (§ 158.080)

• Teacher Qualifications: None.

• Standardized Tests: Not required by statute for private or religious schools  (homeschools).

• Alternative Statutes Allowing for Home Schools:

   The board of education of the local school district "shall exempt from the requirement  of attendance upon a regular public day school every child who is enrolled and in  regular attendance in a private, parochial, or church day school." (§ 159.030(1)) A  home school qualifies as a private, parochial, or church school if it does the following:

   1. "It shall be the duty of each private, parochial, or church regular day school to notify the local board of education of those students in attendance at the school."  (§ 159.030 (b)) Home schoolers need only send in a letter with this information during the first two weeks of school.
   2. All private and parochial schools must keep an attendance register and scholarship reports in the same manner as is required by law or by regulation of the Kentucky Board of Education of public school officials. "Such schools shall at all times be open to inspection by directors of pupil personnel and officials of the Department of  Education." (§ 159.040) School officials, however, have no authority to enter home schools, since they are protected by the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
   3. A church school is defined as a "school operated as a ministry of a local church, group of churches ... on a nonprofit basis." (§ 159.030(1)(g))

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Kentucky State High School Graduation Requirements:
  • English units: 4. English I, II, III and IV
  • Math units: 3. To include Algebra I and geometry
    • Eff. Class of 2012: 3. To include Algebra I and II and geometry
    • Third unit must be a math elective from the program of studies in 704 KAR 3:303.
    • Eff. Class of 2012: Students must be engaged in math every year of high school. Prealgebra may not be counted as one of 3 math credits but may be counted as an elective.
  • Social studies units: 3. Must "incorporate U.S. History, Economics, Government, World Geography, and World Civilization"
  • Science units: 3. Must include "life science, physical science, and earth and space science as provided in the program of studies
    • Eff. Class of 2012: 3 lab. Must include biological science, physical science, earth and space science, and unifying concepts.
  • P.E./Health units: 1 Notes: .5 unit each of health and P.E.
  • Arts: 1.  1 unit "History and appreciation of visual and performing arts (or another arts course which incorporates this content)"
  • Foreign language: 0
  • Electives units:  7
    • Eff. Class of 2012: 7 7 units referred to as "academic and career interest standards based learning experiences." Of these 7 units, 4 must be "standards-based learning experiences in an academic or career interest based on the student's Individual Learning Plan...."
  • Other units     0
    • Eff. Class of 2012: Students must demonstrate "performance based competency in technology" but no units of computer/technology credit required.
TOTAL # units: 22

Other diploma options.    State offers honors/college prep curriculum option and two technical pathway options. State has proficiency-based credit option.

KY. REV. STAT. ANN. § 156.160; 704 KY. ADMIN. REGS. 4:010, 3:305

Important Note: State Graduation requirements are not necessarily the best guideline for homeschoolers to use. They have been included here as a guideline for what a typical public school student would need to complete in order to graduate.

A more important guideline may be the College Entrance requirements for where your student would like to attend college. While colleges have differing requirements, there are many colleges that publish requirements for homeschool graduates.

 



Related Pages:
Homeschool Support Groups in Kentucky
Colleges in Kentucky