KRS 157.110: Determination of grades and subjects to be provided with textbooks --

Rental of textbooks -- Free textbooks for certain students.

(1) In the purchase and distribution of textbooks for grades nine (9) through twelve

(12), if sufficient funds are not available to furnish textbooks for all four (4) grades,

the chief state school officer, subject to the approval of the Kentucky Board of

Education, shall determine for what grades and subjects textbooks shall be

provided.

(2) Local school districts, which do not provide a free textbook program for all students

in grades nine (9) through twelve (12), shall establish, pursuant to Kentucky Board

of Education administrative regulations, a process whereby pupils in grades nine (9)

through twelve (12) may rent textbooks for a reasonable fee. Rental fees collected

by the district shall be used for the maintenance of textbooks, the purchase of new

textbooks, and the provision of free textbooks to pupils in grades nine (9) through

twelve (12) who are unable to rent or purchase textbooks.

(3) No pupil shall be denied the use of textbooks due to an inability to rent or purchase

them. Local school districts shall establish, pursuant to Kentucky Board of

Education administrative regulations, a process by which to provi de free textbooks

to pupils unable to rent or purchase them, including a process by which those

students shall be informed of the availability of, and guidelines and procedures for,

obtaining free textbooks.

(4) The Kentucky Board of Education shall adopt administrative regulations to insure

the availability of free textbooks to those pupils in grades nine (9) through twelve

(12) who are unable to rent or purchase textbooks and shall use the guidelines of the

free and reduced price lunch programs to determi ne inability to rent or purchase

textbooks. The regulations shall also provide for exceptional circumstances, under

which pupils who do not meet free and reduced price lunch guidelines may be

provided free textbooks.