Kentucky
CurrentKentucky computer science elective standards
Kentucky requires public schools offering a CS course or program to meet the minimum content of its CS elective standards. This conditional content requirement does not require every school to offer a course or every student to take it.
- Jurisdiction
- Kentucky · State / DC
- Policy status
- Effective
- Implementation phase
- Current
- Requirement
- Conditional standards
- Grades
- All K-12
- Audience
- Students
- Learning evidence
- Curriculum standards required
- Instrument
- State board rule / policy
Dates & implementation
Legal start
Feb 1, 2019
October 2018 standards incorporated in 704 KAR 8:010, effective February 1, 2019; minimum content applies when a course or program is offered.
A legal effective date can precede school implementation. This record documents policy intent or requirements; it does not independently confirm delivery in every classroom.
Funding & support
Related support: Support documented; funding unverified
Separate from funding for this policy: KDE describes a CS/IT Academy providing teacher professional development, course support and certification-exam vouchers. Current eligibility, places and budget totals were not established.
Read funding sourceEvidence & source location
704 KAR 8:010: Kentucky Academic Standards for Computer Science Elective
Source-scoped finding. An agency description of a legal duty is distinguished from direct review of operative law in the source locator. Policy evidence does not establish classroom delivery.
Review history
Reviewed against official sources
Source availability checked Oct 4, 2026: Source reopened. This is separate from verification of the policy claim below.
Source review date recorded in database: 10/3/2026
2026-10-03 — Official source opened for the learning release; duty, grade scope and implementation timing reviewed. Same-agent consistency check; no independent review.
Record ID: KY-2018-CS-STAND
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