INTRODUCTION & PURPOSE
Gold-Standard Compliance Transparency
Louisville Beauty Academy (LBA) is a state-licensed, compliance-by-design beauty school committed to protecting students through clarity, documentation, and transparency.
As part of our Gold-Standard and Over-Compliance approach, LBA publicly shares the exact procedures required by the Kentucky Board of Cosmetology (KBC) so that students, schools, partner institutions, and the public clearly understand:
- What is required
- When it is required
- How it must be documented
- Where it must be submitted
Most compliance issues arise not from intent, but from lack of visibility and inconsistent understanding of regulatory procedures. LBA addresses this by making compliance educational, visible, and proactive, rather than reactive.
🔔 Regulatory Update — Kentucky Board of Cosmetology Written Confirmation (Feb 5, 2026)
On February 5, 2026, the Kentucky Board of Cosmetology issued written confirmation approving Louisville Beauty Academy’s Student Extracurricular Educational Hour request and clarifying instructor-presence requirements for field trips, community service, and educational shows.
To Louisville Beauty Academy’s knowledge, this is the first time the Kentucky Board of Cosmetology has issued written approval and clarification in this level of specificity regarding extracurricular educational hours.
Louisville Beauty Academy publishes this update as part of its Gold-Standard Over-Compliance and public regulatory literacy initiative.
Verbatim Regulatory Communication — Kentucky Board of Cosmetology (February 5, 2026)
02/05/2026
Re: Student Enrollment – Nail Technology Student Permit
Dear STUDENT NAME:
Your Student Extracurricular Hour application request for (merge students name) has been reviewed and
approved.
School instructors must be present for feld trips located outside of a licensed facility.
Students earning field trip hours in an active KBC licensed facility must have an active licensee associated
with that salon to sign their Extracurricular document. The presence of a school instructor will not be
required.
School instructors must be present for all community service located outside of a KBC licensed school.
Community service hours are considered as charitable events. Please ensure you have filed a
demonstration permit prior to submission unless the charitable event is being hosted at the KBC licensed
school. If you are unsure if you need a demonstration permit, please email the board for clarification.
All educational show hours obtained do not require instructor supervision if hosted by a nationally
recognized company; the representative can sign the form.
If your students are attending a larger show and can’t find a representative to sign their form, they must
submit supportive proof of attending the event, this will be approved at the discretion of the board.
If you have questions or need support, our team is here to help. You may contact the Kentucky Board of
Cosmetology anytime by emailing kbc@ky.gov
Sincerely,
Kentucky Board of Cosmetology
Official KBC email approval and clarification on extracurricular educational hours — issued February 5, 2026
REGULATORY UPDATE – FEBRUARY 2, 2026
🔔 Regulatory Update – February 2, 2026 (Kentucky Board of Cosmetology)
On February 2, 2026, the Kentucky Board of Cosmetology (KBC) issued official memoranda to all licensed cosmetology schools announcing mandatory procedural changes to:
- Student Extracurricular (Field Trip, Educational Show, and Charitable) Hour submissions
- Student Enrollment Corrections and Program Transfers
These updates do not change the hour limits established under 201 KAR 12:082, but they fundamentally change how schools must submit, document, and certify hours inside the KBC School Portal.
Louisville Beauty Academy has updated this guide to reflect the exact compliance workflow now required by KBC.
✅ NEW: Mandatory KBC Portal Workflow for Student Extracurricular Hours (Effective Feb 2, 2026)
KBC now requires all extracurricular hour requests and final submissions to be completed inside the student’s record within the School Portal.
⚠️ Email submissions are no longer accepted.
⚠️ Students may not complete or submit these forms themselves.
Step 1: Initial Request (BEFORE the Event)
- School administrator locates Student Extracurricular Education form via KBC website or School Portal
- Form must be completed and uploaded through the student’s portal record
- Request must be submitted at least five (5) days in advance
- Page 2 must be skipped at this stage
- Page 3 must be signed by the school
- No fee is associated
Step 2: KBC Review
- KBC reviews submissions
- Approval or response is sent to the email listed in the school portal
Step 3: Final Submission (AFTER Event Completion)
- School logs back into student’s record
- Uploads the completed and signed form
- Page 1 must be skipped
- Page 2 must be uploaded within ten (10) business days after the event
- Page 3 signed and submitted
- No fee required
📘 Legal Hour Limits (Unchanged)
The February 2, 2026 update does NOT alter statutory hour limits under 201 KAR 12:082:
- Field Trips: up to 16 hours
- Educational Programs (Shows): up to 16 hours
- Charitable Activities: up to 16 hours
- Maximum Total: 48 hours
- Daily Cap: 9 hours per day
What has changed is how those hours must be requested, approved, and certified.
