National Home Education Network

State Info - Kentucky

If you are just getting started homeschooling in Kentucky, we can help you find your way. Whether your children are just reaching school age, you are pulling older children out of school, or you are moving to Kentucky, NHEN is here to help you find out where to get answers to all of your homeschooling questions.



Information and resources for homeschooling in Kentucky

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Brief overview of state regulations

CAUTION! Most states cannot be accurately summarized in a short paragraph. The overview is only a starting place. You must spend the time necessary to acquaint yourself with the complexities of the regulations.

 In Kentucky, home schools operate as private schools. As such, they are not subject to rigorous government regulations. Each school year, home schoolers simply send a letter of their intent to home school to their local public school district Director of Pupil Personnel stating the names, ages, and place of residence for each child in attendance at the home school. In addition, each home school must keep attendance records, regular scholarship reports, and school a minimum of 175 days per year (1050 hours). Approval from the public schools is not needed, and standardized testing and/or filing of report cards is not required. If a family begins home schooling during the middle of a semester they are subject to certain other procedures, listed in the Department of Education's "Best Practices" document.

Important documents or other commentary

The Kentucky Department of Education
Best Practices Document
(The Best Practices Document is a formal agreement between the state’s Directors of Pupil Personnel and the state’s home school community.)

For more information:

Be sure to read NHEN's list of probing questions, so you will know what to ask when finding out about homeschooling requirements.

 Please see NHEN Support Group Listings.

 

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To find support online and in your area, check out the NHEN Support Group Listing.
Check for Events or Conferences in your state.

By joining an egroup for your state, you will have a good opportunity to ask questions
of other homeschoolers and to raise your own concerns about state requirements.