# KRS § 439.268: 439.268 Probation program credits > Kentucky · Statutes · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXL_C439_S439.268 ## Section - **Citation:** KRS § 439.268 - **Heading:** 439.268 Probation program credits - **Jurisdiction:** Kentucky - **Kind:** Statutes - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** KY Code / Title XL / Chapter 439 / Section 439.268 ## Text 439.268 Probation program credits. (1) Any supervised individual on probation, probation with an alternative sentence, or conditional discharge shall receive credit on his or her sentence for: (a) Successfully receiving a High School Equivalency Diploma or a high school diploma, a college degree, a completed vocational or technical education program, or a correspondence postsecondary education program which results in a diploma or degree, as defined and approved by the department in the amount of ninety (90) days per diploma, degree, or vocational or technical education program completed; (b) Successfully completing a drug treatment program, evidence-based program, or any other promising practice or life skills program approved by the department, in the amount of not more than ninety (90) days for each program completed. The department shall determine criteria to establish whether a life skills or promising practice program is eligible for probation program credits. Programs shall demonstrate learning of skills necessary for reintegration into the community to minimize barriers to successful reentry. Approval of programs shall be subject to review by the department; and (c) Work-for-time credit, which shall be applied for any public employment, at the same rates as calculated pursuant to KRS 197.047. (2) Probation program credits earned pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall be applied to reduce the period of probation, probation with an alternative sentence, or conditional discharge ordered by the sentencing court. (3) No less than ninety (90) days before the projected date of final discharge, the department shall notify the sentencing court of probation program credits awarded pursuant to this section and that the period of supervision is reduced by the number of days of probation program credits earned by the supervised individual, and the impending discharge from supervision. If the sentencing court, upon receiving such notice does not take any action pursuant to KRS 533.020, the offender shall be discharged. (4) The department may promulgate administrative regulations for the awarding of probation program credits. (5) For supervised individuals on supervision prior to July 15, 2020, probation program credits shall begin to accrue on the first day of the first month after July 15, 2020. ## Nearby sections - [KRS § 439.177 439.177 Parole privileges for certain misdemeanants -- Duties of sentencing judge](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXL_C439_S439.177.md) - [KRS § 439.179 439.179 Release of misdemeanants -- Purposes for which permitted -- Earnings of prisoner, records, and disposition -- Authority of District Judge and jailer](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXL_C439_S439.179.md) - [KRS § 439.250 439.250 Definitions for KRS 439.250 to 439.560](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXL_C439_S439.250.md) - [KRS § 439.265 439.265 Shock probation in felony conviction -- Procedure -- Exclusions -- Comprehensive sex offender presentence evaluation -- Exercise of authority](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXL_C439_S439.265.md) - [KRS § 439.267 439.267 Shock probation in misdemeanor convictions -- Procedure -- Exercise of authority -- Availability for sexual offenders](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXL_C439_S439.267.md) - [KRS § 439.268 439.268 Probation program credits](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXL_C439_S439.268.md) - [KRS § 439.310 439.310 Administration of probation and parole laws](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXL_C439_S439.310.md) - [KRS § 439.315 439.315 Payment of fee by released person -- Amount -- Waiver of payment -- Applicable to persons released by county containing a city of the first class or urban-county government](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXL_C439_S439.315.md) - [KRS § 439.320 439.320 Parole board -- Members' qualifications, terms, compensation -- Chairperson -- Administrative regulations -- Quorum](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXL_C439_S439.320.md) - [KRS § 439.330 439.330 Duties of board](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXL_C439_S439.330.md) - [KRS § 439.331 439.331 Risk and needs assessment of criminal risk factors of parole-eligible inmates](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXL_C439_S439.331.md) - [KRS § 439.335 439.335 Scientific means of personality analysis to be used to establish level, intensity, terms, and conditions of supervision](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXL_C439_S439.335.md) - [KRS § 439.340 439.340 Parole of prisoners confined in adult penal or correctional institutions, halfway houses, and reentry centers -- Notice of prisoner's parole to be given to certain law enforcement officers, and to victims or their next of kin](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXL_C439_S439.340.md) - [KRS § 439.341 439.341 Probable cause revocation hearings of probation, parole, and postincarceration supervision violators](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXL_C439_S439.341.md) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXL_C439_S439.268. 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