Student Discipline Guidelines and Model Policies

​​Student Discipline Guidelines and model policies are published on this website in fulfillment of KRS 158.148(2)(c), which requires the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) to distribute, in even-numbered years, student discipline guidelines as well as model policies implementing the following Kentucky Revised Statutes: 158.148​​, 158.156, 158.162​, 158.444, 525.070, and 525.080.

Student Discipline Guidelines​ (2024)

Assaults and Threats of Violence (A09.425)

Bullying/Hazing (A09.422)

Code of Acceptable Behavior and​ Discipline (A09.438)

Employee Reports of Criminal Activity (A09.2211)

Harassment/Discrimination (A09.42811)

​Student Disciplinary Processes (A09.43)

Student Records (A09.14)​​

Title IX Sexual Harassment Policy (A09.428111)

Tobacco, Alternative Nicotine, or Vapor Products (A09.4232)

Transportation Services (A09.2261)

Transportation Services Policy Acknowledgement Form (09.2261 AP.2)​

Trauma-Informed Approach ​(A09.43)

Use of Alcohol, Drugs and Other Prohibited Substances (A09.423)

​Model Interagency Agreement Published

KDE collaborated​ with the Kentucky Center for School Safety (KCSS) to develop model interagency agreements between local school districts and other local public agencies to provide cooperative services and sharing of costs for services to students who are at risk of academic failure, at risk of mental health crises, at risk participation in juvenile crime, or who are expelled from the school district.

Request for Assistance and/or Training

Schools and districts seeking assistance can complete the Request for Assistance and/or​ Training​ form. A program consultant will respond in a timely fashion when the request has been submitted.​​​