KRS 167.220: Authority of Department of Education.

The State Department of Education is hereby authorized to expend available funds for the

purpose of sending children who are deaf -blind to any facility, school, or institution,

within or without the Commonwealth, which provides a qualified program of educa tion

for such children. Such funds may be spent for evaluation and diagnosis, room, board,

tuition, transportation, and other items which are necessarily relevant to the education of

such children.