RELATES TO: KRS 156.070, 156.160, 158.645, 158.6451, 158.6453(18), 160.290
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 156.070(1) requires the Kentucky Board of Education to manage and control the common schools and all programs operated in the schools. KRS 156.160 requires the Kentucky Board of Education to establish courses of study for the different grades and kinds of common schools, with the courses of study to comply with the expected goals, outcomes, and assessment strategies developed under KRS 158.645, 158.6451, and 158.6453. KRS 158.6453(18) requires the Kentucky Department of Education to implement a process for the review and revision of academic standards with the advice of a review committee. KRS 160.290 authorizes local boards of education to provide for courses and other services for students consistent with the administrative regulations of the Kentucky Board of Education. This administrative regulation incorporates by reference the Kentucky Academic Standards for World Language, which contain the general courses of study and academic content standards of world language for use in Kentucky's common schools.
This is to certify that the chief state school officer has reviewed and recommended this administrative regulation prior to its adoption by the Kentucky Board of Education, as required by KRS 156.070(5).
704 KAR 8:110
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: 156.070, 156.160, 158.6453(18), 160.290