RELATES TO:
KRS
156.070,
156.160
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
KRS
156.070(1) gives the
Kentucky Board of Education the management and control of the common schools.
KRS
156.160 requires the Kentucky Board of
Education to promulgate administrative regulations for the courses of study
administered in the common schools. This administrative regulation establishes
a uniform system of coding academic courses in schools and districts through
the student information system. A uniform course code is required to create
accurate data regarding courses offered that is utilized by schools, districts,
the Department of Education, the Education Professional Standards Board, and
the Office of Education Accountability.
Section
1. Maintenance of Uniform Academic Course Codes. The Kentucky
Department of Education shall maintain a system for uniform academic course
codes and all course codes, course titles, and course descriptions shall be
identified. The Kentucky Department of Education shall annually review uniform
academic course codes to identify courses for revision, addition, and deletion.
The Commissioner of Education shall annually approve any changes to uniform
academic course codes and shall publish and distribute updated course
information to all districts no later than January 31 of each year.
Section 2. Uniform Academic Course Code
Requirements.
(1) Local districts and schools
shall use the uniform academic course codes, distributed by the Commissioner of
Education annually, to classify all courses offered in each school when
reporting to the Kentucky Department of Education.
(2) Reporting to the Kentucky Department of
Education shall include the listing and linking of uniform academic
courses.
Section 3.
District and School Course Descriptions. The linking of local district and
school codes to the uniform academic course codes shall be performed annually
by district and school staff using the student information system.
Section 4. Annual District and School Audits.
The Kentucky Department of Education shall annually audit and report the use or
misuse of uniform academic course codes by districts and schools.
