Any fifteen (15), sixteen (16) or seventeen (17) year old student applying for the first time for a Learners Instruction Permit will be required to have a School Compliance Verification Form, issued and completed by the school. This form verifies that the student is compliant with the components of KRS 159.051. If the student is not compliant: the form should not be used. The form requires the stamp from an embossed seal (with raised characters) to be accepted by local court clerks.
The No Pass/No Drive statute results in the denial of the school compliance verification form or the revocation of a student's driver’s license for:
- academic deficiency
- dropping out of school
- missing 9 or more unexcused absences in one semester
Academic deficiency is defined as a student who does not have passing grades in at least four (4) courses, or the equivalent, in the preceding semester, as outlined in KRS 159.051. Because districts utilize varying scheduling models, KDE provides the following recommended equivalency guidance to support local implementation. Local boards should ensure policy clearly defines how equivalency is applied within their adopted scheduling structure.
A fifteen (15), sixteen (16) or seventeen (17) year old student is deemed to have dropped out of school when he/she has voluntarily withdrawn or has nine or more unexcused absences in the preceding semester. Any absences due to suspension shall be unexcused absences.
KDE collaborated with the Kentucky Department of Transportation (DOT) to create a secure web portal to allow for electronic communication between schools and the Division of Driver
Licensing by registered, authorized users. One person from each district has been selected by the Superintendent as the District Contact, with the ability to access information for each school in a district.
Additionally, each school containing at least one grade from the 7-12 grade range can have up to three (3) Authorized Users with access to the school's information. A registration process will register these individuals on the web portal and allow direct exchange of information between schools and DOT.