2013 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 158 - CONDUCT OF SCHOOLS -- SPECIAL PROGRAMS 158.146 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.
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158.146 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.
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No later than December 30, 2000, the Kentucky Department of Education shall
establish and implement a comprehensive statewide strategy to provide
assistance to local districts and schools to address the student dropout
problem in Kentucky public schools. In the development of the statewide
strategy, the department shall engage private and public representatives who
have an interest in the discussion. The statewide strategy shall build upon the
existing programs and initiatives that have proven successful. The department
shall also take into consideration the following:
(a) Analyses of annual district and school dropout data as submitted under
KRS 158.148 and 158.6453;
(b) State and federal resources and programs, including, but not limited to,
extended school services; early learning centers; family resource and
youth service centers; alternative education services; preschool; service
learning; drug and alcohol prevention programs; School-to-Careers; High
Schools that Work; school safety grants; and other relevant programs and
services that could be used in a multidimensional strategy;
(c) Comprehensive student programs and services that include, but are not
limited to, identification, counseling, mentoring, and other educational
strategies for elementary, middle, and high school students who are
demonstrating little or no success in school, who have poor school
attendance, or who possess other risk factors that contribute to the
likelihood of their dropping out of school; and
(d) Evaluation procedures to measure progress within school districts,
schools, and statewide.
No state or federal funds for adult education and literacy, including but not
limited to funds appropriated under KRS 164.041 or 20 U.S.C. secs. 9201 et
seq., shall be used to pay for a high school student enrolled in an alternative
program operated or contracted by a school district leading to a certificate of
completion or a General Educational Development (GED) diploma.
The department, with assistance from appropriate agencies, shall provide
technical assistance to districts requesting assistance with dropout prevention
strategies and the development of district and schoolwide plans.
The department shall award grants to local school districts for dropout
prevention programs based upon available appropriations from the General
Assembly and in compliance with administrative regulations promulgated by
the Kentucky Board of Education for this purpose. Seventy-five percent (75%)
of the available dropout funds shall be directed to services for at-risk
elementary and middle school students, including, but not limited to,
identification, counseling, home visitations, parental training, and other
strategies to improve school attendance, school achievement, and to minimize
at-risk factors. Twenty-five percent (25%) of the funds shall be directed to
services for high school students identified as likely to drop out of school,
including, but not limited to, counseling, tutoring, extra instructional support,
alternative programming, and other appropriate strategies. Priority for grants
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shall be awarded to districts that average, over a three (3) year period, an
annual dropout rate exceeding five percent (5%).
The department shall disseminate information on best practices in dropout
prevention in order to advance the knowledge for district and school level
personnel to address the dropout problem effectively.
Effective:July 13, 2004
History: Amended 2004 Ky. Acts ch. 103, sec. 3, effective July 13, 2004. -Created 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 452, sec. 2, effective July 14, 2000.
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