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Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 702 - EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CABINET - BOARD OF EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - OFFICE OF DISTRICT SUPPORT SERVICES › Chapter 1 - General Administration › Section 702 KAR 1:116 - Annual in-service training of district board members

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				160.180
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				156.070 authorizes the Kentucky Board of
				Education to manage and control the common schools, including prescribing
				administrative regulations the Kentucky Board of Education deems necessary for
				the efficient management, control, and operation of public schools.
				KRS
				160.180 requires that all local school board
				members complete an established number of hours of in-service training
				annually, based on number of years of experience, and requires that the
				Kentucky Board of Education identify the criteria for fulfilling the
				requirements. This administrative regulation establishes standards for the
				annual in-service training of district board members.
Section 1. Content of Training.
(1) The in-service training requirements for
			 all district school board members established in
			 KRS
			 160.180 shall include:
(a) Three (3) hours of school finance
			 training annually, one (1) hour of ethics training annually, and one (1) hour
			 of superintendent evaluation training annually for school board members with
			 zero to three (3) years of experience. School board members with zero to three
			 (3) years of experience may acquire the remainder of their hours in these
			 topics or topics listed in Section 2(1)(b) of this administrative
			 regulation;
(b) Two (2) hours of
			 school finance training annually, one (1) hour of ethics training annually, and
			 one (1) hour of superintendent evaluation training annually for school board
			 members with four (4) to seven (7) years of experience; or
(c) One (1) hour of school finance training
			 annually, one (1) hour of ethics training annually, and one (1) hour of
			 superintendent evaluation training biennially for school board members with
			 eight (8) or more years of experience.
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 702 - EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CABINET - BOARD OF EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - OFFICE OF DISTRICT SUPPORT SERVICES › Chapter 1 - General Administration › Section 702 KAR 1:140 - Student records; hearing procedures

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				160.730
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				160.730 provides for parents or eligible
				students to challenge the content of a student record to ensure that the record
				or report is not inaccurate, misleading, or otherwise in violation of privacy
				or other rights of the student.
				KRS
				160.370 also mandates that the Department of
				Education establish by administrative regulation hearing procedures that may be
				utilized to challenge the content of a student record when no agreement can be
				reached. This administrative regulation establishes those hearing
				procedures.
Section 1. If a school
			 decides not to comply with a request of a student's parent(s) or legal guardian
			 to amend the education record of the student, the school shall notify the
			 student's parent(s) or guardian of the decision and advise them of their right
			 to a hearing to challenge the information believed to be inaccurate,
			 misleading, inappropriate, or in violation of the student's rights.
Section 2. Hearing Procedures.
(1) Upon request, the school district shall
			 arrange for a hearing to be held within thirty (30) days after the request for
			 hearing and notify the student's parent(s) or guardian, reasonably in advance,
			 of the date, place, and time of the hearing.
(2) The hearing shall be conducted by a
			 hearing officer who is a disinterested party and is a certified official of the
			 district appointed by the superintendent.
(3) The hearing shall be private. Persons
			 other than the student, parent(s), witnesses, and counsel shall not be admitted
			 into the hearing.
(4) The hearing
			 officer shall hear evidence from the school staff and the student's parent(s)
			 or guardian to determine any points of disagreement regarding the
			 records.
(5) The student's
			 parent(s) or guardian shall be afforded a full and fair opportunity to present
			 evidence relevant to the issues raised in the original request to amend the
			 student's education records. The parent(s) or guardian may be assisted by one
			 (1) or more individuals, including an attorney.
(6) The hearing officer shall make a
			 determination after hearing the evidence in writing within ten (10) working
			 days following the close of the hearing. The hearing officer shall make a
			 determination based solely on the evidence presented at the hearing, and shall
			 include a summary of the evidence and the reason for the decision. The parties
			 to the hearing shall be provided a copy of the hearing officer's
			 decision.
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 702 - EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CABINET - BOARD OF EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - OFFICE OF DISTRICT SUPPORT SERVICES › Chapter 1 - General Administration › Section 702 KAR 1:150 - Employment of KTRS retiree in full-time position

