Title XIII, Education

(1) Any school that does not offer a school breakfast program shall submit an annual report no later than September 15 to the Kentucky Board of Education indicating the reasons for not offering the program. The report shall include the number of children enrolled at the school an…

(1) To carry out the purpose of rewarding successful schools as provided in KRS Chapter 158, the Kentucky successful schools trust fund is hereby established in the Finance and Administration Cabinet. Funds appropriated by the General Assembly in each biennial budget for payments…

converted career and technical education centers -- Career and technical education innovation and support fund -- Distribution of funds to state- operated area technology centers and locally operated career and technical education -- Oversight by the Office of Career and Technica…

(1) For purposes of this section: (a) "Career academy" means a small learning community within a larger high school that: 1. Consists of a heterogeneous group of students taking classes together for at least two (2) years and who are taught by a team of teachers from different di…

Department of Education recommendations on teacher compensation. (1) For purposes of this section, "compensation" means the combination of base salary, salary supplements, and other benefits provided a teacher. (2) (a) A school district may develop differentiated compensation pro…

distribution. The Commonwealth of Kentucky shall provide funds for textbooks, programs, and other instructional materials that shall be distributed under an administrative regulation promulgated by the Kentucky Board of Education without cost to pupils attending grades kindergart…

Rental of textbooks -- Free textbooks for certain students. (1) In the purchase and distribution of textbooks for grades nine (9) through twelve (12), if sufficient funds are not available to furnish textbooks for all four (4) grades, the chief state school officer, subject to th…

Each pupil, or his parent or guardian, shall be responsible to the teacher for all books not returned by the pupil, and a pupil not returning all books delivered to him shall not be entitled to the benefits of KRS 157.100 to 157.180 until the books are paid for by the pupil, or h…

The chief state school officer shall each year cause textbooks that have not been made obsolete by new adoptions and that are in need of, and have valid content justifying rebinding, to be rebound by entering into a contract with a bindery who will perform services for districts …

All textbooks purchased under the provisions of KRS 157.100 shall be the property of the state. Each superintendent shall be custodian of the books in the district. The superintendent shall issue the books to the various schools in the district according to an administrative regu…

The chief state school officer, subject to the approval of the Kentucky Board of Education, shall promulgate an administrative regulation for the disposal of textbooks and programs that will no longer be used for instruction. Each superintendent may make obsolete books and materi…

The chief state school officer, subject to the approval of the Kentucky Board of Education, shall promulgate an administrative regulation governing the sale of books and materials by superintendents to pupils, parents, or guardians of pupils attending the public schools of the st…

distributing books. No teacher or school employee engaged in the distribution of textbooks under the provisions of KRS 157.100 to 157.170 shall sell, distribute, or in any way deal in any kind of school furniture or supplies for use in any public schools.

specified facilities. The Kentucky Department of Education shall cooperate with the Kentucky Educational Collaborative for State Agency Children to distribute funds for textbooks, programs, and instructional materials for use by children placed in facilities and programs operated…

The General Assembly declares that all students of the Commonwealth have a right to an appropriate and quality education in the public schools and the right to achieve the capacities under KRS 158.645. The General Assembly challenges all school personnel to take the necessary act…

regulations. (1) The General Assembly declares that parents play a critical role in the education of their students. Parents have a major responsibility to assist in the education of their students and deserve respect and meaningful involvement in the decision-making process rela…

(1) The Kentucky Board of Education shall promulgate administrative regulations to establish the criteria for the Kentucky Special Education Mentor Program that shall be implemented by July 1, 1999. The designation of "Kentucky Special Education Mentor" shall be given to the stat…

(1) There is created a dyslexia trust fund administered by the Kentucky Department of Education. (2) The dyslexia trust fund may receive appropriations, federal funds, contributions, gifts, and donations. (3) The purpose of the dyslexia trust fund shall be to finance grants to lo…

As used in KRS 157.200 to 157.290: (1) "Admissions and release committee" or "ARC" means a group of individuals that is responsible for developing, reviewing, or revising an individualized education program for an exceptional child or youth; (2) "Caseload" means the number of exc…

Maximum class size and caseload. (1) The Department of Education is hereby designated as the agency for cooperation with the state and federal government agencies, the nonpublic school programs and local schools of Kentucky in carrying out the provisions of KRS 157.200 to 157.290…

and reports -- Improvement plan -- Special education trust fund -- Administrative hearings. (1) The Commonwealth of Kentucky is committed to providing a comprehensive educational program for its exceptional children and youth. The Department of Education coordinates, directs, and…

School boards of any school district subject to KRS 157.200 to 157.290, shall establish and maintain special educational programs for exceptional children and youth who are residents of their school district, or contract for programs as may be authorized by KRS 157.280.

