Kentucky
Old Habits Die Hard
School districts across the state continue to follow some of the same old patterns of asking for more than the law requires—private home school registration forms, school census forms requesting additional demographic information such as social security numbers, and appointments for on-site visits. As previous Court Report articles have explained, private schools in Kentucky are not required to fill out any additional forms, nor agree to on-site visits to their schools.
Even if you receive a certified letter from the school district, please don’t panic. This is predictably a routine form—Declaration of Participation—which school districts are required to send to all public schools. A number of home schoolers will probably receive the Declaration of Participation this year and many have received it in the past.
Local public schools that offer certain programs, such as Title I, etc., receive federal funding which they are obligated to share with eligible private schools, including home schools. Many home schoolers simply ignore the Declaration of Participation and do not return it. This is acceptable. Others simply check the box marked “will not participate” and send the form back to the school. This is acceptable, as well. However, because some home schoolers ignore the form and the public school must demonstrate that they have made an attempt to contact private schools and alert them to these available funds, the public school is likely to send this form via certified mail. That way, even if you do not respond, the school has a receipt to prove that they tried to contact you.
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Kentucky
Admitted to statehood:
June 1, 1792
Origin of name:
Indian word variously translated as “dark and bloody ground,” “meadowland,” and “land of tomorrow.”
Motto:
United we stand, divided we fall.
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