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				156.106,
				160.380,
				161.605
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				156.106 and
				161.605(3)
				require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative
				regulations to establish procedures to be used to appoint retired teachers and
				administrators to teaching and nonteaching positions if no other qualified
				applicant is available to fill the position. This administrative regulation
				establishes the procedures for local school districts to follow to determine
				whether other qualified applicants are available to fill a teaching or
				nonteaching position, and if not, for filling the position with a retired
				member.
Section 1. Definition.
			 "Qualified teacher" means a teacher who holds the appropriate certification for
			 the position unless the superintendent of the employing school district has
			 documented evidence that the teacher is unsuitable for appointment.
Section 2. To establish the need for
			 employing a retired teacher or administrator in a teaching or nonteaching
			 position, a school district superintendent shall submit a written statement to
			 the Kentucky Teacher's Retirement System confirming the following:
(1) The superintendent has made every
			 reasonable effort to recruit an active teacher or administrator for the
			 position on an annual basis;
(2) No
			 qualified teacher or administrator has applied for the vacant position, or to
			 the superintendent's knowledge, a qualified teacher or administrator is not
			 available for the position;
(3) The
			 vacancy has been advertised locally, regionally, and statewide by appropriate
			 means;
(4) The school district has
			 been unsuccessful in recruiting a qualified teacher or administrator for the
			 vacant position from the listings of teachers and administrators supplied by
			 the placement services of the teacher education institutions, the Kentucky
			 Department of Education, and other professional organizations; and
(5) The local school district has complied
			 with the criminal records check required by
			 KRS
			 160.380 as to the applicant whom the school
			 district intends to hire into the vacant position.
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 702 - EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CABINET - BOARD OF EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - OFFICE OF DISTRICT SUPPORT SERVICES › Chapter 1 - General Administration › Section 702 KAR 1:160 - School health services

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				156.160(1)(h), (i), (j),
				156.501,
				156.502,
				158.035,
				158.160,
				158.838,
				161.145,
				214.034,
				214.036,
				29 C.F.R.
				1910.1030
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				156.070(1) requires the
				Kentucky Board of Education to manage and control all the common schools and
				all programs operated in these schools.
				KRS
				156.160(1)(h) requires the
				board to promulgate administrative regulations governing medical inspection,
				physical and health education and recreation, and other administrative
				regulations necessary or advisable for the protection of the physical welfare
				and safety of the public school children.
				KRS
				156.160(1)(i) and (j)
				require the board to promulgate administrative regulations governing a required
				vision examination and a dental screening or examination. This administrative
				regulation establishes criteria for preventive student health care examinations
				at the local school district level.
Section
			 1. School Employee Medical Examinations.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of
			 this section, a local board of education shall require a medical examination of
			 each certified or classified employee, including each substitute teacher. The
			 medical examination shall:
(a) Be conducted
			 prior to initial employment; and
(b) Include a tuberculosis (TB) risk
			 assessment.
1. If the individual is identified
			 by that assessment as being at high risk for TB, the individual shall be
			 required to undergo the administration of a tuberculin skin test (TST) or a
			 blood test for Mycobacterium tuberculosis (BAMT).
2. The TB risk assessment shall be performed
			 and reported by a physician, an advanced practice registered nurse, a
			 physician's assistant, or a registered nurse.
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 702 - EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CABINET - BOARD OF EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - OFFICE OF DISTRICT SUPPORT SERVICES › Chapter 1 - General Administration › Section 702 KAR 1:170 - School district data security and breach procedures

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS 61.931, 61.932, 61.933
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 156.070 authorizes the
				Kentucky Board of Education (KBE) to promulgate administrative regulations
				necessary for the efficient management, control, and operation of the schools
				and programs under its jurisdiction. KRS 61.932(1)(b) specifically requires the
				KBE to promulgate administrative regulations establishing requirements and
				standards for the reasonable security and breach investigation procedures and
				practices established and implemented by public school districts. This
				administrative regulation establishes the requirements and standards for school
				district reasonable security and breach investigation procedures and
				practices.
Section 1. Definitions.
(1) "Personal information" is defined by KRS 61.931(6).
(2) "Reasonable security
			 and breach investigation procedures and practices" is defined by KRS 61.931(8).
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 702 - EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CABINET - BOARD OF EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - OFFICE OF DISTRICT SUPPORT SERVICES › Chapter 1 - General Administration › Section 702 KAR 1:180 - School security risk assessment tool

