Section 158.6457 - Definitions for KRS 158.6452, 158.6453, 158.6455, and 158.6457As used in this section and KRS 158.6452, 158.6453, and 158.6455, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) "Accountability index" means the statistic, as provided by KRS 158.6455(1), that combines a school's academic and nonacademic factors;(2) "Core content for assessment" means the content identified for all students to know that is to be included on the state assessment; and(3) "Nonacademic factors" means the statistic that describes school success on: (a) Increasing attendance and decreasing retention rates at the elementary school level;(b) Increasing attendance rates and decreasing retention and dropout rates at the middle school level; and(c) Increasing attendance rates and decreasing retention and dropout rates and improving the transition to adult life at the secondary school level.Amended by 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 156,§ 17, eff. 4/10/2017.Effective:4/14/1998
Created 1998, Ky. Acts ch. 598, sec. 1, effective4/14/1998.