Kentucky Administrative Regulations
Title 704 - EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CABINET - BOARD OF EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - OFFICE OF LEARNING PROGRAMS DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 8 - Academic Standards
Section 704 KAR 8:070 - Kentucky Academic Standards for Historical and Cultural Influences of the Bible Elective Social Studies Course

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 3, September 1, 2024

RELATES TO: KRS 156.070, 156.160, 156.162, 158.197, 158.645, 158.6451, 158.6453, 160.290

NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 156.160 requires the Kentucky Board of Education to establish courses of study for the different grades and kinds of common schools, with the courses of study to comply with the expected goals, outcomes, and assessment strategies established in KRS 158.645, 158.6451, and 158.6453. KRS 156.162(4) requires the Kentucky Board of Education to include course standards in the program of studies for Kentucky schools. KRS 156.070(1) requires the Kentucky Board of Education to manage and control the common schools and all programs operated in the schools. KRS 160.290 authorizes local boards of education to provide for courses and other services for students consistent with the administrative regulations of the Kentucky Board of Education. KRS 156.162 requires the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate an administrative regulation for course standards for an elective social studies course on the Hebrew Scriptures, Old Testament of the Bible, the New Testament of the Bible, or a combination of the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament of the Bible. This administrative regulation incorporates by reference the Kentucky Academic Standards for Historical and Cultural Influences of the Bible Elective Social Studies Course.

STATUTORY AUTHORITY: 156.070, 156.160, 156.162, 160.290