Kentucky Code — 37868
Browse 189 sections in division 37868 of the Kentucky code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 160.010. County school district, what constitutes.
- § 160.020. Composition of independent school districts.
- § 160.030. Repealed, 1982.
- § 160.040. Merger of districts.
- § 160.041. Merger of independent district with county district.
- § 160.042. Election of members -- Present terms to continue, exception.
- § 160.043. Repealed, 1958.
- § 160.044. Time of election and terms of merged district board members.
- § 160.045. Transfer of adjacent territory to school district other than that in which it is located.
- § 160.047. Repealed, 1990.
- § 160.048. Transfer of area containing school outside district.
- § 160.049. Repealed, 1978.
- § 160.050. Repealed, 1956.
- § 160.060. Repealed, 1956.
- § 160.065. Liability for indebtedness in case of annexation.
- § 160.070. Repealed, 1956.
- § 160.080. Repealed, 1956.
- § 160.090. Repealed, 1956.
- § 160.100. Repealed, 1956.
- § 160.105. Fire and extended insurance coverage -- Primary liability insurance coverage.
- § 160.107. Repealed, 2025.
- § 160.110. Repealed, 1956.
- § 160.120. Repealed, 1956.
- § 160.125. School of innovation pilot project -- Fund -- Applications -- Distribution of funds -- Report -- Matching funds -- Termination of participation.
- § 160.130. Repealed, 1956.
- § 160.135. Truancy intervention -- Collection and reporting of data -- Requirements -- Annual report.
- § 160.140. Repealed, 1956.
- § 160.145. Definitions -- Designated traceable communication system -- Unauthorized electronic communication -- Parental authorization for exceptions -- Communications that are not restricted -- Disclosure of affiliation -- Report of unauthorized electronic communication -- Disciplinary penalties -- Notification and investigation of report.
- § 160.148. Prohibition of nondisclosure agreement relating to misconduct involving minor or student.
- § 160.150. Repealed, 1946.
- § 160.151. Criminal background checks and clear CA/N checks for new certified hires and student teachers in certified nonpublic schools -- New checks on teachers permitted every five years -- Fingerprinting -- Disclosure statement -- Employment of offenders by certified nonpublic schools -- Forms -- Nondisclosure agreement prohibited.
- § 160.152. Kentucky Educator Placement Service System -- Requirements -- Operation -- Annual report.
- § 160.153. Purple Star School Program -- Requirements.
- § 160.155. Definitions for KRS 160.157.
- § 160.156. State plan for community education -- Grant program.
- § 160.157. Funding of community schools.
- § 160.158. Council for Community Education -- Membership -- Bylaws -- Officers -- Meetings -- Reimbursement of expenses.
- § 160.1590. Definitions for KRS 160.1590 to 160.1599.
- § 160.1591. Legislative findings and declarations -- Public charter school project.
- § 160.15911. Kentucky Public Charter School Pilot Project -- Authorizers -- Approval of charter application -- Collective may act as substitute authorizer -- Annual report -- Performance review -- Contract renewal.
- § 160.1592. Public charter schools part of state's public education system -- Exemption from laws and regulations -- School requirements -- Enrollment option information for parents -- Board of directors -- Buildings and grounds, liability insurance, and other undertakings -- Requirement to be nonsectarian and nondiscriminatory -- Authorized grade levels -- Programs and services for students with disabilities -- Participation in athletic, academic, and other programs -- Single-sex public charter schools permitted -- Amendments to charter contract -- Acceptance of credits earned and grades received in public charter school -- Leave of absence to teach in public charter school.
- § 160.1593. Application to establish public charter school -- Submission to authorizer and state board -- Required application information.
- § 160.1594. Public charter school authorizer -- Duties -- Application reviews and decisions -- Criteria for approval -- Explanation of decision -- Submission to Department of Education -- School board member charter authorization training.
