KRS 156.838: Prohibited activities.

(1) No certified or equivalent employee shall be appointed or promoted to, or demoted

or dismissed from, any position or in any way favored or discriminated against with

respect to employment because of political or religious opinions or affiliations,

ethnic origin, sex, disability, or age.

(2) No person shall use or promise to use, directly or indirectly, any official authority to

influence, whether possessed or anticipated, to secure or attempt to secure for any

person an appointment or advantage in appointme nt to a position requiring

certification or equivalent, or an increase in pay or other advantage in employment

in any such position, for the purpose of influencing the vote or political action of a

person.

(3) No certified or equivalent employee nor the co mmissioner shall directly or

indirectly, pay or promise to pay any assessment for political purposes, or solicit or

take any part in soliciting for any political party, or solicit or take any part in

soliciting any political assessment, subscription, contr ibution, or service. No person

shall solicit any political assessment, subscription, contribution, or service of any

certified or equivalent employee.

(4) No certified or equivalent employee shall be a member of any national, state, or

local committee of a political party, or an officer or member of a committee of a

partisan political club, or a candidate for nomination or election to any paid public

office, or shall take part in the management or affairs of any political party or in any

political campaign, except to exercise the right as a citizen privately to express an

opinion and to cast a vote. Certified or equivalent employees may be candidates for

and occupy a town or school district office if the office is one for which no

compensation, other than a per diem payment, is provided and the election is on a

nonpartisan basis.