KRS § 160.210 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 160 / Section 160.210
160.210 Election of board members -- Divisions in districts -- Change in boundary lines of divisions -- Boards in counties containing city of first class
Status: in_force

160.210 Election of board members -- Divisions in districts -- Change in boundary

lines of divisions -- Boards in counties containing city of first class.

(1) In independent school districts, the members of the school board shall be elected

from the district at large. In county school districts, members shall be elected from

divisions.

(2) The board of education of each county school district shall, not later than July 1,

1940, divide its district into five (5) divisions containing integral voting precincts

and as equal in population insofar as is practicable. In first dividing the county

district into divisions the board shall, if more than one (1) of its members reside in

one (1) division, determine by lot which member from that division shall represent

that division, and which members shall represent the divisions in which no member

resides. The members so determined to represent divisions in which no member

resides shall be considered the members from those divisions until their terms

expire, and thereafter the members from those divisions shall be nominated and

elected as provided in KRS 160.200 and 160.220 to 160.250.

(3) Any changes made in division boundary lines shall be to make divisions as equal in

population and containing integral voting precincts insofar as is practical. No

change may be made in division boundary lines less than five (5) years after the last

change in any division lines, except in case of merger of districts, a change in

territory due to annexation, or to allow compliance with KRS 117.055(2).

(4) (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (3) of this section, if one

hundred (100) residents of a county school district division petition the

Kentucky Board of Education stating that the school district divisions are not

divided as nearly equal in population as can reasonably be expected, the chief

state school officer shall cause an investigation to determine the validity of the

petition, the investigation to be completed within thirty (30) days after receipt

of the petition.

(b) If the investigation reveals the school district to be unequally divided

according to population, the Kentucky Board of Education, upon the

recommendation of the chief state school officer, shall order the local board of

education to make changes in school district divisions as are necessary to

equalize population within the five (5) school divisions.

(c) If any board fails to comply with the order of the Kentucky Board of

Education within thirty (30) days or prior to August 1 in any year in which any

members of the board are to be elected, members shall be elected from the

district at large until the order of the Kentucky Board of Education has been

complied with.

(d) No change shall be made in the boundary of any division under the provisions

of this subsection after August 1 in the year in which a member of the school

board is to be elected from any division.

(5) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (2) of this section, in counties

containing a city of the first class wherein a merger pursuant to KRS 160.041 shall

have been accomplished, there shall be seven (7) divisions as equal in population as

is practicable, with members elected from divisions. To be eligible to be elected

from a division, a candidate must reside in that division. The divisions, based upon

1970 United States Census Bureau Reports on total population by census tracts for

Jefferson County, Kentucky shall be as follows: Division One shall include census

tracts 1-28; Division Two shall include census tracts 29-35, 47-53, 57-74, 80-84,

93, 129, 130; Division Three shall include census tracts 75-79, 85-88, 98-106,

107.01, 108; Division Four shall include census tracts 121.01, 123-128; Division

Five shall include census tracts 36-46, 56, 90, 120, 121.02, 122; Division Six shall

include census tracts 54, 55, 91, 92, 94, 95, 110.02, 113, 114, 117.01, 117.02, 118,

119; Division Seven shall include census tracts 89, 96, 97, 107.02, 109, 110.01,

111, 112, 115, 116, 117.03, 131, 132. The terms of the members to be elected, KRS

160.044 notwithstanding, shall be four (4) years and the election for the initial four

(4) year terms shall be as follows: The election of the members from Divisions

Two, Four and Seven shall be held at the next regular November election following

the effective date of the merger pursuant to KRS 160.041, and the election of the

members from Divisions One, Three, Five and Six shall be held at the regular

November election two (2) years thereafter.

(6) In counties containing cities of the first class, responsibility for the establishment or

the changing of school board division boundaries shall be with the local board of

education, subject to the review and approval of the county board of elections.

Where division and census tract boundaries do not coincide with existing election

precinct boundaries, school board divisions shall be redrawn to comply with

precinct boundaries. In no instance shall precinct boundaries be redrawn nor shall a

precinct be divided to accommodate the drawing of school board division lines.

Precinct boundaries nearest existing school board division boundaries shall become

the new division boundary. All changes under this statute shall be completed on or

before January 1, 1979, and on or before January 1 in any succeeding year in which

a member of the school board is to be elected from any division. A record of all

changes in division lines shall be kept in the offices of the county board of

education and the county board of elections. The board of education shall publish

all changes pursuant to KRS Chapter 424. A copy of the newspaper in which the

notice is published shall be filed with the chief state school officer within ten (10)

days following its publication.