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Kentucky
My Kentucky Future Act: student directory information and junior-class data shared with public postsecondary institutions and the Kentucky Center for Statistics
In force since .
A sensitive categories rule binding government bodies.
- Obligation class
- Consent, Disclosure, Governance
- Audit expectation
- none
What it requires
- If you are a public school district, annually invite each student enrolled in a public high school to participate in the proactive postsecondary admissions program and to select a preferred communication method, and no later than July 1 each year notify the Department of Education of each student who agreed and his or her preferred communication method (KRS 164.099(4)).
- If you are the Department of Education, on or before September 1 each year give each public postsecondary education institution the name, address, enrolled school district, grade level, phone number and email address of each student enrolled at a Kentucky public high school or certified nonpublic high school who has not opted out of sharing directory information under 34 C.F.R. sec. 99.37 (KRS 164.099(5)(a)).
- For each student who agreed to participate in the program, also give those institutions the student's cumulative unweighted grade point average, highest score on an approved college readiness examination, any Governor's Scholars Program, Governor's School for the Arts or Governor's School for Entrepreneurs graduate status, and preferred communication method (KRS 164.099(5)(b)).
- On or before September 1 each year, submit to the Kentucky Center for Statistics a list of all high school students who most recently completed their junior year with each student's name, date of birth, address, enrolled school district and school identification number, last four digits of Social Security number, cumulative unweighted grade point average and highest approved college readiness examination score (KRS 151B.136(1)).
- If you are the Kentucky Center for Statistics, do not include any personally identifiable information for individuals in the cohort in the academic and workforce outcome data you publish (KRS 151B.136(2)).
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What record it asks for
Logging duty
Districts have to report each participating student and the student's preferred communication method to the Department of Education, which shares defined student data with postsecondary institutions and the Kentucky Center for Statistics. The sections require no log of the sharing, no retention period and no territorial hook.
- Kind
- None
- As of
What this law does
Each public school district must annually invite each student enrolled in a public high school to participate in the proactive postsecondary admissions program and to select a preferred communication method. No later than July 1 each year the district must notify the Department of Education of each high school student that has agreed to participate and his or her preferred communication method.
On or before September 1 each year the Department of Education must give each public postsecondary education institution the name, address, enrolled school district, grade level, phone number and email address of each public or certified nonpublic high school student who has not opted out of sharing directory information under federal regulations.
For each student who agreed to participate in the program, the information must also include the student's cumulative unweighted grade point average, highest college readiness examination score, any Governor's program graduate status and preferred communication method.
On or before September 1 each year the department must also submit to the Kentucky Center for Statistics a list of all high school students who most recently completed their junior year, including each student's name, date of birth, address, enrolled school district, school identification number and the last four digits of his or her Social Security number.
The Kentucky Center for Statistics may not include any personally identifiable information for individuals in the cohort in the outcome data it publishes. KRS 164.099 was created by chapter 35 of the 2026 Kentucky Acts, effective . Chapter 35 of the 2026 Kentucky Acts may be cited as the My Kentucky Future Act.
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