DEFINITIONS FOR INTERPRETING KRS 211.285.

RELATES TO: KRS CHAPTER 211

NECESSITY, FUNCTION AND CONFORMITY: KRS 211.285 (8) refers to high schools "registered with" the Department of Education of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and to "Project Graduation" events. These terms are not otherwise defined in the Kentucky Revised Statutes or Kentucky Administrative Regulations, these definitions are approved by the Board of Directors of the Malt Beverage Education Corporation in order to define these terms for the purpose of interpreting KRS 211.285.

Section 1. Definitions.

1. "Registered with the Department of Education" means that a high school is certified with the Department of Education. Any Kentucky "common school" (as defined by KRS 158.030 (1) or private or parochial school which was certified by the Kentucky Department of Education is deemed "registered" for the purposes of interpreting KRS 211.285. To be certified by the Kentucky Board of Education, a parochial or private school must have been accredited by a national or regional accrediting agency approved by the Kentucky Board of Education and/or the Kentucky Non-Public School Commission (e.g., the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools) or be recommended for independent accreditation by the Kentucky Non-Public School Commission after completing a self-study accreditation process conducted by the Non-Public School Commission based on standards approved by the Kentucky Board of Education. When the Kentucky Non-Public School Commission has favorably recommended a school to the Kentucky Board of Education and the Kentucky Board of Education has approved that recommendation, the school is certified and "registered" for the purposes of KRS 211.285
2. "Project Graduation" events must meet the criteria approved by the majority of the Malt Beverage Education Corporation Board of Directors in order to be approved for funding pursuant to KRS 211.285 (8).