KRS § 156.439 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 156 / Section 156.439
156.439 District allocation of state instructional materials funds -- Use -- School plans -- Carryover. (Effective July 1, 2026)
Status: in_force

156.439 District allocation of state instructional materials funds -- Use -- School

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

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

accordance with KRS Chapter 13A to establish the method for calculating and

distributing a district's allocation of state instructional materials funds. The district's

allocation shall be used by schools to purchase:

(a) Instructional materials and programs from the state-approved list;

(b) Instructional materials and programs not on the state-approved list if

notification is submitted to the department that the material meets the

selection criteria of the task force in KRS 156.405(3)(a) or (b), the subject

specific criteria of the instructional materials reviewers pursuant to KRS

156.407(4), and compliance with the required specifications;

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

subsection (2) of this section;

(d) Instructional materials and programs for a subject not included in the state-

approved list if the district demonstrates that the district already maintains

high quality instructional materials in the subjects included on the state-

approved list and has a need in a subject not included on the state-approved

list; or

(e) Any combination of the above.

(2) The district shall use the instructional materials depository established in KRS

156.412 to identify all purchases it makes with an 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 instructional materials for all grades for reading and

writing, mathematics, science, and social studies. A school may carry forward to the

next school year any part of its instructional materials allocation which has been

distributed to the district.156.439 District allocation for textbook and instructional materials -- Use -- School

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.