SCHOOL ATTENDANCE FOR 4-H ACTIVITIES

There is a long and close relationship between the University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service 4-H Youth Development Program and Kentucky's elementary and secondary school systems. School personnel may choose to use this statute which allows 4-H youth to be counted as present when away from school for 4-H activities. The following state statute (KRS 159.0335) gives endorsement to the educational value of 4-H Youth Development programs:

"Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Kentucky: Anything in the statutes of the Commonwealth to the contrary notwithstanding, all pupils in the schools of the State who are enrolled in a properly organized 4-H club shall be considered present at school for all purposes when participating in regularly scheduled 4-H club educational activities, provided the student is accompanied by or under the supervision of a County Extension Agent or the designated 4-H club leader for the 4-H club educational activities participated in."