Title XIII, Education

The governing body of a state educational institution erecting a building or buildings and appurtenances under the provisions of KRS 162.340 shall, by resolution, provide that the bonds shall be payable, solely from the revenues of such building or buildings, provided, said gover…

If a surplus is accumulated in the maintenance fund equal to the cost of maintaining the building or buildings during the remaining portion of the calendar or fiscal year, as may be provided by the resolution adopted under KRS 162.360 and the cost of maintaining and operating the…

The bonds issued under authority of KRS 162.350 shall be obligations only of the governing body of the institution, payable as to both principal and interest from the revenues as pledged for that purpose. In no event shall they be considered a debt for which the credit of the sta…

(1) Any board of education may obtain buildings for school purposes by proceeding under the provisions of KRS 162.120 to 162.290 utilizing a nonprofit finance corporation established pursuant to the provisions of KRS 273.161 to 273.390, inclusive, and KRS 58.180 as an issuing age…

-- Issuance of bonds. (1) Notwithstanding any other statute or administrative regulation to the contrary, any nonprofit finance corporation formed under KRS 162.385 may lease land from any government entity or agency for the purposes of constructing a school building on the site.…

containing a designated city. (1) The board of education of any designated city or of a county containing a designated city may, by resolution, establish a fund to be known as the "insurance fund" after written approval of the plan to administer the fund has been secured from the…

The board of education authorized to establish an insurance fund pursuant to KRS 162.440 may raise the maximum limit of the insurance fund from time to time as it deems best. Until the amount in the fund equals the maximum limit, the board of education shall each year, from the r…

The insurance fund shall be kept on deposit with the treasurer of the board of education, unless by order of the board it is invested in United States, state, county, or city bonds that are not payable from assessments, and are registered, if practicable. If the bonds are coupon …

The board of education shall cause every building to be carefully examined annually by a competent insurance inspector. The inspector shall make a written report of the result of his examination with recommendations.

When an injury occurs to any building or its contents from fire, tornado, windstorm, cyclone, casualty, explosion, riot, or flood, the business director or secretary of the board of education shall, within thirty (30) days thereafter, prepare and file with the board a sworn writt…

policy. If any insurance company delays in paying to the board of education the amount of any loss under a policy, the board may, on the recommendation of its building and finance committee, appropriate from the insurance fund a sum not exceeding the amount of the probable loss u…

No member of the board of education shall vote for, and no officer of the board shall certify to or draw a check for, an appropriation in violation of KRS 162.440 to 162.490.

As used in KRS 162.520 to 162.620, the following terms and words have the following respective meanings, unless another meaning is clearly indicated by the context: (1) As used in KRS 162.540, 162.550, 162.580, 162.590, 162.600, and 162.620 "authority" means "State Property and B…

162.520 to 162.620. Upon receiving a request in writing from a board of education, the authority may, in its discretion, assist such board of education in financing any project by acting in the capacity and manner authorized to be performed by cities under KRS 162.120 to 162.290,…

Moneys received by the authority as rentals under any lease, and from the sale of bonds, are declared not to be funds of the Commonwealth but shall be corporate funds of the authority to be held, administered, invested, and disbursed as trust funds under the terms, provisions, pl…

In connection with each bond issue of the authority, it shall be the duty of the authority: (1) To require the board of education to insure the project to its full insurable value, or to the amount of the bonds outstanding from time to time, whichever is the less, against the haz…

It shall be the duty of the department, upon written request of the authority: (1) To cause its auditing staff to audit the financial records of a board of education relating to any identified and described bond issue of the authority, as an incident to the department's next ensu…

designation. (1) Bonds of the authority shall be issued in the name of the authority, shall be designated "school building revenue bonds," or, if appropriate, "school building revenue refunding bonds," and shall additionally be identified by the name of the board of education exe…

Bonds of the authority shall be sold only upon the basis of sealed bids or proposals, publicly solicited, received, opened and acted upon. The "publication area," as that term is used in KRS Chapter 424, shall not be deemed to be the area within which the office of the authority …

Any person who violates any of the provisions of KRS 162.500 is liable to the board of education, in an action brought by the board of education, or by any citizen of the district, or by the chief state school officer, for the restoration of the wrongful appropriation. In additio…

blind -- Employment status and benefits -- Hiring process -- Work location assignments -- Accrued leave. (1) The Kentucky Department of Education, with assistance from the Kentucky Personnel Cabinet, shall adopt a salary schedule for teachers in the Kentucky School for the Deaf a…

All bequests or donations made for a specified use with regard to the state vocational education program, vocational education facilities, vocational education personnel, or present or prospective vocational education pupils shall be applied to that use and no other so long as it…

The principal of an area vocational education center or state vocational technical school shall be paid a base monthly salary, which is at least equal to the highest paid teacher supervised by the principal, when the education and experience of the principal is equal to or greate…

