2013 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 158 - CONDUCT OF SCHOOLS -- SPECIAL PROGRAMS 158.031 Primary school program -- Authority for administrative regulations -- Attributes -- Part time attendance -- Grouping -- Advancement -- Reporting requirements.
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158.031 Primary school program -- Authority for administrative regulations -Attributes -- Part time attendance -- Grouping -- Advancement -Reporting requirements.
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In this section, "primary school program" means that part of the elementary
school program in which children are enrolled from the time they begin school
until they are ready to enter the fourth grade. Notwithstanding any statute to
the contrary, successful completion of the primary school program shall be a
prerequisite for a child's entrance into fourth grade.
The Kentucky Board of Education shall establish, by administrative regulation,
methods of verifying successful completion of the primary school program in
carrying out the goals of education as described in KRS 158.6451.
The primary program shall include the following critical attributes:
developmentally appropriate educational practices; multiage and multiability
classrooms; continuous progress; authentic assessment; qualitative reporting
methods; professional teamwork; and positive parent involvement.
Each school council or, if none exists, the school shall determine the
organization of its ungraded primary program including the extent to which
multiage groups are necessary to implement the critical attributes based on the
critical attributes and meeting individual student needs.
The implementation of the primary program may take into consideration the
necessary arrangements required for students attending part-time and will
allow for grouping of students attending their first year of school when
determined to be developmentally appropriate.
A school district may advance a student through the primary program when it is
determined that it is in the best educational interest of the student. A student
who is at least five (5) years of age, but less than six (6) years of age, and is
advanced in the primary program may be classified as other than a
kindergarten student for purposes of funding under KRS 157.310 to 157.440 if
the student is determined to have acquired the academic and social skills
taught in kindergarten as determined by local board policy in accordance with
the process established by Kentucky Board of Education administrative
regulation.
Data shall be collected by each school district on the number of students, in
each school having a primary program, who take five (5) years to complete the
primary program. The data shall be reported in the annual performance report
described in KRS 158.6453.
Effective:July 12, 2006
History: Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 20, sec. 1, effective July 12, 2006. -- Created
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 434, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1998.
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