Kentucky Uniform Academic Course Codes

Published: 11/15/2024 1:25 PM

2025-2026 State Course Codes

2025-2026 Course Codes Now Available in the Searchable State Course Codes Database within KECS

The Searchable State Course Codes Database (SSCCD) within the Kentucky Educator Certification System (KECS) is now available with an updated view for the 2025-2026 school year. The Course Codes Frequently Asked Questions document has been revised for 2025-2026 and remains an excellent resource to help new and returning course codes contacts familiarize themselves with proper course code usage.

There are several changes to both CTE and academic courses. For CTE, the program areas of Engineering, Transportation, and Business and Marketing have had inactive courses removed due to their misalignment with current state-approved pathways. New courses in Law and Public Safety, Health Science, and JROTC have been added to support active pathways and align with industry needs within their program areas. Two new AP courses were added: AP CK Cyber: Security and AP CK Cyber: Networking.

For academic courses, changes were made to courses for English Learners based on district feedback, and changes were made to world languages courses based on feedback from the Kentucky World Languages Association. Additionally, clarifications around which courses can serve as required credits towards minimum high school graduation requirements were made. Several visual and performing arts courses were updated to better aligned to the revised Kentucky Academic Standards for Visual and Performing Arts. Several other minor changes were made across content areas to better align to intended course purposes.

Please note that 303091 Integrated Science I, 303092 Integrated Science II and 303093 Integrated Science III will be deprecated beginning in the 2026-2027 school year. Schools are advised to prepare for this change now.

The name and description of state course code 909995 was updated to reflect its appropriate usage for teaching planning periods.

For a detailed list of course code changes, please see the 2024-2025 Course Code Changes spreadsheet. A Deprecated Course Codes and What to Use Instead spreadsheet is also available to help schools replace deprecated course codes.

Guidance Documents and Resources

Frequently Asked Questions

Course Codes FAQ 2025-2026

Entering Course Information in Infinite Campus (IC)

Please follow the guidance provided in the Course Data Standard for entering course information in IC.

Guidance for entering Dual Credit courses in IC is available in the Dual Credit Course Data Standard.

Please review these two 2024 KSIS Beginning of the Year Trainings for additional information:

A Guidance Document for Setting Up Online/Virtual and Attendance-Based Courses in Infinite Campus is available to assist schools in understanding how to set up different online/virtual course and program structures.

Searchable State Course Codes Database

The Searchable State Course Code Database (SSCCD) is now the sole source of information regarding state course codes.

Guidance Documents

Guiding Principles for Using Course Code 909999 School Defined Course

Guiding Principles for Using Course Code 950001 Dual Credit Placeholder

Guiding Principles for Using Course Code 960001 Digital Learning Placeholder

Dual Credit Decision Making for Secondary Institutions

Virtual and Performance-Based Course Set-Up and Attendance Verification Guidance Document

Infinite Campus Setup for Gatton/Craft Students

Resources

Course Standards Webpage

CTE - Programs of Study Webpage

Dual Credit Webpage

New Course Requests Procedures document

Promoting Equitable Access to Advanced Coursework in Middle School

Postsecondary Readiness Tracking

AP, CAI, DC & IB Postsecondary Readiness (Academic and Career) Courses This document has been updated to included course lists for 2022-2023, 2023-2024, and 2024-2025.

Co-op Course Codes

Please note the cooperative education and work experience course codes are within the Searchable State Course Codes Database. The Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority program regulation 11 KAR 15:090 has been modified to specify that all co-op course codes will count for the number of credits in the student’s schedule for the purposes of satisfying yearly KEES curriculum requirements. Therefore, cooperative course codes will be included in the KEES eligibility determination. Students taking 901005 (work experience courses) must have 4 courses not listed as work experience to be considered eligible for KEES.

Please email CourseCodes@education.ky.gov with any questions!

Course Code Regulation

704 KAR 3:540 states the following:

Section 1. Maintenance of Uniform Academic Course Codes. The Kentucky Department of Education shall maintain a system for uniform academic course codes and all course codes, course titles, and course descriptions shall be identified. The Kentucky Department of Education shall annually review uniform academic course codes to identify courses for revision, addition, and deletion. The Commissioner of Education shall annually approve any changes to uniform academic course codes and shall publish and distribute updated course information to all districts no later than January 31 of each year.

Section 2. Uniform Academic Course Code Requirements. (1) Local districts and schools shall use the uniform academic course codes, distributed by the Commissioner of Education annually, to classify all courses offered in each school when reporting to the Kentucky Department of Education. (2) Reporting to the Kentucky Department of Education shall include the listing and linking of uniform academic courses.

Section 3. District and School Course Descriptions. The linking of local district and school codes to the uniform academic course codes shall be performed annually by district and school staff using the student information system.

Section 4. Annual District and School Audits. The Kentucky Department of Education shall annually audit and report the use or misuse of uniform academic course codes by districts and schools. (36 Ky.R. 2260; 37 Ky.R. 60; eff. 7-12-2010; 44 Ky.R. 1657; 2015; eff. 4-6-2018.)