{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-15a.067","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 15A.067","heading":"Division of Program Services -- Access to educational records -- Screening","body":"and education of incarcerated youth -- Information on educational status and\nneed.\n(1) As used in this section, \"facility\" means any of the facilities specified in KRS\n15A.200 operated by a political subdivision of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and\njuvenile detention facilities operated by the Commonwealth of Kentucky for the\ncare of juveniles alleged to be delinquent or adjudicated delinquent.\n(2) (a) There is established within  the department a Division of Program Services\nthat shall be responsible for ensuring the delivery of appropriate educational\nprograms to incarcerated youth. Each facility shall provide educational\nservices to youth ordered by the court to remain in the ju venile detention\nfacility.\n(b) Any other statutes to the contrary notwithstanding, the department shall have\naccess to all educational records, public or private, of any juvenile in a facility\nor program or informal adjustment authorized by law.\n(c) The Division of Program Services shall ensure that all incarcerated youth be\nprovided appropriate screening and educational programs as follows:\n1. For students identified before incarceration as having an educational\ndisability, the Division of Program Services  shall make specially\ndesigned instruction and related services available as required by\nKentucky Board of Education administrative regulations applicable to\nstudents with disabilities.\n2. For students incarcerated for more than fourteen (14) days, the div ision\nshall ensure that appropriate screening is provided to all youth.\nScreening shall include but not be limited to seeking the juvenile's\neducational record.\n3. For students incarcerated for more than thirty (30) days, the division\nshall ensure that all youth are provided an appropriate education.\n(d) The department shall be responsible for providing, in its contracts with non -\nstate-operated juvenile detention facilities, the specific obligations of those\nentities to provide educational services to incar cerated juveniles consistent\nwith this section, including funding provisions.\n(e) The Department of Education and all local school district administrators shall\ncooperate with officials responsible for the operation of juvenile detention\nfacilities and wit h the Division of Program Services to ensure that all\ndocuments necessary to establish educational status and need shall follow the\nstudents who are being held in these facilities so the students can be afforded\neducational opportunities.\n(f) 1. Upon disposition by the juvenile court that an adjudicated juvenile shall\nstay in a juvenile detention facility for any period of time, the facility\nshall notify the juvenile's last resident school district of the student's\nwhereabouts.\n2. Within five (5) days after the juvenile is released, the Division of\nProgram Services shall notify the district in which the student will reside\nof the youth's release and educational status and forward any educational\nrecords.\n(g) The department shall, af ter consultation with the Department of Education,\npromulgate an administrative regulation for the effective implementation of\nthis section.","path":["KRS Chapter 15A"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=43485","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:48:35Z","sha256":"55ffaee961c348c603156b868476e838b49b4549a12bfddef03e1da21eab51fd","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-15a.066","next":"us-ky/krs-15a.068"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}