KRS 158.115: Supplementation of school bus transportation system by county out of

general funds -- Annual report to Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations

and Revenue.

(1) Each county may furnish transportation from its general funds, and not out of any

funds or taxes raised or levied for educational purposes or appropriated in aid of the

common schools, to supplement the present school bus transportation system for the

aid and benefit of all pupils of elementary grade attending school in compliance

with the com pulsory school attendance laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

who do not reside within reasonable walking distance of the school they attend and

where there are no sidewalks along the highway they are compelled to travel; and

any county may provide transp ortation from its general funds to supplement the

present school bus transportation system for the aid of any pupil of any grade who

does not live within reasonable walking distance of the school attended by him in

compliance with the compulsory school att endance laws and where there are no

sidewalks along the highway he is compelled to travel.

(2) Each county may provide transportation by means of local board of education

operated transportation systems, transit authorities organized and operating pursuant

to KRS Chapter 96A, local governmental mass transit systems, and individual

contracted buses and vehicles.

(3) By September 30 of each year, the secretary of the Transportation Cabinet shall

report to the General Assembly's Interim Joint Committee on Appr opriations and

Revenue the following information for those fiscal court applications received by

the Transportation Cabinet:

(a) The annual cost to transport an individual pupil by local school district;

(b) The total annual cost to transport all pupils;

(c) The number of nonpublic school pupils transported by district;

(d) The amount of money needed to fund actual costs to transport the projected

number of nonpublic pupils over the next biennium; and

(e) A history by year of participating counties requesti ng funding to transport

nonpublic students, the funding requested by the counties, and the actual

funding provided to the counties.