Per KRS 160.382, Kentucky school districts are responsible for collecting exit survey data from all employees who voluntarily leave the school district.

The KDE has developed a process to collect this data from districts without personally identifiable information. Information submitted by an employee and reported to the department include the position vacated, the employee’s years of service in the position and in the district, if the employee is taking a similar position in another district, and the reason or reasons provided for leaving the district. The purpose of this data collection is to provide a means for analyzing the factors that impact teacher retention both at the district and state levels.

KDE has created a survey that districts can use to satisfy this requirement. Districts retain the option to purchase or use their own exit survey so long as they reported their data to the KDE annually.

For additional information, please email KDE Program Consultant Justin Edwards.