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Enrollment Form - All students must complete the New Student Enrollment Form and take to the school when you enroll. 

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Preschool Eligibility Requirements

1.           Four years old on or before October 1 and qualify by income based on State     

         guidelines, OR

2.         Three or four years old and developmentally delayed.

If your child qualifies for the preschool program, your child will need the following items:

1.      Proof of age – Upon enrollment for the first time in any elementary or secondary school, a student or student’s parent shall provide either a certified copy of the student’s birth certificate or other reliable proof of the student’s identity and age and an affidavit of the inability to produce a copy of the birth certificate (HC Policy 09.121).

2.      A current Kentucky immunization certification form required by 704 KAR 4:020 shall be on file within (2) two weeks of a student’s enrollment in school.

Military families have 30 days to comply as indicated in the Interstate Commission Compact.

3.   The preventive health care exam (704 KAR 4:020) dated within I year prior to initial admission to school and must be on the Preventive Health Care Form.

4.   Social Security number is required before entering high school for KEES funding.

5.   KRS 156.160 states all children entering at 3, 4, 5, or 6 years of age public preschool and Head Start or public school for the first time to have an eye examination by an optometrist or ophthalmologist no later than January 1 of the school year.

6.   Program eligibility information to include one of the following:
a) a completed application for the National School Lunch Program (at-risk eligibility)
b) Admission and Release Committee records which document
eligibility for special education (developmentally delayed).

Kindergarten Requirements

1.      Proof of age – Upon enrollment for the first time in any elementary or secondary school, a student or student’s parent shall provide either a certified copy of the student’s birth certificate or other reliable proof of the student’s identity and age and an affidavit of the inability to produce a copy of the birth certificate (HC Policy 09.121).

2.      A current Kentucky immunization certification form required by 704 KAR 4:020 shall be on file within (2) two weeks of a student’s enrollment in school.

     Military families have 30 days to comply as indicated in the Interstate

     Commission Compact.

3.   The preventive health care exam (704 KAR 4:020) dated within I year prior initial admission to school and must be on the Preventive Health Care Form.

4.   Social Security Number is required before entering high school for KEES funding. 

5.   KRS 156.160 states all children entering at 3, 4, 5, or 6 years of age public preschool and Head Start or public school for the first time to have an eye examination by an optometrist or ophthalmologist no later than January 1 of the school year.     

6.       Must be 5 years of age on or before October 1 of the given school year.

7.       Effective with the 2010-2011 school year, a dental screening or examination shall be required for five (5) and six (6) year olds enrolling in the school district. 

First Time Enrollees in Kentucky Schools

1.   Proof of age – Upon enrollment for the first time in any elementary or secondary school, a student or student’s parent shall provide either a certified copy of the student’s birth certificate or other reliable proof of the student’s identity and age and an affidavit of the inability to produce a copy of the birth certificate (HC Policy 09.121). 

2.   A current Kentucky immunization certification form required by 704 KAR 4:020 shall be on file within (2) two weeks of a student’s enrollment in school.
 Military families have 30 days to comply as indicated in the Interstate Commission Compact.

3.   The preventive health care exam (704 KAR 4:020) dated within I year prior to initial admission to school and must be on the Preventive Health Care Form.

4.   Social Security Number due upon enrollment. 

5.      KRS 156.160 states all children entering at 3, 4, 5, or 6 years of age public preschool and Head Start or public school for the first time to have an eye examination by an optometrist or ophthalmologist no later than January 1 of the school year.

6.      Effective with the 2010-2011 school year, a dental screening or examination shall be required for five (5) and six (6) year olds enrolling in the school district. 

Sixth Grade Enrollment Requirements

1.      Must have a second preventive health care exam within one year prior to entering 6th grade (first exam was given upon initial admission to Kentucky schools) or within 30 days of enrollment.

2.      A Kentucky Immunization Certificate is required within two weeks of enrollment showing all age appropriate vaccines.  This includes Tetanus/diphtheria/acellular pertussis (Tdap), meningococcal vaccine, 2^nd does of varicella vaccine or physician proof of past varicella disease.

     Military families have 30 days to comply as indicated in the Interstate Commission Compact.

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Last modified: February 07, 2012