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				156.160,
				158.4410,
				158.4412,
				158.442,
				158.443,
				158.444
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				156.029(7) establishes that
				the primary function of the Kentucky Board of Education (KBE) is to adopt
				administrative regulations governing the educational programs, services, and
				activities within the KBE's jurisdiction that the Kentucky Department of
				Education (department) administers and operates, and
				KRS
				156.160 requires the KBE to promulgate
				administrative regulations establishing standards which school districts shall
				meet in student, program, service, and operational performance. In accordance
				with
				KRS
				158.442, which establishes the Center for
				School Safety (KCSS), the KCSS is required to advise the Kentucky Board of
				Education on administrative policies and administrative regulations relating to
				school safety and security.
				KRS
				158.443(9)(b) requires that
				the board of directors for the KCSS approve a school security risk assessment
				tool and updates as necessary in accordance with
				KRS
				158.4410 to be incorporated by reference
				within an administrative regulation promulgated in accordance with KRS Chapter
				13A.
				KRS
				158.444 requires the Kentucky Board of
				Education to promulgate administrative regulations related to school safety,
				student discipline, and related matters. This administrative regulation
				incorporates by reference the school security risk assessment tool approved by
				the KCSS board of directors.
Section 1.
			 Verification.
(1) As required by
			 KRS
			 158.4410, each local district superintendent
			 shall annually verify that all schools within the district have completed the
			 Internal School Security Risk Assessment Tool approved by the KCSS board of
			 directors and incorporated by reference within this administrative regulation
			 pursuant to
			 KRS
			 158.443.
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 702 - EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CABINET - BOARD OF EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - OFFICE OF DISTRICT SUPPORT SERVICES › Chapter 3 - School Administration and Finance › Section 702 KAR 3:020 - Bond issue approval

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				58.150,
				156.070,
				156.200,
				156.210,
				162.080,
				162.090,
				162.100,
				162.120-162.290,
				162.300,
				162.385
Section 1. The Commissioner of Education
			 shall determine the financial soundness of all school revenue bond issues. He
			 shall supervise all phases of school revenue and voted bonds.
Section 2. The Commissioner of Education
			 shall disapprove the sale of any school revenue or school voted bond issue
			 which he deems to be not in accord with Kentucky Board of Education
			 administrative regulations or financially unsound for the district in
			 question.
Section 3. Fiscal agents
			 shall be registered with the Department of Financial Institutions in the
			 Commonwealth of Kentucky. The local board of education shall select the fiscal
			 agent for the proposed revenue bond issue. The fiscal agent shall employ
			 appropriate bond counsel subject to approval of the local board of education.
			 The allowable discount on bonds shall not exceed two (2) percent of the par
			 value of the issue under contract.
Section
			 4. Twenty (20) percent of the fund to Support Education Excellence
			 in Kentucky (SEEK) capital outlay funds shall be set aside as a safety factor
			 in determining the initial bonding potential of a local district. The
			 Commissioner of Education may allow safety factors below twenty (20) percent to
			 a minimum of ten (10) percent on a case by case basis dependent upon the
			 financial stability of the individual school district. The following sources of
			 revenue shall be eligible as annual revenues in support of school building
			 revenue bonds or notes:
(1) SEEK capital
			 outlay funds (KRS
			 157.420);
(2) Facilities Support Program of Kentucky
			 funds (KRS
			 157.440);
(3) School building funds (KRS
			 160.476); and
(4) Special trust funds (if a legal opinion
			 is provided by bond counsel).
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 702 - EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CABINET - BOARD OF EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - OFFICE OF DISTRICT SUPPORT SERVICES › Chapter 3 - School Administration and Finance › Section 702 KAR 3:045 - Withholding funds

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				156.035,
				156.070,
				157.410
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				156.035 and
				156.070
				set forth the State Board for Elementary and Secondary Education's plenary
				powers over the management and control of local school districts and
				disbursement of state appropriations. This administrative regulation is
				necessary to insure that all reports and documents are filed as
				required.
Section 1. The chief state
			 school officer shall be authorized to withhold state funds from any school
			 district in the state which fails to have on file in the Department of
			 Education on the due date any and all reports as required by the statutes or
			 the rules and administrative regulations of the State Board for Elementary and
			 Secondary Education.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY:
				  KRS
				  156.035,
				  156.070,
				  157.320,
				  157.410
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 702 - EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CABINET - BOARD OF EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - OFFICE OF DISTRICT SUPPORT SERVICES › Chapter 3 - School Administration and Finance › Section 702 KAR 3:050 - Application to exceed budget

