Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 159.020 (2026)

Transferring child from one district to another

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Any parent, guardian, or other person having in custody or charge any child who has entered the primary school program and is subject to compulsory attendance under KRS 159.010 who removes the child from a school district during the school term shall enroll the child in a regular public day school in the district to which the child is moved, and the child shall attend school in the district to which the child is moved for the full term provided by that district. Effective: June 25, 2013 History: Amended 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 11, sec. 2, effective June 25, 2013. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 476, Pt. I, sec. 30, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 312, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1988. -- Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 367, sec. 7, effective July 13, 1984. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 4434-2.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2012–2012 · leading case: Jefferson Cnty. Bd. of Educ. v. Fell ex rel. L.F., 391 S.W.3d 713 (Ky. 2012).

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Jefferson Cnty. Bd. of Educ. v. Fell ex rel. L.F., 391 S.W.3d 713 (Ky. 2012). · cites it 4× “010); the transfer of a child from one district to another (KRS 159.020); attendance at private and parochial schools (KRS 159.”

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