Kentucky Uniform Academic Course Codes

Published: 11/7/2025 1:20 PM

2026-2027 State Course Codes

2026-2027 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 2026-2027 school year. The Course Codes Frequently Asked Questions document has been revised for 2026-2027 and remains an excellent resource to help new and returning course codes contacts familiarize themselves with proper course code usage.

Academic courses received minimal updates this year with most revisions reflecting course description changes to align to Kentucky Academic Standards for Reading & Writing revisions or course description changes coming from the College Board and International Baccalaureate. Additionally, as announced last year, the Integrated Science series is being deprecated. The Integrated Science series can be replaced with one of the following four options for meeting the required minimum high school graduation requirements for science:

302601 Biology 1, 304521 Chemistry I, 304821 Physics I, and 304611 Earth Space Science
302061 Biology 1, 304058 Introduction to Chemistry and Physics, and 304611 Earth Space Science
302698 Biology with Earth Space Science, 304598 Chemistry with Earth/Space Science, and 304898 Physics with Earth/Space Science
303051 Conceptual Science I, 303052 Conceptual Science II, and 303053 Conceptual Science III

The CTE course catalogs were revised to ensure program relevance and student preparedness. Outdated courses were removed because they no longer aligned with current business and industry needs. Concurrently, Financial Literacy courses were streamlined to offer schools maximum flexibility in integrating the new, required one-credit course for all students entering grade 9 on or after July 1, 2025, ensuring compliance with HB 342 (2025).

For a detailed list of course code changes, please see the 2026-2027 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 2026-2027

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 2025 KSIS Beginning of the Year Trainings for additional information:

Course Setup
Virtual & Performance Base Course Setup - starting at minute 28:11, this training takes a deeper dive into proper course set up for virtual and performance-based courses to ensure proper funding.

A Guidance Document for Attendance-Based Online/Virtual (ABV) Course Set Up 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

Resources

Postsecondary Readiness Tracking

AP, CAI, DC & IB Postsecondary Readiness (Academic and Career) Courses This document has been updated to included course lists for 2024-2025, 2025-2026, and 2026-2027.
Postsecondary Readiness Academic Readiness Indicator - Dual Credit This document provides guidance to schools and districts related to dual credit courses that may qualify as students demonstration of academic postsecondary readiness for the purposes of state accountability as provided in KRS 158.6455.

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.)