Title XIII, Education

(1) Each local board of education shall adopt a plan and procedures for recycling white paper and cardboard in all board-owned and operated facilities. (2) A local board of education shall be exempt from the requirement to establish a recycling program as described in this sectio…

for secondary schools -- Prohibited student activities. (1) The board of education of each public school district in the Commonwealth may adopt and promulgate a code of student rights and responsibilities for secondary schools from recommendations of a committee composed of stude…

(1) A board of education may, in any investigation or proceeding before it, concerning a matter that may be a proper subject of inquiry by it, summon witnesses by subpoena, enforce their attendance, and require that they testify under properly administered oath. (2) No person so …

For all contracts awarded by a local board of education, the board shall apply the reciprocal preference for resident bidders described in KRS 45A.494.

transportation services. (1) The Cabinet for Health and Family Services may enter into a contract with the local board of education of any school district in the Commonwealth for the use of school buses to transport persons eligible for transportation services at times when the b…

Each board of education may set aside funds to provide for liability and indemnity insurance against the negligence of the drivers or operators of school buses, other motor vehicles, and mobile equipment owned or operated by the board. If the transportation of pupils is let out u…

Any board of education may make provision for roads or passways to its school buildings to accommodate all pupils who are entitled to attend school, and may apply to the county judge/executive or the governing authority of the city having jurisdiction to open the same as other ro…

textbooks for indigent children -- Waiver of fees. (1) Each board of education may furnish necessary school supplies free of charge to indigent children in its school district or to such other children as it deems advisable, under such rules and regulations as it may adopt, excep…

students. (1) A local board of education may adopt a policy for distribution of refurbished surplus technology to low-income students who do not have technology in their homes. The policy shall include: (a) A written determination that the property no longer meets the Kentucky Ed…

specified matters. (1) Each board of education shall, on the forms prepared by the chief state school officer and approved by the Kentucky Board of Education, prepare and submit to the Kentucky Board of Education reports on all phases of its school service. Each board may prepare…

decision making -- Composition -- Responsibilities -- Personnel decisions -- Procedures to fill vacancy in principal position -- Professional development -- Exemption -- Formula for allocation of school district funds -- Intentionally engaging in conduct detrimental to school-bas…

Revised plans -- Turnaround audit -- Removal of principal -- Review and report -- Intervention process -- Professional learning requirement -- Adoption of evidence-based curriculum and selection of high-quality instructional resources -- Exit criteria -- Schools requiring rigorou…

A member of a school council may be removed from the council for cause, after an opportunity for hearing before the local board, by a vote of four-fifths (4/5) of the membership of a board of education after the recommendation of the chief state school officer pursuant to KRS 156…

credit courses, and other advanced coursework. (1) (a) The Kentucky Department of Education shall make available to schools information concerning the prerequisite content necessary for success in advanced coursework, including secondary courses, Advanced Placement or AP courses,…

Publication of each superintendent's contract and any contract amendment, renewal, extension, or addendum -- Qualifications -- Removal -- Contract extension. (1) After considering the recommendations of a screening committee, as provided in KRS 160.352, each board of education sh…

superintendent. (1) For purposes of this section the term "minority" means American Indian; Alaskan native; African-American; Hispanic, including persons of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, and Central or South American origin; Pacific islander; or other ethnic group underrepresente…

board of education and superintendent in county with consolidated local government or having five hundred thousand inhabitants -- Approval of small purchases in county with consolidated local government. (1) The superintendent shall be the executive agent of the board that appoin…

relatives, violent offenders, and persons convicted of sex crimes -- Restriction on assignment to alternative education program as disciplinary action -- Disclosure of disciplinary action related to abusive conduct of applicant -- Background checks and clear CA/N checks -- Requir…

(1) When a school district employee voluntarily leaves the district, the local board of education shall ensure that each employee completes an exit survey in accordance with a policy approved by the board. (2) (a) The Kentucky Department of Education shall develop a system for sc…

(1) The superintendent shall devote himself exclusively to his duties. He shall exercise general supervision of the schools of his district, examine their condition and progress, and keep himself informed of the progress in other districts. He shall prepare or have prepared all b…

school council members. (1) Superintendents of public school districts shall distribute the written information provided by the Office of the Attorney General and the Department for Libraries and Archives under KRS 15.257 and 171.223 to each elected school board member and each s…

An outgoing superintendent shall, before his last month's salary is paid, make all reports required by law to date of his retirement and shall have information assembled to date of his retirement for any reports to be made by the incoming superintendent.

A board of education may pay the necessary expenses of its superintendent and other employees when such expenses are incurred on order of the board.

education -- Financial reports. (1) The local district superintendent shall appoint a finance officer who shall be responsible for the cash, investment, and financial management of the school district. (2) (a) A person initially employed as a school finance officer on or after Ju…

Each board of education shall appoint a secretary for a term of one (1), two (2), three (3), or four (4) years. The secretary shall not be a member of the board of education. The board of education of any district may appoint its superintendent as secretary. However, a superinten…

education on symptoms, treatment, and risks of concussion -- Venue-specific emergency action plans. (1) (a) The Kentucky Board of Education or organization or agency designated by the board to manage interscholastic athletics shall require each interscholastic coach to complete a…

The fiscal year of all school districts shall begin on July 1 and end on June 30.

