Title XIII, Education

A municipal university, college or junior college as used in this chapter means any university, college or junior college established or supported in whole or in part by funds raised by municipal taxation.

programs. It shall be a public purpose for a city of any class to support postsecondary education through the appropriation of funds for postsecondary educational facilities located or to be located within the city and for postsecondary educational programs offered within the cit…

The board of aldermen of a city of the first class having a municipal university may make an annual appropriation from the general fund of the city for the support of such university. Such appropriation shall be such sum as in the judgment of the board of aldermen shall, when sup…

The funds appropriated by the board of aldermen of a city of the first class as provided in KRS 165.030 may be paid to the treasurer of the university by the director of finance of the city in regular monthly installments.

The board of aldermen of a city of the first class having a municipal university may devote to university purposes funds derived from other sources as well as from taxes levied for general city purposes.

The board of aldermen of a city of the first class may set apart or appropriate as a site for the buildings and grounds of its municipal university any public grounds of the city not specially appropriated or dedicated by ordinance to another use.

The board of trustees of a municipal university in a city of the first class may acquire, by purchase or gift, lands and improvements for the purpose of expanding the plant and extending the usefulness of the university, and when unable to agree with the owner of land and improve…

The board of aldermen of any city of the first class may adopt an ordinance submitting to the voters of the city at any regular election held in the city the question of whether or not bonds of the city shall be issued for the benefit of the municipal university if the ordinance …

Bonds issued under authority of KRS 165.080 shall be placed under the control of the president and trustees of the university, who shall determine when and at what price they shall be sold, but no bonds shall be sold for less than par. Any premium obtained from the bonds shall co…

The money derived from the bonds issued under authority of KRS 165.080 shall be used to meet the needs of the university. The authorized use includes the payment for real estate and buildings purchased or to be purchased, the erection and alteration of improvements, and the secur…

The president and treasurer of the university shall each give bond with approved surety in a sum fixed by the board of aldermen of the city. The bond shall be payable to the university and obligate the makers to perform faithfully the duties of their offices and faithfully accoun…

The president and trustees of the university may employ such persons as they deem necessary, including architects and other technical advisers, to perform any work for which a bond issue has been provided.

Any work for which a bond issue has been provided may be done by contract or otherwise, in the discretion of the president and trustees of the university. When any contract involves the expenditure of two thousand dollars ($2,000) or more it shall be awarded to the lowest and bes…

The president and trustees of a municipal university in a city of the first class shall annually report to the mayor and the board of aldermen of the city what they do under the provisions of KRS 165.080 to 165.130, and account for all funds received by them. An annual report and…

(1) Any city of the first class may, if the necessary ground is conveyed to the city without cost and free of all liens and encumbrances, erect law school buildings, with necessary appurtenances, for the purpose of supplying the municipal university of the city with adequate buil…

cities of the first class -- Establishment -- Board of trustees -- Advisory board prohibited. (1) Except for cities of the first class, cities with populations equal to or greater than three thousand (3,000) based upon the most recent federal decennial census may establish or acq…

The legislative body of a city which has established or acquired a municipal college pursuant to KRS 165.160 or where a junior college exists under the provisions of KRS 165.160 to 165.260 may, for educational purposes, use and employ all the authority contained in KRS 165.080 to…

The legislative body of any city with a population equal to or greater than twenty thousand (20,000) based upon the most recent federal decennial census that has a municipal college may, after an election as required by Section 184 of the Constitution, annually levy and collect, …

(1) The fiscal court of a county containing a city with a population equal to or greater than twenty thousand (20,000) based upon the most recent federal decennial census that has a municipal college, having obtained the authorization of the legislative body of such city for the …

Any city having a municipal college pursuant to KRS 165.160 may devote to college purposes any funds or properties derived from sources other than taxes levied for special purposes.

The legislative body of any city having a municipal college pursuant to KRS 165.160 may appropriate as a site for the buildings and grounds for that municipal college any public grounds of the city not especially appropriated or dedicated to any other use.

The board of trustees of a municipal college established pursuant to KRS 165.160 may acquire, by purchase or gift, lands and improvements for the purpose of expanding the plant and extending the usefulness of the college, and when unable to agree with the owner of land and improv…

An annual report and audit of receipts and disbursements of funds received by a municipal college under KRS 165.160 to 165.190 shall be made in addition to such other reports on the condition of the college as are required by its charter or by the governing body of the city.

of. (1) Boards of education of designated cities may establish or acquire by lawful conveyance municipal junior colleges for the purpose of promoting public education. A college in a designated city shall not constitute a municipal junior college or receive support as provided in…

The board of education of any city having a municipal junior college pursuant to KRS 165.210 may request and the legislative body of the city shall then, after an election as required by Section 184 of the Constitution, annually cause to be levied and collected, for the support o…

The board of education of any city that establishes or acquires a municipal junior college pursuant to KRS 165.210 may, for the purpose of supplementing the tax provided in KRS 165.220, charge each pupil attending the college an annual tuition fee of not more than two hundred dol…

The board of education of any city that has established or acquired a municipal junior college pursuant to KRS 165.210 may set apart or appropriate any site or school building, or part of a school building and grounds, not needed for general school purposes, for the use of a muni…

An annual report and an audit of receipts and disbursements of the junior college fund shall be made by the board of education of the city.

KRS 165.210 to 165.250 do not affect cities that had established and were operating, on January 27, 1937, municipal junior colleges other than by boards of education.