No person shall be employed to teach or serve as special education coordinator, director, supervisor, or other special education administrator in any special education program authorized by KRS 157.200 to 157.290 unless he holds certification as required by the Education Professi…

Each school district shall ascertain annually all children within the district who are disabled and shall report to the Department of Education on forms provided by the Department of Education and according to administrative regulations promulgated by the Kentucky Board of Educat…

residence, or privately -- Sharing costs -- Transportation -- Transportation to and from state schools for the deaf and blind. (1) If the number of children of school age in one (1) classification of exceptionality in a district is not sufficient to justify a special education pr…

Local boards of education may contract to provide "related services" to exceptional children when the appropriate services are not available through a public or private agency.

The local superintendent of schools shall present to the chief state school officer an application for tentative preapproval of a plan for special education programs for exceptional children.

It is the intention of the General Assembly to assure substantially equal public school educational opportunities for those in attendance in the public schools of the Commonwealth, but not to limit nor to prevent any school district from providing educational services and facilit…

preschool education -- Program components -- Certification of fully utilized program. (1) Each local school district shall ensure that a developmentally appropriate half-day preschool education program is provided for each child who is at risk of educational failure and who is fo…

education established. (1) There is hereby established a network of regional training centers for preschool and early childhood education as specified in the 1987 state preschool grant application for Public Law 99-457. The purpose of the regional training centers shall be to pro…

As used in KRS 157.310 to 157.440, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Administrative regulations of the Kentucky Board of Education" means those regulations which the Kentucky Board of Education may adopt upon the recommendation and with the advice of the commissioner of…

(1) There is hereby established the fund to support education excellence in Kentucky consisting of appropriations for distribution to districts in accordance with the provisions of KRS 157.310 to 157.440. (2) The resources of the public school fund shall be paid into the State Tr…

excellence in Kentucky. Each district which meets the following requirements shall be eligible to share in the distribution of funds from the fund to support education excellence in Kentucky: (1) Employs and compensates all teachers for not less than one hundred eighty-five (185)…

Allotment of program funds -- Recalculation of allocated funds -- Lengthening of school days. (1) (a) In determining the cost of the program to support education excellence in Kentucky, the statewide guaranteed base funding level, as defined in KRS 157.320, shall be computed by d…

The portion of the assessed value of distilled spirits exempted from ad valorem taxes under KRS 132.140 shall not be included in the calculation of the local effort required for Support Education Excellence in Kentucky or the tax rate-setting process in KRS Chapter 160.

(1) In determining the cost of transportation for each district, the chief state school officer shall determine the average cost per pupil per day of transporting pupils in districts having a similar density of transported pupils per square mile of area served by not less than ni…

funding components -- Additional compensation expenses. (1) For purposes of the state teacher salary schedule, teachers shall be placed on the schedule based on certification rank as established by the Education Professional Standards Board under KRS 161.1211 and by their years o…

(1) Notwithstanding any other statute to the contrary, a public school teacher, or a secondary teacher employed in a Kentucky Tech school or career and technical education program operated by the Department of Education, who has attained certification from the National Board for …

Supplement to be considered in calculation for retirement. Notwithstanding any other statute to the contrary: (1) (a) If funds are appropriated by the General Assembly for this purpose, a local board of education shall provide an annual salary supplement to all speech- language p…

For each school year the Finance and Administration Cabinet, on the certification of the chief state school officer, shall draw warrants on the State Treasurer for the amount of the public school fund due each district. Checks shall be issued by the State Treasurer and transmitte…

of historic settlement school facilities -- Use of capital outlay funds after mid- year adjustment -- Evaluation of school buildings. Public school funds made available to the credit of each district during any year shall be received, held, and expended by the district board, sub…

General Assembly. If, when the apportionments are being determined under the provisions of KRS 157.310 to 157.440, funds appropriated by the General Assembly to the public school fund are insufficient to provide the amount of money required under KRS 157.390, the chief state scho…

Program -- District may exceed levy authorized by KRS 160.470 if approved by voters -- Compensating tax rate. (1) (a) Notwithstanding any statutory provisions to the contrary, effective for school years beginning after July 1, 1990, the board of education of each school district …

in Kentucky relating to loss of state funds resulting from property assessment amendment. (1) After the Department of Revenue submits the certified property assessment data to the chief state school officer as required pursuant to KRS 160.470(4), a local board of education may re…

It is the intent of KRS 157.450 and 157.455 to: (1) Support the construction of new school buildings and the renovation of existing school buildings in a manner that will create a healthy environment for students and teachers while saving energy, resources, and operational expens…

of guidelines -- Assistance to school districts. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Life-cycle cost analysis" means to calculate and compare different building designs to identify which is the best investment over the long term. Life-cycle costs include design and construction cos…