KRS § 156.445 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 156 / Section 156.445
156.445 Only recommended textbook or program to be used as basal title -- Exceptions -- When changes to be effective -- Approval of materials for private and parochial schools. (Effective until July 1, 2026)
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156.445 Only recommended textbook or program to be used as basal title --

Exceptions -- When changes to be effective -- Approval of materials for private

and parochial schools. (Effective until July 1, 2026)

(1) No textbook or program shall be used in any public school in Kentucky as a basal

title unless it has been recommended and listed on the state multiple list by the State

Textbook Commission or unless a school and district has met the notification

requirements under subsection (2) of this section. Any changes of textbooks made

by the State Textbook Commission shall not become effective until grades and

classes of the respective county and independent school districts have completed

work for which the adopted book then in use was originally intended. Nothing in

this section shall apply to the supplementary books that are needed from time to

time.

(2) A school council, or if none exists, the principal, may notify, through the

superintendent, the State Textbook Commission that it plans to adopt a basal

textbook or program that is not on the recommended list by submitting evidence

that the title it has chosen meets the selection criteria of the State Textbook

Commission in KRS 156.405(3)(b) and the subject specific criteria of the textbook

reviewers pursuant to KRS 156.407(5) and complies with the required publisher

specifications.

(3) In approving text materials for private and parochial schools for the purpose of

KRS 156.160(2) the text materials shall be approved if they are comprehensive and

appropriate to the grade level in question notwithstanding the fact that they may

contain elements of religious philosophy.156.445 Only state-approved instructional material or program to be used as core

comprehensive resource -- Exceptions -- When changes to be effective --

Approval of materials for private and parochial schools. (Effective July 1,

2026)

(1) Instructional materials or programs for reading and writing, mathematics, science,

and social studies shall not be used in any public school in Kentucky as a core

comprehensive resource unless they have been recommended and listed on the

state-approved list by the State Quality Curriculum Task Force, or unless a school

and district has met the notification requirements under subsection (2) of this

section. Any changes of instructional materials made by the task force shall not

become effective until grades and classes of school districts have completed work

for which the adopted materials then in use were originally intended. This section

shall not apply to the supplementary materials that are needed from time to time.

(2) The superintendent of a school district shall submit a notification to the department

if the school district plans to adopt instructional materials or a program as a core

comprehensive resource for reading and writing, mathematics, science, or social

studies that is not on the state-approved list by submitting evidence that the

instructional materials or program it has chosen meets the selection criteria of the

task force in KRS 156.405(3)(a) or (b) and the subject specific criteria of the

textbook reviewers pursuant to KRS 156.407(4) and complies with the required

specifications.

(3) In approving text materials for private and parochial schools for the purpose of

KRS 156.160(2) the text materials shall be approved if they are comprehensive and

appropriate to the grade level in question notwithstanding the fact that they may

contain elements of religious philosophy.