Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 704 - EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CABINET - BOARD OF EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - OFFICE OF LEARNING PROGRAMS DEVELOPMENT › Chapter 19 - Alternative Education Programs › Section 704 KAR 19:002 - Alternative education programs

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				156.070,
				156.160,
				160.380
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				156.070 authorizes the Kentucky Board of
				Education to manage and control the programs operated in the common schools.
				KRS
				156.160 grants the Kentucky Board of
				Education the specific authority to promulgate administrative regulations
				establishing standards which school districts shall meet in program service to
				students. This administrative regulation establishes minimum requirements for
				the operation of alternative education programs in school districts.
Section 1. Definitions.
(1) "A1 school" is defined by
			 703
			 KAR 5:240.
(2) "Alternative education program" is
			 defined by
			 KRS
			 160.380(1)(b).
(3) "Child with a disability" means a child
			 evaluated in accordance with
			 707 KAR
			 1:300, as meeting the criteria listed in the
			 definitions in
			 707 KAR 1:002 for
			 autism, deaf-blindness, developmental delay, emotional-behavior disability,
			 hearing impairment, mental disability, multiple disabilities, orthopedic
			 impairment, other health impairment, specific learning disability, speech or
			 language impairment, traumatic brain injury, or visual impairment which has an
			 adverse effect on the child's educational performance and who, as a result,
			 needs special education and related services.
(4) "Education record" is defined by
			 20 U.S.C.
			 1232g.
(5) "Individual education program" or "IEP"
			 means a written statement for a child with a disability that is developed,
			 reviewed, and revised in accordance with
			 707 KAR
			 1:320.
(6)
			 "Individual learning plan" or "ILP" means a comprehensive framework for
			 advising students in grades 6 through 12 to engage in coursework and activities
			 that will best prepare them to both realize college and career success and
			 become contributing members of their communities.
(7) "Individual learning plan addendum" or
			 "ILPA" means an action plan that addresses the changed educational needs of a
			 student based upon entry into or exit from an alternative education program
			 that includes academic and behavioral needs of the student, criteria for the
			 student's re-entry into the traditional program, and provisions for regular
			 review of the student's progress throughout the school year while in an
			 alternative education program.
(8)
			 "Involuntary placement" means the placement of a student in an alternative
			 education program by local district school personnel:
(a)
1. To
			 ensure the safety of the individual student, the student body, or
			 staff;
2. To meet the educational
			 needs of the student;
3. To
			 transition the student to a placement as a state agency child pursuant to
			 KRS
			 158.135 and
			 505
			 KAR 1:080; or
4. For disciplinary purposes; and
(b) Not made at the request of the
			 parent or emancipated student.
(9) "Long term placement" means a student
			 enrolled in an alternative education program for more than ten (10) school
			 days.
(10) "Off-site program" means
			 an alternative education program located in a separate and dedicated program
			 facility not located within an existing A1 school.
(11) "On-site program" means an alternative
			 education program located within an existing A1 school.
(12) "Voluntary placement" means the
			 placement of a student in an alternative education program at the request of
			 the parent or emancipated student and with the agreement of school personnel to
			 better meet the educational needs of the student.