Any person sentenced to the reading skills improvement program specified in KRS
533.200 who fails to successfully complete the program within the time specified, who fails to attend as required, or fails to make progress toward successful completion, shall be reported to the sentencing court, and the court shall ascertain whether or not the failures are willful or the person is actually incapable of successfully completing the program due to an intellectual or other disability, or other reasons beyond his control. In the event the failure is willful, the court may proceed as in cases of probation violation and may apply such remedy as is authorized.

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 533.220

  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.

Effective: July 12, 2012
History: Amended 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 146, sec. 137, effective July 12, 2012. — Created
1988 Ky. Acts ch. 279, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1988.