{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-160.291","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 160.291","heading":"Manner of payment of salaries to school employees -- Pay for extra duties","body":"or services -- Fringe benefits program.\n(1) All school employees working on a continuing, regular basis, shall be paid\nregularly, on dates determined by the employing board of e ducation, during the\nschool year or during the fiscal year for twelve (12) month employees, the\nprovisions of KRS 337.020 notwithstanding. The gross salary received on each pay\ndate will be an amount equal to the school employee's annual salary divided by the\nnumber of pay dates, except a local board of education shall pay an employee any\nremaining salary owed prior to the end of the fiscal year upon completion of the\nemployee's responsibilities or duties if so notified by the employee.\n(2) Salary amounts shall be paid on the prescribed pay dates without deduction for days\non which schools were closed; provided, however, any time not worked for which\npay is received must be made up prior to the end of that current school year, or pay\nso received shall be withheld from the final salary payment of that school year.\n(3) Gross Salary payments under subsection (1) of this section need not, but may,\ninclude pay for extra duties or services. Payment for extra duties or services must be\npaid pursuant to a payment pla n adopted by the board of education prior to the\nbeginning of the school year. The board of education may also adopt a plan for\nproviding a program of fringe benefits to its employees.\n(4) All payments made for salaries, extra duties, and fringe benefits b y the board of\neducation under the authority of this section are deemed to be for services rendered\nand for the benefit of the common schools; the payments do not affect the eligibility\nof any school system to participate in the public school fund as estab lished in KRS\nChapter 157. Nor shall any individual board member or administrator be held liable\nwhere additional payments for such service become necessary. Provided, however,\nthat nothing in this section authorizes or requires the payment of salaries to\npersonnel when schools are closed as a result of a strike or other work stoppage or\nwhen schools are open and personnel fail to render services. No part of this section\nshall be law if any part is declared unconstitutional.\n(5) Subsection (2) of this secti on does not apply to those employed on a twelve (12)\nmonth basis.","path":["KRS Chapter 160"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=3701","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:51:08Z","sha256":"5ffd763a8a7ed906f82e71dd19de22966c29177f0122692752208c0993c67434","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-160.290","next":"us-ky/krs-160.293"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}