The purpose of KRS 163.450 to 163.470 is to provide for a separate and specialized agency for the blind to provide for and improve the rehabilitation of the blind and visually impaired citizens of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in order that they may increase their social and econo…

As used in this chapter unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Office" means the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, or the duly authorized division within the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation; (2) "Legally blind" means a visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye…

blind and visually impaired. (1) The executive director shall be appointed by the secretary of the Education and Labor Cabinet pursuant to KRS 12.050. (2) The office shall be the state agency responsible for all rehabilitation services for the blind and the visually impaired and …

Kentucky Industries for the Blind. (1) The General Assembly finds that the provision of industrial evaluation, training, and employment opportunities for individuals who are blind or visually impaired is a valuable and necessary component of vocational rehabilitation services. Th…

services. (1) The office may contract, to the extent funds are available under this chapter and under conditions and standards established by the office, with any nonprofit corporation able to provide expertise in the operation of workshops for and rehabilitation of individuals w…

information for the disabled. The General Assembly finds and declares that: (1) Approximately eight hundred seventy-four thousand (874,000) Kentuckians have disabilities and, of this number, approximately three hundred thousand (300,000) are blind or visually impaired or have oth…

As used in KRS 163.485 to 163.489, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) "Accessible electronic information service" means news and other timely information, including but not limited to magazines, newsletters, schedules, announcements, and newspapers, provided to eligible i…

provided -- Use of funding. (1) The Accessible Electronic Information Service Program is created and shall be provided by the office. The program shall include: (a) Intrastate access for eligible persons to read audio editions of newspapers, magazines, newsletters, schedules, ann…

The "deaf" and "hard of hearing" are persons who have hearing disorders. They are people who cannot hear and understand speech clearly through the ear alone, with or without hearing aids.

-- Compensation. (1) The Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing shall consist of: (a) Seven (7) members appointed by the Governor as follows: 1. One (1) audiologist chosen from a list of three (3) names submitted by the Kentucky Speech and Hearing Association; 2. Three (3) ha…

(1) The commission shall advise the Governor and the General Assembly concerning policy and programs to enhance the quality and coordination of services for the deaf and hard of hearing. (2) The commission shall cooperate with and assist local, state and federal governments and p…

(1) The commission shall employ an executive director who shall serve at the pleasure of the commission. The executive director shall be familiar with the problems of the deaf and hard of hearing. (2) Subject to the approval of the commission, the executive director shall: (a) Em…

All departments, divisions, boards, bureaus, commissions, or agencies of state government shall provide the commission data necessary to carry out its duties under KRS 163.510 and 163.515.

telecommunications equipment -- Authority for administrative regulations. (1) As used in this section and KRS 163.527: (a) "Specialized telecommunications equipment" means devices such as, but not limited to, telecommunications devices for the deaf, amplified phones, loud ringers…

The Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing shall provide to the General Assembly an annual report on the operation of the Telecommunications Access Program. The report shall be due on July 1 of each year, beginning July 1, 1995, and, at a minimum, provide: (1) The number of p…

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) "Administrator" means the chief executive officer of the institution; (2) "Adult basic education" means instruction in mathematics, science, social studies, reading, language arts, and related areas to enable ind…

As used in KRS Chapter 164, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) "Advanced placement" or "AP" means a college-level course that incorporates all topics and instructional strategies specified by the College Board on its standard syllabus for a given subject area and is licen…

Membership -- Terms -- Duties. (1) There is established the Governor's Postsecondary Education Nominating Committee which shall consist of seven (7) members representing each of the Supreme Court districts who shall be appointed by the Governor with the consent of the House of Re…

board -- Conflicts of interest. (1) No appointing authority shall appoint himself or his spouse, or the Governor or his spouse, to a governing board of a postsecondary institution created pursuant to KRS 164.131, 164.321, or 164.821, or to the Council on Postsecondary Education c…

The boards created pursuant to KRS 164.131, 164.321, and 164.821 shall be successor boards to those established pursuant to KRS 164.130, 164.320, and 164.820 and shall assure continuance of all legal and contractual rights, functions, duties, and liabilities, including, but not l…

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky hereby makes the following findings and determinations and promulgates the following statements of legislative intent: (1) That the attainment by every citizen of his or her educational goals will inure to the general welfare, …

(1) There is hereby created and established a Council on Postsecondary Education in Kentucky as an agency, instrumentality, and political subdivision of the Commonwealth and a public body corporate and politic having all powers, duties, and responsibilities as are provided to it …

Higher Education Assistance Authority -- Code of ethics. (1) By January 1, 1997, the board of the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority and the board of the Kentucky Higher Education Student Loan Corporation shall prepare and submit to the Governor, the Legislative Resea…