🔁 Program Transfer & Enrollment Correction – Portal Update (Feb 2, 2026)
https://kbc.ky.gov/Schools/Pages/default.aspx
082-c-Program-Transfer-Form-REV-012026KBC has enhanced the School Portal to handle late program transfers and enrollment corrections through the Student Enrollment Correction application.
When This Application Is Required
- Student name, DOB, or SSN corrections
- Mis-keyed enrollment data
- Late reporting of program transfer hours
⚠️ This application requires a $15 fee.
Three Transfer Scenarios Inside the Portal
1️⃣ Kentucky-to-Kentucky Transfers
- Upload required
- Hours expire five (5) years from original enrollment date
2️⃣ Out-of-State Transfers
- Certificate must already be on file with KBC
- No upload required in this section
3️⃣ Licensed Discipline-to-Discipline Transfers
- Applies when transferring hours after licensure
- Upload required
🛡️ Louisville Beauty Academy – Gold-Standard Over-Compliance
Louisville Beauty Academy does not merely follow KBC rules — we document, pre-verify, and portal-confirm every submission to protect:
- Student licensure eligibility
- Hour integrity
- Audit defensibility
- School inspection outcomes
This guide is maintained as part of LBA’s Public Compliance Library, serving students, schools, and regulators with transparent, current, and verifiable information.
📄 Source Documents
- Kentucky Board of Cosmetology Memorandum – Student Extracurricular Hours (Feb 2, 2026)
- Kentucky Board of Cosmetology Memorandum – Student Enrollment Corrections & Program Transfers (Feb 2, 2026)
WHY THIS INFORMATION IS PUBLISHED
LBA publishes the full procedures below to:
- ✔ Educate students before participation or transfer
- ✔ Ensure accurate expectations for field, show, and charity events
- ✔ Protect students from denied or delayed hours
- ✔ Maintain audit-ready documentation at all times
- ✔ Serve as a transparent reference for inspectors and partners
This information reflects current Kentucky Board of Cosmetology requirements for:
- Program transfers
- Out-of-state or prior hours
- Extracurricular (show, field trip, and charity) events
EDUCATIONAL SCOPE
The procedures shared below are provided for educational and transparency purposes only.
They are not legal advice, interpretation, or enforcement.
LBA does not replace, interpret, or supersede the authority of the Kentucky Board of Cosmetology.
All final authority remains with KBC.
GOLD-STANDARD COMPLIANCE COMMITMENT
LBA intentionally operates above minimum compliance standards by:
- Publishing exact regulatory procedures
- Documenting timelines and submission requirements
- Educating students in advance of participation
- Maintaining individual student-level records
- Preserving historical compliance documentation
This approach protects students first, then the institution, and ensures fair, consistent, and auditable outcomes.
KBC REQUIRED PROCEDURES – Extracurricular Events & Program Transfers – (As of January 2026)
EXTRACURRICULAR EVENTS
(Show • Field Trip • Charity / Community Service Event)
201 KAR 12:082 — Gold-Standard Compliance Process
Important Compliance Note
This process reflects (1) the written requirements contained in 201 KAR 12:082 and the Certification of Student Extracurricular Event Hours form, and (2) current procedural instructions confirmed by Kentucky Board of Cosmetology agency staff via email.
Where procedures are clarified through agency email rather than printed regulation or form language, that distinction is noted for transparency.
STEP 1: ADVANCE NOTICE OF THE EVENT (PRE-EVENT)
Timing:
- At least five (5) business days before the event
(Current procedural instruction confirmed by agency staff via email)
Copies of this correspondence may also be obtained directly from the Kentucky Board of Cosmetology through a request made under the Kentucky Open Records Act (KRS 61.870–61.884).
Public Open Records Notice & Transparency Statement
The following correspondence and attached documents are published verbatim and without modification as part of Louisville Beauty Academy’s Gold-Standard Compliance and Open Records transparency practices. This material reflects official communications, procedural guidance, and documentation preserved under the Kentucky Open Records Act (KRS 61.870–61.884) for student protection, institutional accountability, and public education. No interpretation, alteration, or selective excerpting has been applied. If any regulatory procedures, forms, or agency instructions reflected herein are later clarified or updated by Kentucky Board of Cosmetology agency staff, Louisville Beauty Academy will timestamp and publish updates accordingly. Any member of the public may independently request the same records directly from the Kentucky Board of Cosmetology under applicable open-records law for verification and consistency purposes.
Required Action:
- The school provides advance notice of the planned extracurricular event to the Kentucky Board of Cosmetology via the KBC School Portal.
- The Certification of Student Extracurricular Event Hours form is used for this advance notice.
- The pre-event submission may be preliminary or incomplete, as actual hours and final details are not yet known.
Event Must Be:
- Educational in nature; and
- One of the following:
- Show
- Field Trip
- Charity or Community Service Event
⚠️ Compliance Reminder:
Events not noticed in advance may result in extracurricular hours being denied.
