{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-160.1597","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 160.1597","heading":"Term of approved charter school contract -- Contract between board of","body":"directors and authorizer's governing body -- Corporate powers -- Prohibition\nagainst tax levies and use of eminent domain -- Immunity from liability.\n(1) Upon the approval  of a charter contract by a public charter school authorizer, the\napplicant shall be permitted to operate a public charter school for a term of five (5)\nyears.\n(2) The board of directors of the public charter school shall negotiate and execute a\ncharter contract with the governing body of the authorizer.\n(3) A public charter school shall have all corporate powers necessary and desirable for\ncarrying out a public charter school program in accordance with this section and the\nterms of the charter contract, in cluding all of the powers of a local board of\neducation and of a local school district, except as otherwise provided in KRS\n160.1590 to 160.1599.\n(4) The powers granted to a public charter school under this section constitute the\nperformance of essential public purposes and governmental purposes of this state. A\npublic charter school shall be exempt to the same extent as other public schools\nfrom all taxation, fees, assessments, and special ad valorem levies on its earnings\nand its property. Instruments of conveyance to or from a public charter school and\nany bonds or notes issued by a public charter school, together with the income\nreceived, shall at all times be exempt from taxation.\n(5) A public charter school shall not have the power to levy taxes or to acquire property\nby eminent domain, but shall have police powers to the same extent and under the\nsame requirements as a local school district.\n(6) The board of directors of the public charter school shall have final authority over\npolicy and operational decisions of the public charter school, although the decision -\nmaking authority may be delegated to the administrators and staff of the school in\naccordance with the provisions of the charter contract.\n(7) Notwithstanding any other statute to the contrary, n o civil liability shall attach to\nany public charter school authorizer or to any of its members or employees,\nindividually or collectively, for any acts or omissions of the public charter school.\nNeither the local school district nor the Commonwealth shall  be liable for the debts\nor financial obligations of a public charter school or any person or corporate entity\nwho operates a public charter school.","path":["KRS Chapter 160"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=53121","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:51:07Z","sha256":"04216682cbf75ac6a90ca7365f70564afc683dc46bc491d4f5eba196e26cc32a","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-160.1596","next":"us-ky/krs-160.1598"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}