PERSONS OVER COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE AGE
PROHIBITIONS
Persons over twenty one (21) years of age shall not be admitted to or served by the District's elementary or secondary
schools. Students under age twenty one (21) who already have graduated from an accredited or four (4) year high school shall be
considered to have completed high school and shall not be permitted to enroll in the District. Students who have earned a High
School Equivalency Diploma shall be permitted to enroll to work toward completion of graduation requirements.
EXCEPTIONS
The District may provide an approved high school program to a student who is a refugee or legal alien until the student graduates
or until the end of the school year in which the student reaches the age of twenty-one (21), whichever comes first. The District may
provide a virtual high school completion program for person twenty-one (21) years of age or older as permitted by KRS 158.100.
STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
In cases which involve students with disabilities, the procedures mandated by federal and state law for such students shall be
followed. (See Board Policy 09.1223 and related Policy 08.4)
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PHYSICIAN’S STATEMENT REQUIRED
The Board, before granting an exemption for a physical or mental condition, shall require a signed statement as required by
law unless a student’s individual education plan (IEP) specifies that placement of the child with a disability at home or in a hospital is
the least restrictive environment for providing services.
EXCEPTIONS TO PRESENCE AT SCHOOL
Students must be physically present in school to be counted in attendance, except under the following conditions:
1. Students shall be counted in attendance when they are receiving home/hospital, institutional, or court-ordered instruction in
another setting.
2. Participation of a pupil in 4-H activities that are regularly scheduled and under the supervision of a county extension agent or
the designated 4-H club leader shall be considered school attendance.
3. Students may participate in co-curricular activities and be counted as being in attendance during the instructional school
day, provided the Principal/designee has given prior approval to the scheduling of the activities. Approval shall be granted only
when co-curricular activities and trips are instructional in nature, directly related to the instructional program, and
scheduled to minimize absences from classroom instruction.
4. Students participating in an off-site virtual high school class or block may be counted in attendance in accordance with
requirements set out in Kentucky Administration Regulation.
5. Students having an individual education plan (IEP) that requires less than full-time instructional services shall not
be required to be present for a full school day.
6. Students who attend classes for moral instruction at the time specified and for the period fixed shall be credited with
the time spent as if they had been in actual attendance in school, and the time shall be calculated as part
of the actual school work required by law. Students shall not be penalized for any school work
missed during the specified moral instruction time.
7. Students participating as part of a school-sponsored interscholastic athletic team who compete in a regional or state
tournament sanctioned by the Kentucky Board of Education or KHSAA that occurs on a regularly scheduled school
day shall be counted and recorded present at school on the date or dates of the competition, for a maximum of two (2)
days per student per school year. Students shall be expected to complete any assignments missed on the date or dates of
the competition.