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KRS 157.010: Elements of the school fund.

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  1. KRS Chapter 157

The school fund shall consist of the fund dedicated by the Constitution and laws of this

Commonwealth for the purpose of sustaining a system of common schools therein. The

annual resources of the fund shall consist of:

(1) The interest on the bond of the C ommonwealth for one million three hundred

twenty-seven thousand dollars ($1,327,000) at the rate of six percent (6%) per

annum payable on the first day of January and July of each year.

(2) The interest on the proceeds of fifty -two thousand dollars ($52,00 0) formerly

invested in Liberty Loan Bonds under authority of Chapter 6 of the Acts of 1920,

now invested by the Kentucky Board of Education.

(3) The dividends from whatever remains of the original investment of seventy -three

thousand five hundred dollars ($73,500) in the capital stock of the Bank of

Kentucky.

(4) The interest on the bond of the Commonwealth for three hundred eighty -one

thousand nine hundred eighty -six dollars and eight cents ($381,986.08) due the

several counties and remaining a perpetual obligation against the Commonwealth

for the benefit of the respective counties, at the rate of six percent (6%) per annum

payable annually on the first day of July to the counties entitled to it and in the

proportion to which they are entitled, to be used exclusively in aid of common

schools.

(5) The interest at six percent (6%) per annum, payable on the first day of January and

July each year, on six hundred six thousand six hundred forty -one dollars and three

cents ($606,641.03) received from the United S tates under an act approved March

2, 1891, for which the Commonwealth has executed bond pursuant to Chapter 6 of

the Acts of 1892.

(6) Such sums as are appropriated by the General Assembly in aid of the common

schools.

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