156.439 District allocation for textbook and instructional materials -- Use -- School

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plans -- Carryover. (Effective until July 1, 2026)

(1)The Kentucky Board of Education shall promulgate by administrative regulations

the method for calculating and distributing a district's textbook and instructional

materials allocation. The district's allocation shall be used by schools to purchase:

(a)Textbooks and programs from the state recommended list;

(b)Textbooks and programs not on the state's recommended list, if notification is

submitted to the Department of Education that the material meets the selection

criteria of the State Textbook Commission in KRS 156.405(3)(b), the subject

specific criteria of the textbook reviewers pursuant to KRS 156.407(5), and

compliance with the required publisher specifications;

(c)Instructional materials, with an approved plan pursuant to subsection

(2)of

this section; or

(d)Any combination of the above.

(2)The district shall identify all purchases made with the textbook and instructional

materials allocation and shall keep on file a plan developed by each school, in

accordance with administrative regulations promulgated by the Kentucky Board of

Education, for providing the necessary textbooks and instructional materials for all

grades, and subject areas, including the replacement of books and materials during

the six

(6)year adoption period. A school may carry forward to the next school year

any part of its textbook and instructional materials allocation which has been

distributed to the district. If a local board does not approve a school council's plan,

the council may appeal to the commissioner and an administrative hearing shall be

conducted in accordance with KRS Chapter 13B.