- § 160.1595. Request for technical assistance -- Appeal of approval or denial to state board -- Judicial review -- Joint oversight.
- § 160.1596. Board of directors of public charter schools -- Required elements of charter contract with authorizer -- Calculation of daily average attendance -- Proportional transfer of funds -- Services -- Negotiation by collaborative -- Calculations for first year -- Authorizer fee -- Schedule for funds transfer -- Grants -- Share of state and federal funds -- Distribution of closed school's assets -- Administrative regulations -- Annual report by authorizer.
- § 160.1597. Term of approved charter school contract -- Contract between board of directors and authorizer's governing body -- Corporate powers -- Prohibition against tax levies and use of eminent domain -- Immunity from liability.
- § 160.1598. Renewal or nonrenewal of charter contract -- School performance report -- Reasons for nonrenewal or revocation -- Administrative regulations -- Report of action taken and reason for decision -- School closure protocol.
- § 160.1599. Conversion of public noncharter school to public charter school -- Establishment requirements -- Administrative regulations -- Governance -- Enrollment requirements -- Employees -- Collective bargaining -- School facilities.
- § 160.160. Definition of "large school district" -- Boards of education -- Powers and procedures -- Approval of Department of Education required for mortgages and leases -- Authorization for general obligation bonds -- Rental and debt service payments -- Funds intercept -- Sale of real or personal property by board.
- § 160.170. Oath of board members.
- § 160.180. Eligibility for membership on local board of education -- Removal from office -- Reelection -- Annual in-service training requirements.
- § 160.190. Process to fill vacancy.
- § 160.200. Time of election of board members.
- § 160.210. Election of board members -- Divisions in districts -- Change in boundary lines of divisions -- Boards in large school districts.
- § 160.211. Divisions for the Jefferson County Board of Education.
- § 160.212. Election of board members where school district extends beyond a single county's boundary.
- § 160.220. Secret votes -- Nominating petitions.
- § 160.230. Presentation of candidate names.
- § 160.240. General election laws apply.
- § 160.250. Politics of candidate not to be indicated -- Definition of election booth.
- § 160.260. Number of candidates to be voted for.
- § 160.270. Regular and special meetings -- Public comment period.
- § 160.280. Per diem and expenses for board members -- Eligibility for insurance plans.
- § 160.290. General powers and duties of board.
- § 160.291. Manner of payment of salaries to school employees -- Pay for extra duties or services -- Fringe benefits program.
- § 160.293. Development of school property recreational facilities for school and community purposes.
- § 160.294. Recycling requirement for local school districts -- Exemptions.
- § 160.295. Procedure for promulgation of code of student rights and responsibilities for secondary schools -- Prohibited student activities.
- § 160.297. Renumbered as KRS 160.725.
- § 160.300. Investigations by board -- Power to summon witnesses.
- § 160.303. Reciprocal preference for resident bidders.
- § 160.305. Contracts for use of school buses to transport persons eligible for transportation services.
- § 160.306. Repealed, 1990.
- § 160.310. Board to provide insurance for school buses.
- § 160.320. Roads or passways to school buildings for pupils.
- § 160.325. Repealed, 2019.
- § 160.330. Board may furnish necessary school supplies free of charge -- Free textbooks for indigent children -- Waiver of fees.
- § 160.335. Board may distribute refurbished surplus technology to low-income students.
- § 160.340. Reports by boards to Kentucky Board of Education -- Filing of policies on specified matters.
- § 160.345. Definitions -- Required adoption of school councils for school-based 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-based decision making by board member, superintendent, district employee, or school council member -- Complaint procedure -- Disciplinary action -- Rescission of right to establish and powers of council -- Wellness policy.
- § 160.346. Definitions -- Targeted and comprehensive support and improvement -- 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 rigorous support and action -- District with significant number of targeted schools -- Evidence of violation -- Restoration of school's right to establish council.
- § 160.347. Removal of school council member.
