Chapter 159 - COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE
- Section 159.010 - Parent or custodian to send child to school - Age limits for compulsory attendance - Local board of education may adopt policy extending compulsory attendance requirements to age 18 - All local boards to extend age limit upon adoption of policy by 55 percent of school districts - Notification and counseling prior to withdrawal - Encouragement to reenroll after withdrawal
- Section 159.020 - Transferring child from one district to another
- Section 159.030 - Exemptions from compulsory attendance
- Section 159.035 - Participation in 4-H activities, page programs of the General Assembly, and ten days of military basic training to be considered attendance - Excused absence for educational enhancement or attendance at Kentucky State Fair - Appeal of denial of excused absence - Exception for testing periods - Excused absences for deployment and return days of parent or guardian on active duty - Excused absence to visit parent or guardian on R and R - Excused absence due to mental or behavioral health status
- Section 159.040 - Attendance at private and parochial schools
- Section 159.050 - [Repealed]
- Section 159.051 - Loss of license or permit by student for dropping out of school or for academic deficiency
- Section 159.060 - [Repealed]
- Section 159.070 - Attendance districts - Enrollment permitted in school nearest home
- Section 159.075 - Pre-enrollment and preadmission of child whose parent or guardian is transferred to military installation or is returning to the state after being separated from the military
- Section 159.080 - Director of pupil personnel and assistants
- Section 159.090 - Directors of pupil personnel for united districts
- Section 159.100 - [Repealed]
- Section 159.110 - [Repealed]
- Section 159.120 - [Repealed]
- Section 159.130 - Powers of directors of pupil personnel
- Section 159.140 - [Effective Until ninety days after adjournment] Duties of director of pupil personnel or assistant
- Section 159.140 - [Effective ninety days after adjournment] Duties of director of pupil personnel or assistant
- Section 159.150 - Definitions of truant and habitual truant - Attendance record requirements - Adoption of truancy policies by local school boards - Implementation of early intervention and prevention programs
- Section 159.160 - Attendance reports to superintendent
- Section 159.170 - Withdrawals and transfers - Teachers to investigate and report - Collection and dissemination of student records
- Section 159.180 - Parents responsible for children's violations
- Section 159.190 - [Repealed]
- Section 159.200 - [Repealed]
- Section 159.210 - [Repealed]
- Section 159.220 - [Repealed]
- Section 159.230 - [Repealed]
- Section 159.240 - [Repealed]
- Section 159.250 - Nature of census
- Section 159.260 - [Repealed]
- Section 159.270 - False report of census prohibited
- PENALTIES (ยง 159.990)