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				156.031,
				160.550
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				156.031 requires that administrative
				regulations relating to statutes amended by the 1990 Kentucky Education Reform
				Act be reviewed, amended if necessary and resubmitted to the Legislative
				Research Commission prior to December 30, 1990; and
				KRS
				160.550 requires that no local school
				district may have a deficit budget situation except for a purpose for which
				bonds have been voted or upon a declaration of emergency by the State Board for
				Elementary and Secondary Education. This administrative regulation is necessary
				to provide a safeguard against deficit spending by local boards of education
				and to establish the process for declaration of an appropriate
				emergency.
Section 1. The chief state
			 school officer shall determine on the basis of evidence submitted in an
			 application provided by the Division of School District Finance to exceed the
			 current budget of a local board of education whether or not an emergency exists
			 within the meaning of
			 KRS
			 160.550. The chief state school officer shall
			 examine carefully all facts pertaining to the claimed emergency and take such
			 action as he deems appropriate, including the authority to declare an emergency
			 in those cases where the health and safety of the pupils of the school district
			 are placed in jeopardy or the school program disrupted.
Section 2. Any application to exceed the
			 current budget filed under this administrative regulation, as well as any
			 emergency declared by the chief state school officer, shall be submitted to the
			 State Board for Elementary and Secondary Education for a final
			 decision.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY:
				  KRS
				  156.070,
				  160.550
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 702 - EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CABINET - BOARD OF EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - OFFICE OF DISTRICT SUPPORT SERVICES › Chapter 3 - School Administration and Finance › Section 702 KAR 3:060 - Procedure for payment of employees

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				157.390,
				157.395,
				160.291,
				160.450,
				161.210(1)
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				160.291 requires for all school employees
				working on a continuing, regular basis of less than twelve (12) months a year
				to be paid regularly, on dates determined by the employing board of education,
				with the gross salary received on each pay date to be equal to the employee's
				annual salary divided by the number of pay dates and with payments deemed to be
				for services rendered.
				KRS
				160.450 requires the fiscal year of all
				school districts to begin on July 1 and end on June 30.
				KRS
				161.210 requires a teacher or other person in
				a public school to submit reports at the time and in the manner prescribed by
				the state board.
				KRS
				156.070 requires the Kentucky Board of
				Education to manage and control public schools.
				KRS
				157.395 requires a local board of education
				to provide a public school teacher who has attained certification from the
				National Board for Professional Teaching Standard with an annual salary
				supplement for the life of the certificate while the teacher is employed as a
				teacher or mentor in the field of national certification. This administrative
				regulation establishes procedures relative to payment of certified and
				classified school employees.
Section
			 1. A board of education shall establish a calendar for payment of
			 salaries to all school employees working on a continuing, regular basis of less
			 than twelve (12) months a year and may require a teacher to present reports of
			 attendance and other necessary reports before the salary check is
			 delivered.
Section 2. A board of
			 education may adopt a policy whereby employees' salaries may be made payable
			 for a period in excess of the number of months for which the school is
			 operated, not exceeding twelve (12) months if the board adopts one (1) of the
			 following plans:
(1) The board of education
			 shall write all deferred salary checks on or before June 30 of the current
			 fiscal year and these deferred checks shall then be delivered at the regular
			 pay periods in July and August of the following fiscal year; or
(2) The board of education shall set up a
			 payroll account into which shall be transferred on the order of the board of
			 education on or before June 30, the gross amount for salaries earned by
			 employees but not paid. The amounts transferred into this payroll account shall
			 be held for the payment of deferred employees' salaries and shall not be used
			 for any other purpose. Payment of salaries from this fund shall be at the
			 regular pay periods in July and August of the following fiscal year.
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 702 - EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CABINET - BOARD OF EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - OFFICE OF DISTRICT SUPPORT SERVICES › Chapter 3 - School Administration and Finance › Section 702 KAR 3:070 - Teachers' salary scheduling

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				157.320,
				157.390
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				157.320 defines experience for state funding
				of teacher salary purposes and the single salary schedule. This administrative
				regulation establishes procedures for teachers' salary scheduling and extra
				service pay.
Section 1. Each board of
			 education shall adopt and submit for the approval of the Kentucky Board of
			 Education a single salary schedule as defined in
			 KRS
			 157.320(12).
Section 2.
(1) A local board of education shall validate
			 all experience of professional personnel employed in the school
			 district.
(2) The validation of
			 experience shall be on file in the office of the superintendent.
(3) Professional personnel leaving employment
			 of a local board of education shall be granted experience credit if:
(a) The employee's career was interrupted to
			 perform military duty, voluntarily or involuntarily; and
(b) The employee has been relieved from duty
			 under conditions other than dishonorable.
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 702 - EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CABINET - BOARD OF EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - OFFICE OF DISTRICT SUPPORT SERVICES › Chapter 3 - School Administration and Finance › Section 702 KAR 3:075 - Substitute teachers' salary scheduling