- § 160.348. Advanced placement, International Baccalaureate, dual enrollment, dual credit courses, and other advanced coursework.
- § 160.350. Superintendent of schools -- Appointment -- Term -- Vacancy -- Publication of each superintendent's contract and any contract amendment, renewal, extension, or addendum -- Qualifications -- Removal -- Contract extension.
- § 160.352. Screening committee -- Minority representation -- Recommendations for superintendent.
- § 160.360. Repealed, 1990.
- § 160.370. Superintendent as executive agent of board -- Duties -- Duties of local 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.
- § 160.380. School district personnel actions -- Restrictions on appointment of 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 -- Requirements for drivers of non-school bus passenger vehicles -- Probationary status -- Termination on basis of criminal record -- Application forms -- Allegation of abusive conduct made against employee -- Employees charged with felony offenses -- Notification by employee found to have abused or neglected a child.
- § 160.382. Exit surveys.
- § 160.390. Duties of superintendent -- Personnel actions.
- § 160.395. Duty of superintendents to distribute information to school board and school council members.
- § 160.400. Duties of outgoing superintendent.
- § 160.410. Expenses of superintendent and employees.
- § 160.420. Repealed, 1990.
- § 160.430. Repealed, 1966.
- § 160.431. School finance officer -- Certification requirements -- Continuing education -- Financial reports.
- § 160.440. Secretary of board of education.
- § 160.445. Sports safety course required for interscholastic coaches -- Training and education on symptoms, treatment, and risks of concussion -- Venue-specific emergency action plans.
- § 160.450. Fiscal year of school districts.
- § 160.455. Definition of tax-levying authority.
- § 160.460. Levy of school taxes -- Procedures.
- § 160.461. Local board of education budget -- Schedule of adoption -- Minimum reserve.
- § 160.462. Repealed, 1966.
- § 160.463. School district financial disclosure website -- Publication of financial statement and school report card.
- § 160.464. Repealed, 1984.
- § 160.470. Tax rate limits -- Hearing -- Levy exceeding four percent increase subject to recall vote or reconsideration -- Levy of minimum equivalent tax rate.
- § 160.472. Determination of maximum permissible school district revenue.
- § 160.473. Limits for board of education tax rates on personal property -- Public hearing and recall not applicable.
- § 160.474. Repealed, 2000.
- § 160.475. Ad valorem tax levy for school purposes -- Maximum rates -- Subdistrict taxes abolished.
- § 160.476. School building fund taxes -- Investment -- Expenditures -- Audit.
- § 160.477. Repealed, 1996.
- § 160.480. Repealed, 1946.
- § 160.482. Occupational license, policy (counties of 300,000).
- § 160.483. Occupational license fees, rates, exemptions (counties of 300,000) -- Sunset on new taxes -- Regulation of ministers.
- § 160.484. Occupational license fees, imposition and discontinuation (counties of 300,000) -- Sunset on new taxes.
- § 160.485. Occupational license fees, adoption -- Referendum procedure.
- § 160.486. Occupational license fees -- Collection -- Distribution (counties of 300,000).
- § 160.487. Action for refund of occupational license fees (counties of 300,000).
- § 160.488. Effect of occupational license fees law (counties of 300,000).
- § 160.490. Repealed, 1946.
- § 160.500. Collector of school taxes -- Allowances to -- Special collector -- Tax bills.
- § 160.505. Certain taxes to be collected by person appointed by board of education.
- § 160.510. Taxes paid to depository -- Reports of tax collector.
- § 160.515. Cash rounding for payments to school districts.
- § 160.520. Penalties for tax delinquency -- General laws apply.
- § 160.530. Use of school money.
- § 160.531. Repealed, 1965.
- § 160.532. Repealed, 1965.
- § 160.533. Repealed, 1965.
- § 160.534. Repealed, 1965.
- § 160.540. Power to borrow money in anticipation of taxes.
