Kentucky
Homeschooling in Kentucky
Our summary below describes the overall picture of homeschooling requirements in the state of Kentucky. Additional and more extensive help can be found within our e-book: Kentucky Homeschool Legal Workbook: Your Guide to Compliance - Facts & Forms, prepared by HomeSchoolLegal.com.
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| Approach: | Establish a homeschool as a private school |
| Restrictions: | Teacher certification not required |
| Reporting: | Notify the local board of education of students in attendance within two weeks of the start of the school year. |
| Recordkeeping: | Maintain an attendance register and scholarship reports, which may be open to inspection. |
| Requirements: | Subjects required include reading, writing, spelling, grammar, history, mathematics and civics, to be taught in English. |
| Testing: | None |
| Compulsory Attendance: | Applies to children between the ages of 6 and 16. An unmarried child between the ages of 16 and 18, who has not graduated high school, may withdraw with written permission. |
| Source of Law: | Kentucky Revised Statutes Annotated, Section 159.010 et. Seq. |
| NOTE: | This is not intended to be legal advice and is offered only as an educational service for visitors to www.Home-School-Inc.com and www.HomeSchoolLegal.com. It is not a substitute for competent legal advice. Requirements may change at any time, and interpretations of the law and regulations can differ. Consult a legal services provider and a local homeschooling support group for more specific information. |
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