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				156.160(1)(i)
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				156.160(1)(i) requires the
				Kentucky Board for Education to promulgate administrative regulations relating
				to the preparation of salary schedules for local school districts. This
				administrative regulation establishes criteria for a pay schedule for
				substitute teaching.
Section 1.
(1) A local board of education shall adopt
			 annually a per diem pay schedule for substitute teaching.
(2) A substitute teacher shall be paid on a
			 single salary schedule based on training and experience.
(3) A substitute teacher shall be ranked in
			 accordance with requirements outlined in
			 KRS
			 157.390.
(4) The pay schedule for substitute teaching
			 shall be the same, higher, or lower than the rate of pay for a regular
			 full-time teacher.
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 702 - EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CABINET - BOARD OF EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - OFFICE OF DISTRICT SUPPORT SERVICES › Chapter 3 - School Administration and Finance › Section 702 KAR 3:080 - Fidelity bond, penal sum for Treasurer, Finance Officer and others

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				156.010,
				160.560
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				156.029(7) requires the
				Board of Education to develop policies and to promulgate administrative
				regulations by which the Department of Education shall be governed.
				KRS
				156.070 authorizes the Board of Education to
				promulgate administrative regulations necessary for the efficient management,
				control, and operation of the schools and programs under its jurisdiction.
				KRS
				160.560(2) requires each
				local board of education treasurer to be bonded in accordance with Kentucky
				Board of Education administrative regulations. This administrative regulation
				establishes a penal sum for the bond of treasurer and requires the bonding of
				other school employees.
Section 1.
			 Definitions.
(1) "Total current assets" means
			 the 61XX series in the balance sheet object codes as provided in
			 702 KAR
			 3:120.
(2)
			 "Total revenue" means codes 1000-4999 in the revenue object codes as provided
			 in
			 702 KAR
			 3:120.
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 702 - EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CABINET - BOARD OF EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - OFFICE OF DISTRICT SUPPORT SERVICES › Chapter 3 - School Administration and Finance › Section 702 KAR 3:090 - Depository of board, collateral

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS 156.010, 160.570
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 156.029(8) requires
				the Board of Education to develop policies and to promulgate administrative
				regulations by which the Department of Education shall be governed. KRS 160.570(2) requires each local board of education's designated depository of
				funds to provide collateral for the faithful performance of its duties, which
				shall be approved by the local board and the Commissioner of Education. KRS 160.570(2) states that collateral shall be provided in accordance with KRS 41.240. This administrative regulation establishes the process for approval of
				collateral by the local board of education and the Commissioner of
				Education.
Section 1.
(1) Before any board of education appoints a
			 bank, trust company, or savings and loan association to serve as depository as
			 required pursuant to KRS 160.570, the board shall:
(a) Require the depository to pledge
			 collateral having an aggregate current face value or current quoted market
			 value at least equal to the local board of education deposits as of the last
			 business day of each quarter in which funds are so deposited, or provide to the
			 local board a surety bond or surety bonds in favor of the local board of
			 education in an amount at least equal to the local board of education deposits,
			 as of the last business day of each quarter in which funds are deposited;
			 provided, however, that amounts insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance
			 Corporation or the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation need not be
			 so collateralized.
(b) As an
			 alternative to subsection (1)(a), a depository insured by the Federal Deposit
			 Insurance Corporation may either pledge to the local board, as collateral,
			 securities or other obligations having an aggregate face value or a current
			 quoted market value or provide to the local board a surety bond or surety bonds
			 in an amount equal to eighty (80) percent of the value of the local board of
			 education deposits including demand and time accounts, if the depository is
			 determined by the State Investment Commission to have very strong credit with
			 little or no credit risk at any maturity level and the likelihood of short-term
			 unexpected problems of significance is minimal or not of a serious or long-term
			 nature.
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 702 - EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CABINET - BOARD OF EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - OFFICE OF DISTRICT SUPPORT SERVICES › Chapter 3 - School Administration and Finance › Section 702 KAR 3:100 - Data report, professional staff

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				157.320,
				157.390,
				157.420
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				157.320(9) authorizes the
				Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations
				recommended by the Commissioner of Education that are necessary for carrying
				out the purposes of
				KRS
				157.310 to
				157.440,
				relating to the Fund to Support Education Excellence in Kentucky (SEEK).
				KRS
				157.420 establishes restrictions on a local
				district's teachers' salaries allotment. This administrative regulation
				establishes requirements for the collection of salary data on teachers employed
				by the school district.
Section 1. The
			 Department of Education professional staff data report shall be completed for
			 teachers paid by or under the supervision of the local school district as of
			 September 15 and shall be submitted to the Department of Education prior to
			 October 1 of each school year.
Section
			 2. Incorporation by Reference.
(1) The "Professional Staff Data Report File
			 Layout", dated July 1, 2001, is hereby incorporated by reference.
(2) This document may be inspected, copied,
			 or obtained, subject to applicable copyright law, at the Department of
			 Education, Division of Data Policy Management and Research, 17th Floor, Capital
			 Plaza Tower, 500 Mero Street, Frankfort, Kentucky, Monday through Friday, 8
			 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 702 - EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CABINET - BOARD OF EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - OFFICE OF DISTRICT SUPPORT SERVICES › Chapter 3 - School Administration and Finance › Section 702 KAR 3:110 - Document filing dates

