KRS 160.020: Composition of independent school districts.

(1) All school districts embracing designated cities together with the territory within

their limits, including any territory added for school purposes outside of the city

limits, and all independent graded common school districts having a school census

enumeration of two hundred (200) or more children, constitute independent school

districts, except those which have merged with a county school district since June

14, 1934. No independent district other than a designated city shall continue to

operate when its school census enumeration of children falls below two hundred

(200) pupils unless it appears to the Kentucky Board of Education that the district

can maintain a more efficient program of school service by operating as an

independent district.

(2) As used in this section, "designated city" means a city classified as a city of the first,

second, third, fourth, or fifth class as of January 1, 2014, under the city

classification system in effect prior to January 1, 2015. The Department of

Education shall, on or before January 1, 2015, create an official registry listing the

cities that qualify as a "designated city" under this section and shall publish that

registry on its Web site.