Kentucky Department of Education

Welcome. This site is designed to provide you with information on the laws and regulations that govern non-public schools and some of the organizations that offer services to the non-public school community.

As you review the information, some of the things you will learn are: Kentucky has numerous high quality non-public schools; the oversight for non-public schools rest with the local school district and not the KDE; non-public schools are not required to be accredited or certified by the Kentucky Board of Education to be considered legal schools.

Kentucky Constitution and Statutory Requirements for Non-Public Schools

View the information on the constitutional issues, laws and regulations that govern non-public schools in Kentucky.

 

Certification Process for Non-Public Schools

This page describes the voluntary certification process of the Kentucky Board of Education for non-public schools in Kentucky. 

 

Certified Non-Public Schools Listing

On this page, you may download a document listing the current non-public schools in Kentucky which recognized as certified by the Kentucky Department of Education.

 

Home Schooling in Kentucky

This web-site contains the information people need, whether it is a guide to home school requirements or best practices, including sample forms for record-keeping, reading lists for more information, and questions beginning home-schoolers may have. This is the complete home school package sent to ...

 

Recognition of Credits

This web page describes the legal issues involving credit for students attending non public schools in Kentucky.

 

Other Contacts

This page gives contact information for other individuals involved in the voluntary certification process available to non-public schools.