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				156.160(1)(i), (j),
				157.060
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				156.160(1)(j) requires the
				Kentucky Board of Education to establish a uniform series of financial forms
				for local school districts.
				KRS
				157.060 requires a local district to submit
				an annual financial report. This administrative regulation establishes the
				forms and dates of filing for Kentucky Board of Education financial archives
				and the criteria for disapproval of budgets.
Section 1. The documents which become a part
			 of Kentucky Board of Education archives shall be electronically submitted to
			 the Division of School Finance in the formats prescribed by the Municipal
			 Information System (MUNIS) and received by the division by the following dates
			 annually:
(1) Tentative Budget, (MUNIS
			 Tentative Working Budget, dated August, 1997), May 30;
(2) Annual Financial Report (MUNIS Annual
			 Financial Report, dated August, 1997), July 25;
(3) Balance Sheet (MUNIS Group Code Balance
			 Sheet, dated August, 1997), July 25; and
(4) Working Budget (MUNIS Working Budget,
			 dated August, 1997), September 30.
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 702 - EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CABINET - BOARD OF EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - OFFICE OF DISTRICT SUPPORT SERVICES › Chapter 3 - School Administration and Finance › Section 702 KAR 3:120 - Uniform school financial accounting system

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				156.070,
				156.160,
				156.200
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				156.070 gives the Kentucky Board of Education
				the management and control of the common schools.
				KRS
				156.160 gives the state board authority over
				local school district budgets.
				KRS
				156.200 gives the state board authority over
				the accounting procedures and reports of local boards of education. This
				administrative regulation establishes a uniform system of financial accounting
				and budgets for boards of education.
Section
			 1. A local board of education shall follow the uniform financial
			 accounting system detailed in "KETS District Administrative System Chart of
			 Accounts," and the "Charts of Accounts Descriptions".
Section 2. All the financial records of a
			 local board of education shall be filed in either the office of the
			 superintendent or in a location designated by the superintendent.
Section 3. Incorporation by Reference.
(1) The following material is incorporated by
			 reference:
(a) "KETS District Administrative
			 System Chart of Accounts", June, 1999; and
(b) "Chart of Accounts Descriptions", June,
			 1999.
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 702 - EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CABINET - BOARD OF EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - OFFICE OF DISTRICT SUPPORT SERVICES › Chapter 3 - School Administration and Finance › Section 702 KAR 3:130 - Internal accounting

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS Chapter 45A, 61.410, 66.480, 156.029, 156.076,
				156.160, 156.200, 158.290, Chapter 160, 161.540, 161.560, 342.640,
				424.260
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				156.070(1) requires the
				Kentucky Board of Education to manage and control the common schools.
				KRS
				156.200 requires the Kentucky Board of
				Education to regulate accounting procedures and reports of local school
				districts. This administrative regulation establishes uniform procedures for
				the accounting of school activity funds.
Section
			 1. Definition. "Activity funds" means all school funds including
			 funds derived from fundraising activities sponsored under the auspices of the
			 school and does not mean funds raised or received by organizations that do not
			 come under the direct supervision of school authorities.
Section 2. District Responsibilities.
(1) A district board of education shall have
			 the responsibility for administration and control of all activity funds and
			 comply with "Accounting Procedures for Kentucky School Activity Funds", which
			 is also known as the "Redbook".
(2)
(a) The March 2013 edition of the Redbook
			 shall be used through July 31, 2019.
(b) The August 2019 edition of the Redbook
			 shall be used beginning on August 1, 2019.
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 702 - EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CABINET - BOARD OF EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - OFFICE OF DISTRICT SUPPORT SERVICES › Chapter 3 - School Administration and Finance › Section 702 KAR 3:135 - Bidding procedures