As used in KRS 160.460 to 160.597, unless the context requires otherwise: "Tax-levying authority" shall mean boards of education of county school districts and independent school districts.

(1) All school taxes shall be levied by the board of education of each school district. The tax-levying authority shall levy an ad valorem tax within the limits prescribed in KRS 160.470, which will obtain for the school district the amount of money needed as shown in the distric…

reserve. (1) Each local board of education, with the assistance of the district superintendent and district finance officer, shall establish a budget for each fiscal year as follows: (a) On or before January 31, the superintendent shall submit to the local board for review at a p…

statement and school report card. (1) The local board of education of each school district shall direct its superintendent to publish on the school district's main website a link to a district financial disclosure website that contains: (a) The following financial reports to be p…

to recall vote or reconsideration -- Levy of minimum equivalent tax rate. (1) (a) Notwithstanding any statutory provisions to the contrary, a local board of education shall not levy a general tax rate which will produce more revenue, exclusive of revenue from net assessment growt…

Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter to the contrary, the tax rate on motor vehicles and trailers for the preceding year shall be applied to the preceding year's total valuation of such motor vehicles and trailers and the resulting amount added to the revenue from other…

hearing and recall not applicable. (1) (a) For assessment years beginning before January 1, 2029, in the event that a general tax rate applicable to real property levied by a local board of education will produce a percentage increase in revenue from personal property less than t…

taxes abolished. (1) Except as otherwise provided in KRS 157.440, 160.470(1), and 160.476(4), the ad valorem tax levy for school purposes, other than sinking fund purposes, in each school district, shall be not more than one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) annually on each one hun…

(1) The board of education of any district may, in addition to other taxes for school purposes, levy not less than four cents ($0.04) nor more than twenty cents ($0.20) on each one hundred dollars ($100) valuation of property subject to local taxation, to provide a special fund f…

To help provide for an efficient system of common schools in any county having three hundred thousand (300,000) or more inhabitants, the General Assembly delegates to the fiscal courts and boards of education of any such county the powers and duties set forth in KRS 160.482 to 16…

on new taxes -- Regulation of ministers. (1) (a) The license fees imposed under KRS 160.482 to 160.488 on businesses, trades, occupations, and professions shall be at a single, uniform percentage rate not to exceed one-half of one percent (0.5%) of: 1. Salaries, wages, and commis…

300,000) -- Sunset on new taxes. (1) Except as provided in subsections (2), (3), and (4) of this section the fiscal court has discretion to impose or not impose the license fees authorized by KRS 160.482 to 160.488 at a percentage rate, not to exceed one-half of one percent (0.5%…

(1) The imposition of license fees authorized hereby shall be by order or resolution of the fiscal court. There shall be no more than one (1) order or resolution passed in any one (1) calendar year. In the case of license fees required to be imposed pursuant to subsection (2) of …

The license fees imposed by authority of KRS 160.482 to 160.488 shall be collected by the fiscal court or its agent, and the proceeds thereof shall be promptly divided and distributed to each school district within the county in proportion to the number of pupils in average daily…

Any person who has paid the license fees imposed under KRS 160.484 and 160.485 may bring an action for the refund thereof without interest only within one (1) year after the license fees for any year become due. If the court finds that the license fees were invalidly collected fo…

(1) KRS 68.180, 68.185, 68.190, and 160.482 to 160.488 shall not be construed as repealing any other laws of the Commonwealth relating to the levy, assessment, and collection of taxes or license fees but shall be held and construed to authorize an additional license fee, against …

(1) School taxes shall be collected by the sheriff for county school districts and by the regular tax collector of the city or special tax collector for the independent school districts at the same time and in the same manner as other local taxes are collected, except as provided…

KRS 160.500 to the contrary notwithstanding, if a tax authorized by KRS 160.593 to 160.597, 160.601 to 160.617, and 160.635 to 160.648 shall be collected by a local board of education, the local board of education shall appoint a person who shall be responsible for collection and…

The tax collector shall, on or before the tenth day of each month, pay to the depository of the district board of education the amount of school tax collected up to and including the last day of the preceding month, except that the county clerk shall deduct his collection fee bef…

(1) In satisfaction of debts owed to a school district: (a) Rounding cash transactions to the nearest five cent ($0.05) increment shall occur: 1. When pennies are not available to complete resolution of a transaction; and 2. On settlement of the final bill of sale, invoice, or fe…

The laws applying to penalties on and the collection of delinquent school taxes, except the taxes imposed by KRS 160.613 to 160.617 shall be the same as the general laws applying to penalties on and the collection of delinquent taxes of the taxing districts which embrace the vari…

The money collected by taxation under the provisions of KRS 160.460 to 160.520 and other school money shall be expended by the board of education in accordance with the working budget submitted to and approved by the Kentucky Board of Education.

Any board of education may borrow money on the credit of the board and issue negotiable notes in anticipation of revenues from school taxes and state revenue for the fiscal year in which the money is borrowed, and may pledge the anticipated revenues from state and local sources f…