STEP 2: CONDUCT THE EVENT
During the event, the school must ensure:
- Students perform only activities permitted under their license or permit type;
- All required supervision standards are met;
- Student participation and time are tracked accurately and contemporaneously.
STEP 3: COMPLETE THE OFFICIAL KBC CERTIFICATION FORM (POST-EVENT)
After the event concludes:
- Complete the Certification of Student Extracurricular Event Hours form with final, accurate information.
- The same form used for advance notice is completed post-event with actual data.
The completed form must include:
- Student name
- Permit number
- School name and license number
- Event type (Show / Field Trip / Charity)
- Event location and date(s)
- Total hours completed
- Required signatures
STEP 4: UPLOAD TO EACH STUDENT’S KBC RECORD
Deadline:
- Within ten (10) business days after the event ends
(Expressly required by 201 KAR 12:082 and the Certification form)
Submission Process:
- Log into the KBC School Portal
- Open each individual student’s record
- Select Student File → Additional Student Forms
- Upload the completed Certification of Student Extracurricular Event Hours form
📌 Important:
- Each student must have their own form uploaded to their own individual record.
- Extracurricular hours must be entered as extracurricular (not regular hours).
STEP 5: VERIFY AND RETAIN RECORDS
- Confirm successful upload in the portal for each student;
- Retain copies of all submissions in the school’s compliance records;
- Monitor student cumulative hours to ensure accurate posting.
TRANSPARENCY & PUBLIC RECORD NOTICE
- All communications with the Kentucky Board of Cosmetology agency staff regarding extracurricular events are preserved as Open Records under KRS 61.870–61.884.
- Agency staff email guidance is published verbatim alongside this compliance guide to ensure:
- Transparency
- Accurate training
- Clear differentiation between regulation, form language, and procedural instruction
- If agency staff procedures are updated or clarified, this guide will be timestamped and updated accordingly.
PROGRAM TRANSFER PROCEDURES – (Incoming or Outgoing Transfers / Out-of-State Hours)
WHEN A TRANSFER FORM IS REQUIRED
A Program Transfer Form is required when a student:
- Transfers from another Kentucky school
- Transfers from an out-of-state school
- Brings prior hours from another license or program
STEP 1: DETERMINE TRANSFER STATUS
Before enrollment or continuation:
- Identify whether the student has:
- Prior hours
- Prior enrollment
- Prior licensure
- Determine if hours are in-state or out-of-state.
STEP 2: COMPLETE THE KBC PROGRAM TRANSFER FORM
- Fill out the Program Hour Transfer Request Form in full.
- Include:
- Student identifying information
- Program type
- Hours requested for transfer
- Origin of hours
📌 Out-of-state or barber hours must be certified by the original licensing agency.
STEP 3: UPLOAD TO THE STUDENT’S KBC RECORD
- Log into the KBC School Portal.
- Open the student’s record.
- Select Additional Student Forms.
- Upload the Program Transfer Form into the correct panel.
⚠️ Schools are required to have this on file prior to enrolling a transfer student.
STEP 4: WAIT FOR KBC VERIFICATION
- Transferred hours are not credited until verified by KBC.
- Once approved, hours will be applied to the student’s official program total.
⚠️ IMPORTANT COMPLIANCE NOTES
- Uploading the wrong form to the wrong panel may cause delays or denials.
- Each student record must be handled individually.
- Documentation must be retained for audit and inspection purposes.
IMPORTANT CLARIFICATIONS ON TRANSFER PROCEDURES
(Published for Educational & Transparency Purposes)
1️⃣ What the KBC Program Transfer Form Requires
The KBC Program Transfer Form requires that certification of hours (particularly for out-of-state or barber transfers) be on file with the Kentucky Board of Cosmetology prior to enrollment.
The form does not specify:
- A portal upload method
- An email address
- A submission workflow
It only requires that the certification be on file at the Board office before enrollment.
2️⃣ Why Portal Upload Is Not Possible Before Enrollment
Before a student is enrolled:
- There is no KBC student record
- There is no student permit
- There is no upload panel available
Therefore, portal upload cannot occur at the pre-enrollment stage.
3️⃣ How Transfer Documentation Is Handled Before Enrollment
When a student is not yet enrolled, transfer documentation is:
- Collected internally by the school
- Submitted to the KBC Board office via direct correspondence (email or official submission)
- Retained by the school as proof of good-faith compliance
This satisfies the requirement that certification be on file with the Board office prior to enrollment.
📌 REGULATORY NOTICE & TIME LIMITATION
This information is provided for educational and transparency purposes only and reflects KBC procedures as of January 2026, based on official Kentucky Board of Cosmetology guidance.
Laws, regulations, forms, portal functions, and enforcement practices may change at any time without notice.
All authority rests solely with the Kentucky Board of Cosmetology.
📧 kbc@ky.gov
🌐 https://kbc.ky.gov
