Ky. Rev. Stat. § 156.010

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Composition -- Functions. (1) The commissioner of education shall be the chief executive of the Department of Education. The commissioner shall be responsible for administering, structuring, and organizing the department and its services, including but not limited to the following: (a) Technical assistance with curriculum design, school administration and finance, computer and technology services, media services, community education, career and technical education, STEM education as defined in KRS 158.845, education for exceptional children, and professional development; (b) Compensatory education; (c) Research and planning, which shall include, but not be limited to, a statewide research and development effort to identify or develop the best educational practices to be used in the public schools of the Commonwealth. Appropriations for this purpose may be used within the department or for contracting with other individuals, agencies, universities, laboratories, or organizations; (d) Kentucky School for the Blind and the Kentucky School for the Deaf; (e) Performance and outcome assessments; (f) Monitoring the management of school districts, including administration and finance, implementation of state laws and regulations, and student performance; and (g) Implementing state laws and the policies promulgated thereunder by the Kentucky Board of Education and the Education Professional Standards Board. (2) The commissioner of education may delegate any authority to act on the commissioner's behalf in the supervision, inspection, and administration of the schools to the extent the commissioner has supervisory and administrative control. (3) All employees of the Department of Education shall be reimbursed for necessary traveling expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties, and no part of the reimbursement shall be included in or accounted as a part of their salaries. (4) The State Department of Education, in the operation and management of its schools and the programs at these schools, shall meet all required federal and state standards relating to facilities and personnel qualifications; however, no license or license fee shall be required for any school or program operated by the State Department of Education. (5) The Department of Education shall be the sole state agency for the purpose of developing and approving state plans required by state or federal laws and regulations as prerequisites to receiving federal funds for elementary and secondary education. Effective: June 27, 2025 History: Amended 2025 Ky. Acts ch. 86, sec. 3, effective June 27, 2025. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 362, sec. 6, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 256, sec. 1, effective July 1, 1994. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 470, sec. 45, effective July 1, 1990; ch. 476, Pt. II, sec. 43, effective July 13, 1990; and ch. 518, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 361, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1988; and ch. 435, sec. 1, effective July 1, 1988. -- Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 398, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1986. -- Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 128, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1984; and ch. 315, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1984. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 381, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1982. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 155, sec. 84, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 327, sec. 1. -- Amended 1962 Ky. Acts ch. 13, sec. 1. -- Amended 1952 Ky. Acts ch. 41, sec. 1. - - Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 4618-20, 4618-80.

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Cited in 16 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1951–2025 · leading case: Jim Wayne in His Official Capacity as State Representative v. Commonwealth of Kentucky Office of the Governor Matthew Be

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Jim Wayne in His Official Capacity as State Representative v. Commonwealth of Kentucky Office of the Governor Matthew Be (2016) ky · cites it 3× “19 That statute went so far as to repeal any statute suggesting that the Universities are part of the Department of Education: "KRS 156.010 and 64.640 and any other statute, to the extent that they provide that the University of Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky State University,…”

Williams v. Kentucky Department of Education (2003) ky “” KRS 156.010(1). The “management and control of the common schools and all programs operated in such schools” was vested in the state board for elementary and secondary education, an arm of the DOE.”

Young v. Hammond (2004) ky · cites it 2× “However, the *910 Department of Education, the supervising agency of our system of common schools, KRS 156.010, has consistently interpreted "qualified applicant" in that context to mean an applicant with no disqualifying criminal record, who has been certified by the Education…”

Board of Education v. Logan Aluminum, Inc. (1989) ky “The composition of the Department of Education is set out in KRS 156.010 and does not include local public common school boards or districts.”

Board of Education v. Society of Alumni of Louisville Male High School, Inc. (1951) kyctapphigh “Though the State Board was an ex officio body in 1909, it had then the same general powers it now has. Section 4382, Carroll’s Kentucky Statutes 1909.”

EVA N. v. Brock (1990) kyed “(JS # 1, # 5, # 6, # 9; KRS 156.010; KRS 167.150). 3. The Department receives approximately $25 million in funds under the EAH-CA.”

Hogan v. Kentucky State Board of Education (1958) kyctapp “Members of local school boards are responsible to the local electorate, and to the State Department of Education as the administrative agency charged with general control of the public school system (see KRS 156.010). We believe that KRS 156.-110 was designed primarily to give…”

University of Kentucky, A/K/A Uk Healthcare v. Sarah R. Moore (2019) ky · cites it 4× “285, which states: KRS 156.010 and 64.640 and any other statute, to the extent that they provide that the University of Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky State University, Western Kentucky State University, Murray State University, and Morehead State University shall be included in the…”

Commonwealth of Kentucky, Department of Revenue v. Sarah R. Moore (2019) ky · cites it 4× “285, which states: KRS 156.010 and 64.640 and any other statute, to the extent that they provide that the University of Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky State University, Western Kentucky State University, Murray State University, and Morehead State University shall be included in the…”

Board of Education of Paris, Kentucky v. Jason Earlywine (2025) ky · cites it 3× “But Logan Aluminum states, “[t]he composition of the Department of Education is set out in KRS 156.010 and does not include local public common school boards or districts.”

Commonwealth of Kentucky Ex Rel. Andy Beshear, Attorney General v. Commonwealth of Kentucky Office of the Governor Ex Re (2016) ky “19 That statute went so far as to repeal any statute suggesting that the Universities are part of the Department of Education: "KRS 156.010 and 64.640 and any other statute, to the extent that they provide that the University of Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky State University,…”

Jim Wayne in His Official Capacity as State Representative v. Commonwealth of Kentucky Office of the Governor Matthew Be (2016) ky “19 That statute went so far as to repeal any statute suggesting that the Universities are part of the Department of Education: "KRS 156.010 and 64.640 and any other statute, to the extent that they provide that the University of Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky State University,…”

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— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 156.010(1) — 1 case

— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 156.010(1)(f) — 1 case

Board of Education of Paris, Kentucky v. Jason Earlywine (2025) ky “But Logan Aluminum states, “[t]he composition of the Department of Education is set out in KRS 156.010 and does not include local public common school boards or districts.”

— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 156.010(2) — 2 cases

University of Kentucky, A/K/A Uk Healthcare v. Sarah R. Moore (2019) ky “285, which states: KRS 156.010 and 64.640 and any other statute, to the extent that they provide that the University of Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky State University, Western Kentucky State University, Murray State University, and Morehead State University shall be included in the…”

Commonwealth of Kentucky, Department of Revenue v. Sarah R. Moore (2019) ky “285, which states: KRS 156.010 and 64.640 and any other statute, to the extent that they provide that the University of Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky State University, Western Kentucky State University, Murray State University, and Morehead State University shall be included in the…”

— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 156.010(3) — 2 cases

— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 156.010(5) — 1 case

Barnett v. Jefferson County Public Schools (2024) kywd

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