{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-158.115","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 158.115","heading":"Supplementation of school bus transportation system by county out of","body":"general funds -- Annual report to Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations\nand Revenue.\n(1) Each county may furnish transportation from its general funds, and not out of any\nfunds or taxes raised or levied for educational purposes or appropriated in aid of the\ncommon schools, to supplement the present school bus transportation system for the\naid and benefit of all pupils of elementary grade attending school in compliance\nwith the com pulsory school attendance laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky\nwho do not reside within reasonable walking distance of the school they attend and\nwhere there are no sidewalks along the highway they are compelled to travel; and\nany county may provide transp ortation from its general funds to supplement the\npresent school bus transportation system for the aid of any pupil of any grade who\ndoes not live within reasonable walking distance of the school attended by him in\ncompliance with the compulsory school att endance laws and where there are no\nsidewalks along the highway he is compelled to travel.\n(2) Each county may provide transportation by means of local board of education\noperated transportation systems, transit authorities organized and operating pursuant\nto KRS Chapter 96A, local governmental mass transit systems, and individual\ncontracted buses and vehicles.\n(3) By September 30 of each year, the secretary of the Transportation Cabinet shall\nreport to the General Assembly's Interim Joint Committee on Appr opriations and\nRevenue the following information for those fiscal court applications received by\nthe Transportation Cabinet:\n(a) The annual cost to transport an individual pupil by local school district;\n(b) The total annual cost to transport all pupils;\n(c) The number of nonpublic school pupils transported by district;\n(d) The amount of money needed to fund actual costs to transport the projected\nnumber of nonpublic pupils over the next biennium; and\n(e) A history by year of participating counties requesti ng funding to transport\nnonpublic students, the funding requested by the counties, and the actual\nfunding provided to the counties.","path":["KRS Chapter 158"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=3442","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:51:04Z","sha256":"221e984b4cfb019118f492ddae66b8435d9e54db698affd547e50dfe8158ee34","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-158.110","next":"us-ky/krs-158.120"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}