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158.6451 Legislative declaration on goals for Commonwealth's schools -- Model curriculum framework.

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Page 1 of 2 158.6451 Legislative declaration on goals for Commonwealth's schools -- Model curriculum framework. (1) The General Assembly finds, declares, and establishes that: (a) Schools shall expect a high level of achievement of all students. <br>(b) Schools shall develop their students' ability to: 1. Use basic communication and mathematics skills for purposes and <br>situations they will encounter throughout their lives; 2. Apply core concepts and principles from mathematics, the sciences, the <br>arts, the humanities, social studies, and practical living studies to <br>situations they will encounter throughout their lives; 3. Become self-sufficient individuals of good character exhibiting the <br>qualities of altruism, citizenship, courtesy, hard work, honesty, human <br>worth, justice, knowledge, patriotism, respect, responsibility, and self-<br>discipline; 4. Become responsible members of a family, work group, or community, <br>including demonstrating effectiveness in community service; 5. Think and solve problems in school situations and in a variety of <br>situations they will encounter in life; 6. Connect and integrate experiences and new knowledge from all subject <br>matter fields with what they have previously learned and build on past <br>learning experiences to acquire new information through various media <br>sources; and 7. Express their creative talents and interests in visual arts, music, dance, <br>and dramatic arts. (c) Schools shall increase their students' rate of school attendance. <br>(d) Schools shall increase their students' graduation rates and reduce their students' dropout and retention rates. (e) Schools shall reduce physical and mental health barriers to learning. <br>(f) Schools shall be measured on the proportion of students who make a successful transition to work, post-secondary education, and the military. (2) The Kentucky Board of Education shall disseminate to local school districts and schools a model curriculum framework which is directly tied to the goals, <br>outcomes, and assessment strategies developed pursuant to this section and KRS <br>158.645 and 158.6453. The framework shall provide direction to local districts and <br>schools as they develop their curriculum. The framework shall identify teaching and <br>assessment strategies, instructional material resources, ideas on how to incorporate <br>the resources of the community, a directory of model teaching sites, alternative <br>ways of using school time, and strategies to incorporate character education <br>throughout the curriculum. Effective: March 25, 2009 <br>History: Amended 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 101, sec. 1, effective March 25, 2009. -- Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 162, sec. 3, effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended 1996 Page 2 of 2 Ky. Acts ch. 362, sec. 6, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 256, <br>sec. 2, effective July 1, 1994. -- Created 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 476, Pt. I, sec. 3, effective <br>July 13, 1990.