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				45A.343,
				156.031,
				156.070,
				156.076,
				424.260
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				45A.343 authorizes school districts to elect
				to procure pursuant to
				KRS
				45A.345 through
				45A.460
				or under
				KRS
				424.260.
				KRS
				156.070 gives the Kentucky Board of Education
				the management and control of the public schools and gives it authority to
				prescribe administrative regulations necessary for the efficient management,
				control, and operation of the schools under its jurisdiction.
				KRS
				156.076 allows a board of education, under
				certain conditions, to advertise for bids and award contracts for supplies and
				equipment covered by price contracts secured by the Department of Finance at
				the request of the Kentucky Board of Education.
				KRS
				424.260 requires a school district to make
				newspaper advertisements for bids for purchases of certain materials, supplies,
				equipment, or contractual services exceeding $20,000. This administrative
				regulation establishes the bidding procedures to be utilized by boards of
				education if applicable.
Section 1. For
			 a school district electing not to adopt
			 KRS
			 45A.345 to
			 45A.460,
			 the following shall apply:
(1) Notices for
			 bidding advertised by boards of education for purchases of materials, supplies,
			 equipment, or contractual services, where advertising for bids is required or
			 allowed by statute, shall describe the materials, goods or services to be bid
			 and the time and place for the receipt and opening of bids;
(2) All bids shall be submitted in writing,
			 typewritten or in ink as to be legible, and sealed, and they shall be opened
			 and read publicly at the time and place designated for the bid
			 opening;
(3) A bid shall not be
			 changed after it is opened. This shall not prevent the acceptance or rejection
			 of alternates which are specified as a part of the regular bid forms and
			 specifications. Negotiation of contracts subsequent to the time bids are
			 submitted shall be prohibited. Late bids or proposals shall not be
			 considered;
(4) If the lowest bid
			 is not accepted, the board shall record in the minutes the reasons for the
			 rejection;
(5) All bids submitted
			 and related information shall be filed and made available for review by
			 interested parties, except for information exempted pursuant to
			 KRS
			 61.878; and
(6) Notification of the awarding of the
			 contract shall be given in writing to all bidders. This notice shall include a
			 list of all bidders together with their bid amounts.
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 702 - EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CABINET - BOARD OF EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - OFFICE OF DISTRICT SUPPORT SERVICES › Chapter 3 - School Administration and Finance › Section 702 KAR 3:150 - Audit exceptions and corrections

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				156.031,
				156.070,
				156.265,
				160.340
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				156.031 requires that administrative
				regulations relating to statutes amended by the 1990 Kentucky Education Reform
				Act be reviewed, amended if necessary and resubmitted to the Legislative
				Research Commission prior to December 30, 1990; and
				KRS
				156.070 delegates the management and control
				of the common schools to the State Board for Elementary and Secondary
				Education;
				KRS
				156.265 requires periodic and special audits
				of local school districts; and
				KRS
				160.340 requires reports by local boards to
				the State Board for Elementary and Secondary Education on all phases of school
				service. This administrative regulation is necessary to provide a procedure for
				correcting exceptions identified in the independent audit authorized by the
				State Committee for School District Audits.
Section
			 1. All local boards of education shall be required to report to
			 the chief state school officer, in writing, progress being made to correct
			 exceptions appearing in school audits authorized by the State Committee for
			 School District Audits or, in writing, justify any failure to correct
			 exceptions appearing in any school audit authorized by the State Committee for
			 School District Audits.
Section 2.
			 Reports referred to in Section 1 of this administrative regulation shall be due
			 to the chief state school officer forty-five (45) days after receipt of the
			 audit report by the local board or no later than December 31 following the
			 close of the fiscal year, whichever occurs first.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY:
				  KRS
				  156.070
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 702 - EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CABINET - BOARD OF EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - OFFICE OF DISTRICT SUPPORT SERVICES › Chapter 3 - School Administration and Finance › Section 702 KAR 3:190 - Maximum class sizes

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				157.360
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				157.360(4) prescribes that
				except for those schools that have implemented school-based decision making,
				hereafter referred to as SBDM, the chief state school officer shall enforce
				maximum class sizes for every academic course requirement in all grades, except
				in vocal and instrumental music, and physical education classes and shall
				establish procedures for exemptions to the above. This administrative
				regulation implements the functions and prescribes criteria for granting class
				size exemptions.
Section 1.
			 Definitions.
(1) "Restricted exemptions" shall
			 mean those exemptions granted prior to September 15 for up to five (5) students
			 over class size maximums in grades four (4) through eight (8).
(2) "Annual exemptions" shall mean those
			 exemptions granted after September 15 for up to two (2) students over class
			 size maximums in the primary program and grades four (4) through twelve
			 (12).
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 702 - EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CABINET - BOARD OF EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - OFFICE OF DISTRICT SUPPORT SERVICES › Chapter 3 - School Administration and Finance › Section 702 KAR 3:220 - Guidelines for waiver of school fees

