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Kentucky Homeschool Laws

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Home schools are considered to be private schools in Kentucky, and the laws relating to private schools apply equally to home schools apply equally to home schools. Therefore, when you decide to educate your children at home, you must first establish a bonafide school for your children to attend. You are required to notify the local superintendent of schools by letter ( see sample below) that you have established a school, and to report the names, ages, and place of residence of each student in attendance at the school. It is recommended that you keep a copy of any information that you provide to the local school district.

Compulsory School Age: "The child has reached 6th birthday and has not passed 16th birthday" .

Send in your letter of Intent: Two weeks before or after the first day of the local public schools. Know when your district starts school.

Required Days of Instruction: 185 days, including no less than the equivalent of 175 six-hour days.

Required Subjects: Include reading, writing, spelling, grammar, history, mathematics, and civics.   All private and parochial schools ( this includes homeschools) must keep an attendance register and scholarship reports in the same manner as is required by law or by regulation of the Kentucky Board of Education of public school officials. School officials may request to see these documents. School officials, however, have no authority to enter home schools, since they are protected by the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The Christian Home Educators of Kentucky and the Kentucky Home Education Association agree in their "Best Practice Document" that "the privacy of the home must be recognized and no visit inside the home may be conducted without the consent of an adult resident or a duly issued warrant." See the link below to read the "Best Practice Document."

Teacher Qualifications: None

Standardized Tests: Not required by statute for private or religious schools (home schools).

PDF file Sample Letter ***Send it certified Mail and get a return receipt***

Home School Information Packet And Best Practices Document
The Home School Information Packet and Best Practices Document was prepared as a joint effort by the Christian Home Educators of Kentucky the Kentucky Home Education Association and the Kentucky Directors of Pupil Personnel. The purpose of the document is to assist home school parents and Kentucky school personnel.

Home Schooling Foundation
The Foundation's mission is to preserve parental freedoms, promote home schooling, provide assistance to needy home schooling families, and support like-minded organizations.

KY Department of Education
Home Schooling In Kentucky This web-site contains the information people need, whether it is a guide to homeschool requirements or best practices, including sample forms for record-keeping, reading lists for more information, and questions beginning home-schoolers may have.

HomeSchool Legal Defense Association
For more information, news and updates about Kentucky andother states.

HomeSchool Friendly Attorney
Stephen L. Marshall Sherrow, Schrader & Sutherland, PSC 215 Southland Drive, Suite 200 Lexington, KY 40503 (859) 685-0035