{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-160.340","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 160.340","heading":"Reports by boards to Kentucky Board of Education -- Filing of policies on","body":"specified matters.\n(1) Each board of education shall, on the forms prepared by the chief state school\nofficer and approved by the Kentucky Board of Education, prepare a nd submit to\nthe Kentucky Board of Education reports on all phases of its school service. Each\nboard may prepare and publish for the information of the public a report on the\nprogress of its schools.\n(2) Each board of education shall file in the board's of fice its policies relating to the\nfollowing matters:\n(a) Transportation of pupils;\n(b) Discipline and conduct of pupils;\n(c) Limitations or restrictions on use of school facilities;\n(d) Conduct of meetings of the board of education, including policies on t he\ncalling of executive sessions;\n(e) Personnel policies that apply to certified employees, including fringe benefits,\nsalary schedules, nonclassroom duties, in -service training, teacher -student\nratio, hiring, assignment, transfer, dismissal, suspension, r einstatement,\npromotion, and demotion;\n(f) Evaluation of certified employees;\n(g) Selection of textbooks and instructional materials;\n(h) Expenditure and accounting for school funds, including all special funds; and\n(i) Policies dealing with school-based decision making.\n(3) (a) The local board of education may adopt a policy requiring that each school\ncouncil, or if none exists, the principal, make an annual report at a public\nmeeting of the board describing the school's progress in meeting the\neducational goals set forth in KRS 158.6451 and district goals established by\nthe board.\n(b) Biennially, the local board shall review in a public meeting the portion of each\nschool's consolidated plan that sets forth the activities and sched ule to reduce\nthe achievement gaps for the various groups of students as required in KRS\n158.649. If a district has more than twenty (20) schools, the district may\nreview the achievement gap data of each school in a comprehensive district\nreport at a regul arly scheduled meeting of the board. The report shall include\nthe schools' and district's plans to reduce any identified gaps in student\nachievement.\n(4) It is intended that these policies shall cover matters within the authority and\ndiscretion of the dist rict board of education and not matters otherwise required by\nlaw or regulation. Such policies shall be filed in the board's office by August 15,\n1974, shall be kept up to date by filing annual amendments thereto each August 15\nand shall be public records.","path":["KRS Chapter 160"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=50440","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:51:08Z","sha256":"7803556bf41646bbe2f52d7f39e5b7e820fa6ce331eb84d48d8b73efd041d24e","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-160.335","next":"us-ky/krs-160.345"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}