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				160.330
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				160.330 provides that local school districts
				shall establish, consistent with State Board for Elementary and Secondary
				administrative regulations, a process to waive fees for qualifying students and
				a procedure for notice of such. This administrative regulation provides
				guidelines for the waiver of school fees by local districts.
Section 1. Local school districts shall
			 establish a process by which to waive any applicable fees charged by the
			 district for pupils who qualify for free or reduced price lunches, including a
			 process by which at least all such students shall be informed of the fee waiver
			 provisions. Districts that do not charge fees to any students shall not be
			 subject to these requirements.
Section
			 2. Local school districts shall adopt specific policies and
			 procedures whereby, at the beginning of the school year or at the time of
			 enrollment, all or at least qualifying pupils and their parents shall be given
			 clear and prominent written notice of the fee waiver process, including the
			 applicable income guidelines. Such policies and procedures shall also insure
			 that the written notice of the fee waiver process shall include a form that
			 parents shall use to request waiver of applicable fees.
Section 3. Local districts shall keep records
			 for documentation and compliance purposes, which shall be made available to the
			 Department of Education upon request. These records shall include:
(1) The number of pupils receiving free
			 lunches and reduced price lunches;
(2) The number of pupils who request that
			 fees be waived and the number of pupils for who fees are waived;
(3) Copies of any forms, notices or
			 instructions used by schools in the collection or waiver of fees.
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 702 - EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CABINET - BOARD OF EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - OFFICE OF DISTRICT SUPPORT SERVICES › Chapter 3 - School Administration and Finance › Section 702 KAR 3:246 - School council allocation formula: KETS District Administrative System Chart of Accounts

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				160.345(8)
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				160.345(8) requires that the
				Kentucky Board of Education promulgate an administrative regulation which
				establishes a formula by which school district funds shall be allocated to each
				school council. This administrative regulation establishes the school council
				allocation formula for use by local school districts utilizing the Kentucky
				Education Technology System (KETS) District Administrative System Chart of
				Accounts per
				702 KAR
				3:120.
Section
			 1. Definitions.
(1) "Categorical
			 programs" means programs under which funding and uses for the funding are
			 specifically set by the funding authority and are not in the general
			 fund.
(2) "District average
			 certified teacher's salary" means the dollar value determined by dividing
			 paragraph (a) of this subsection by paragraph (b) of this subsection, with:
(a) Equal to the total of all salaries paid
			 to certified personnel working noncategorical programs in the district for 185
			 days or a different number of days as required by the General Assembly;
			 and
(b) Equal to the total number
			 of certified personnel working in non-categorical programs in the
			 district.
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 702 - EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CABINET - BOARD OF EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - OFFICE OF DISTRICT SUPPORT SERVICES › Chapter 3 - School Administration and Finance › Section 702 KAR 3:250 - Preschool grant allocations

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				156.160,
				157.226,
				157.3175
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				156.160 authorizes the State Board for
				Elementary and Secondary Education to adopt administrative regulations
				establishing standards which school districts shall meet in student, program,
				service and operational performance;
				KRS 157.226 authorizes
				preschool programs and related services for handicapped children who are three
				(3) or four (4) years of age or who may become age five (5) after October 1 of
				the current year and authorizes the State Board for Elementary and Secondary
				Education to promulgate administrative regulations regarding the use of funds;
				and
				KRS
				157.3175 authorizes preschool education
				programs for four (4) year old children who are at risk of educational failure
				and authorizes the State Board for Elementary and Secondary Education to
				establish a grant allocation system. This administrative regulation is
				necessary to implement those state board duties.
Section 1. Preschool Programs. For the
			 purposes of this administrative regulation, the term "preschool programs"
			 refers to the two (2) educational programs established in the
			 KRS 157.226 and
			 157.3175
			 for children below primary school age; the preschool program for handicapped
			 children and the preschool education program for four (4) year old
			 children.
Section 2. Funding
			 Eligibility.
(1) Children eligible to be
			 counted for funding purposes for the preschool program for four (4) year old
			 children shall include only those children who are at risk of educational
			 failure and who meet the criteria set forth in
			 704
			 KAR 3:410, Section 1(1).
(2) Children eligible to be counted for
			 funding purposes for the preschool program for handicapped children shall
			 include only those children who meet the criteria set forth in 707 KAR 1:150,
			 Section 1(2).
(3) A child who meets
			 the eligibility criteria under both subsections (1) and (2) of this section
			 shall be included in only one (1) of these two (2) groups for purposes of
			 generating funds under these preschool programs.
(4) Eligible children who are enrolled by
			 parent choice in other preschool programs providing non-supplemental
			 educational services through state or federal funds at no cost to parents shall
			 not be included in the count of eligible children used to generate funds under
			 these preschool programs.