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Kentucky

Reviewed policies, grades and school implementation dates. District examples cover 0 distinct districts; it is not a statewide implementation survey.

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Detailed device brief

Rules for use: affected grades and timing

Personal devices · statewide finding

Elementary
Instructional limits
Middle
Instructional limits
High
Instructional limits

Enacted legislative summary describes a prohibition during instructional time, with specified exceptions.

2025 enactment; local implementation details require policy review.

Exceptions & source ↗

School devices, screen time and student AI

No reviewed policy is available here for these topics yet. Further research appears in the policy explorer.

Learning & relevant rules for use

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Elementary

Computer science

Current · Required standards / alignment

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.

October 2018 standards incorporated in 704 KAR 8:010, effective February 1, 2019; minimum content applies when a course or program is offered.

Source & dates

Relevant rules for use

Personal devices: Instructional limits

2025 enactment; local implementation details require policy review.

Device scope, exceptions & source

Middle

Computer science

Current · Required standards / alignment

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.

October 2018 standards incorporated in 704 KAR 8:010, effective February 1, 2019; minimum content applies when a course or program is offered.

Source & dates

Relevant rules for use

Personal devices: Instructional limits

2025 enactment; local implementation details require policy review.

Device scope, exceptions & source

High

Computer science

Current · Required standards / alignment

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.

October 2018 standards incorporated in 704 KAR 8:010, effective February 1, 2019; minimum content applies when a course or program is offered.

Source & dates

Relevant rules for use

Personal devices: Instructional limits

2025 enactment; local implementation details require policy review.

Device scope, exceptions & source

Teacher capacity, funding & delivery

Computer science · Support documented; funding unverified

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.

Teacher support: KDE’s CS/IT Academy is a teacher-capacity pathway; its published vision also supports integration across subjects.

Delivery evidence: Agency-described support documented; statewide student participation is not established.

Official source · reviewed Oct 3, 2026
Questions for a district curriculum meeting
  1. Which students receive instruction, in which grades and subjects, and for how much time?
  2. What sequence connects computing concepts, data, AI understanding and digital judgment?
  3. Who teaches it, and what training, preparation time and accessible materials do they receive?
  4. Which documented funding or services can support delivery, and what remains a local budget decision?
  5. What student work demonstrates understanding? Check who participates and who is missing.

These are Stewart Brown’s planning questions, not additional legal requirements.

Reviewed policy findings, district examples & history (3 records)

Restrictions

Current evidence indexed

2 actions in this collection

Governance

Evidence gap

No current statewide record indexed. Research remains open.

Learning

Current evidence indexed

1 action in this collection

Current statewide policies

Kentucky· State / DCCurrent

HB 208 / Acts Chapter 90

Enacted legislative summary describes a prohibition during instructional time, with specified exceptions.

Reviewed against official sources · Oct 3, 2026

Personal devices
Requirement
Required
Grades
All K-12
Learning evidence
No student-learning claim
Adopted / approved
Mar 26, 2025
School implementation
2025 enactment; local implementation details require policy review.
Kentucky· State / DCCurrent

HB 208 school-network social-media restriction

The enacted law adds specified social media to material that must be made inaccessible through school technology.

Reviewed against official sources · Oct 4, 2026

Social media / network
Requirement
Required
Grades
All K-12
Learning evidence
No student-learning claim
Adopted / approved
Mar 26, 2025
School implementation
Enacted in 2025; the network requirement is separate from the personal-device instructional-time rule.
Kentucky· State / DCCurrent

Kentucky 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.

Reviewed against official sources · Oct 3, 2026

Computer science
Requirement
Conditional standards
Grades
All K-12
Learning evidence
Curriculum standards required
Legal start
Feb 1, 2019
School implementation
October 2018 standards incorporated in 704 KAR 8:010, effective February 1, 2019; minimum content applies when a course or program is offered.

Upcoming requirements

No records in this section have been published. This is an evidence gap in the collection, not a determination that no relevant action exists.

Proposals under consideration

No records in this section have been published. This is an evidence gap in the collection, not a determination that no relevant action exists.

Selected district examples

No records in this section have been published. This is an evidence gap in the collection, not a determination that no relevant action exists.

Historical records

No records in this section have been published. This is an evidence gap in the collection, not a determination that no relevant action exists.

Evidence coverage & remaining research

Consistent 16-dimension checklist

Coverage & remaining research

Inventory reviewed October 3, 2026. 3/16 dimensions have published evidence of any status. Every dimension remains open to additional sources and superseding actions.

DimensionCurrent statewide evidenceOther published evidence
Personal devices1 linked action0 current district actions · 0 future, proposed, or historical
School-issued devicesNot yet establishedResearch gap · no absence conclusion
Screen timeNot yet establishedResearch gap · no absence conclusion
Student AINot yet establishedResearch gap · no absence conclusion
Staff AINot yet establishedResearch gap · no absence conclusion
AI governanceNot yet establishedResearch gap · no absence conclusion
Social media / network1 linked action0 current district actions · 0 future, proposed, or historical
Privacy / cybersecurityNot yet establishedResearch gap · no absence conclusion
AI literacyNot yet establishedResearch gap · no absence conclusion
Computer science1 linked action0 current district actions · 0 future, proposed, or historical
Digital literacyNot yet establishedResearch gap · no absence conclusion
Media literacyNot yet establishedResearch gap · no absence conclusion
Digital citizenshipNot yet establishedResearch gap · no absence conclusion
Cybersecurity literacyNot yet establishedResearch gap · no absence conclusion
Data literacyNot yet establishedResearch gap · no absence conclusion
Social-media literacyNot yet establishedResearch gap · no absence conclusion

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