- § 160.550. Expenditure of funds in excess of income and revenue of any year -- Certification of school district -- Penalties.
- § 160.560. Treasurer of board of education -- Selection -- Bond -- Duties.
- § 160.570. Depository of board -- Bond -- Duties.
- § 160.580. Gift, grant, or devise to school board.
- § 160.590. Repealed, 1990
- § 160.593. Levy of occupational license tax and utility gross receipts license tax for schools.
- § 160.595. Repealed, 1984.
- § 160.597. Levy recall procedure.
- § 160.599. Emergency loans to public common school districts.
- § 160.600. Renumbered as KRS 160.991
- § 160.601. Taxes, how designated.
- § 160.603. Notice and hearing before levy.
- § 160.605. Occupational license tax for schools -- Exemptions.
- § 160.607. Rate of tax -- Sunset on new taxes.
- § 160.608. Repealed, 1984.
- § 160.609. Repealed, 1984.
- § 160.610. Repealed, 1966.
- § 160.611. Nonresidents of school districts exempt.
- § 160.613. Utility gross receipts license tax for schools -- Exemptions -- User liable if supplier is exempt -- Direct pay authorization -- Tollers.
- § 160.6131. Definitions for KRS 160.613 to 160.617.
- § 160.614. Tax on gross receipts from furnishing of cable television services and multichannel video programming services.
- § 160.6145. Repealed, 2010.
- § 160.615. Taxes payable, when -- Extension.
- § 160.6151. Administration of taxes authorized by KRS 160.613 and 160.614.
- § 160.6152. Superintendents to provide information to department and to utilities -- Allocation of tax payments -- Agreement by participating districts within county to allocate based on average daily attendance -- Resolution of conflicts.
- § 160.6153. Procedure when allocation on taxpayer's return varies from school district boundary information provided by superintendents -- Adjustment -- Exceptions -- Reallocation agreement.
- § 160.6154. Collection and distribution of taxes imposed under KRS 160.613 and 160.614.
- § 160.6155. Taxes to be distributed in compliance with KRS 160.613 to 160.617.
- § 160.6156. Refund of utility gross receipts tax -- Effect of utility's rate increase -- Appeal to Circuit Court.
- § 160.6157. Penalty provisions applicable to taxes levied by school districts -- Penalty imposed for erroneous billing.
- § 160.6158. Waiver of penalties.
- § 160.617. Utility rate increase.
- § 160.620. Repealed, 1966.
- § 160.621. Repealed, 2026.
- § 160.623. Repealed, 1976.
- § 160.625. Repealed, 2026.
- § 160.627. Repealed, 2026.
- § 160.630. Repealed, 1966.
- § 160.631. Renumbered in part as KRS 158.135.
- § 160.632. Renumbered in part as KRS 158.135.
- § 160.633. Repealed, 2026.
- § 160.635. Continuance of tax until reduced -- Expiration date.
- § 160.637. Reimbursement of costs.
- § 160.640. Custodian of tax funds to give bond -- Department of Revenue excepted -- Expense, how paid.
- § 160.642. Custodian to be audited.
- § 160.644. Tax proceeds, apportionment to districts.
- § 160.646. Repealed, 1976.
- § 160.648. Penalty for failure to make returns or pay tax.
- § 160.700. Definitions related to KRS 160.700 to 160.730.
- § 160.705. Confidentiality of students' education records -- Procedures for protection and preservation of education records and recordings of school activities.
- § 160.710. Notification of privacy rights -- Written policies.
- § 160.715. Inspection and review of records -- Procedures -- Fees for copying permitted.
- § 160.720. Consent to release of records -- Release without consent -- Waiver by student -- Records of release.
- § 160.725. Directory information on student -- Student's right to restrict release -- Official recruiters' access to public high school campuses and student directory information.
- § 160.730. Challenge of contents of record -- Procedure.
- § 160.990. Penalties.
- § 160.991. Repealed, 1975.