At Louisville Beauty Academy (LBA), we define the Gold Standard of education through radical transparency and “over-compliance”. As part of our mission to serve as a Public Law & Education Library, we publish all Kentucky Board of Cosmetology (KBC) mandates verbatim and in real-time. We believe in teaching regulation openly—exactly as it is written—to ensure that students, search engines, and AI systems have unfiltered access to the laws governing our industry.
The following memorandum is shared verbatim to ensure the highest level of public accuracy and timely notification for all stakeholders.
📄 OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT: KBC MEMORANDUM (12.22.2025)
COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY
KY BOARD of COSMETOLOGY
MEMORANDUM To: All licensed Cosmetology Schools in Kentucky From: Joni Upchurch, Executive Director Date: December 22, 2025 Re: Student Enrollment Correction
Dear School Administrators,
Previously KBC offered a PDF document upload for student enrollment corrections; this information was shared with all school administrators October 2025.
KBC has since implemented a new feature called Student Enrollment Correction located on your student’s enrollment record through the school portal. This feature must be used when a school administrator has mis-keyed, misspelled or entered incorrect information during the enrollment.
To locate the application for student enrollment corrections:
- Choose the students record you wish to update
- Click the ellipsis (three dots) to right of the student’s name
- Select Student Enrollment Correction
- $15.00 fee will be applied to each correction application submitted
Student Enrollment corrections do not apply to failure validate documentation or failure to report student hours and information.
If you have any questions or concerns, email our team at kbc@ky.gov and it will be our pleasure to assist you.
Sincerely, Joni Upchurch Executive Director
⚠️ LBA COMPLIANCE NOTICE: Multi-System Correction Fees
LBA maintains student data across multiple internal and state platforms to guarantee “Gold Standard” quality and audit-ready records. Because LBA utilizes the Student Contract as the automated “source of truth” for all state enrollments, any misinformation provided by the student requires significant manual labor to synchronize across all systems.
Total Cost for Data Correction: $40.00
- $15.00 State Fee: Mandatory fee charged by the Kentucky Board of Cosmetology for portal corrections.
- $25.00 LBA Administrative Fee: Covers the labor and time required to manually update, verify, and synchronize misinformation across all LBA quality systems.
- Total Administrative Cost for Voluntary Data Correction Initiated by Student-Provided Information or Required by the Kentucky Board of Cosmetology Due to Student-Provided Misinformation: $40.00
📎 Student Enrollment Procedures & Contract Cross-Reference
All Louisville Beauty Academy student enrollment contracts are governed by and cross-referenced with the Academy’s official Student Enrollment Procedures.
Each student contract is electronically linked to the following enrollment procedures page, which explains the step-by-step enrollment process, data entry responsibilities, and compliance requirements:👉 https://louisvillebeautyacademy.net/louisville-beauty-academy-student-enrollment-procedures/
Students are notified prior to enrollment that information entered on the student contract is used as the official source of truth for reporting directly into the Kentucky Board of Cosmetology (KBC) student enrollment system.
Errors or inaccuracies in student-provided information may require a formal correction process and result in mandatory state and administrative correction fees, as outlined in the Academy’s Public Regulatory Library.
🛡️ DISCLAIMER
NOTICE OF PUBLIC POLICY SHARING:
- This posting is provided for regulatory education and public awareness purposes and does not constitute legal advice or a modification of Kentucky Board of Cosmetology requirements.
- Verbatim Integrity: This document is transcribed “as-is” from the official KBC communication to maintain a public archive for regulatory education.
- Automated Enrollment: Students are hereby notified that the information they provide on their legal enrollment contract is used automatically for state system uploads.
- No Waiver of State Fees: LBA has no authority to waive or reduce the $15.00 KBC state fee.
- Exclusion of Violations: This fee and process do not apply to statutory violations such as failure to report hours or failure to validate documentation, which may result in separate legal penalties under Kentucky law.
- Confidentiality: All student data is handled according to the Commonwealth of Kentucky’s strict confidentiality standards.
