2013 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 533 - PROBATION AND CONDITIONAL DISCHARGE 533.200 Form of sentencing for convicted persons who have not received a graduation certificate or GED -- Exceptions for an individual with a severe intellectual disability.
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533.200 Form of sentencing for convicted persons who have not received a
graduation certificate or GED -- Exceptions for an individual with a severe
intellectual disability.
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A person convicted of a misdemeanor or violation who has not received a
graduation certificate from high school or has not passed the general
educational development test (GED) or has not obtained a high school diploma
through participation in the external diploma program may, in addition to or in
lieu of any other penalty provided by law, be sentenced to attend and
successfully complete a program designed to improve his reading, living, and
employment skills. Attendance at such program shall be deemed a form of
probation and all provisions of the law with respect to probation, including
restitution to victims, shall apply.
A person convicted of a felony who has not received a graduation certificate
from high school or has not passed the general educational development test
(GED) or has not obtained a high school diploma through participation in the
external diploma program may, in addition to any other penalty provided by
law, be sentenced to attend and successfully complete a program designed to
improve his reading, living, and employment skills. Attendance at such program
shall be deemed a form of probation and all provisions of the law with respect
to probation, including restitution to victims, shall apply.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to an individual with an intellectual
or other disability that is so severe that he would not reasonably be expected to
benefit from or complete the program.
Effective:July 12, 2012
History: Amended 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 146, sec. 136, effective July 12, 2012. -Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 145, sec. 7, effective July 15, 1996. -- Created 1988
Ky. Acts ch. 279, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1988.
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