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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 157.350 (2026)

Eligibility of districts for participation in fund to support education

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excellence in Kentucky. Each district which meets the following requirements shall be eligible to share in the distribution of funds from the fund to support education excellence in Kentucky: (1) Employs and compensates all teachers for not less than one hundred eighty-five (185) days. The Kentucky Board of Education, upon recommendation of the commissioner of education, shall prescribe procedures by which this requirement may be reduced during any year for any district which employs teachers for less than one hundred and eighty-five (185) days, in which case the eligibility of a district for participation in the public school fund shall be in proportion to the length of time teachers actually are employed; (2) Operates all schools for a minimum school term as provided in KRS 158.070 and administrative regulations of the Kentucky Board of Education. If the school term is less than one hundred eighty-five (185) days, including not less than one hundred seventy (170) student attendance days as defined in KRS 158.070 or one thousand sixty-two (1,062) hours of instructional time, for any reason not approved by the Kentucky Board of Education on recommendation of the commissioner, the eligibility of a district for participation in the public school fund shall be in proportion to the length of term the schools actually operate; (3) Compensates all teachers on the basis of a single salary schedule and in conformity with the provisions of KRS 157.310 to 157.440; (4) Includes no nonresident pupils in its average daily attendance, except: (a) 1. Until July 1, 2022, pupils listed under a written agreement, which may be for multiple years, with the district of the pupils' legal residence. 2. If an agreement cannot be reached, either board may appeal to the commissioner for settlement of the dispute. 3. The commissioner shall have thirty (30) days to resolve the dispute. Either board may appeal the commissioner's decision to the Kentucky Board of Education. 4. The commissioner and the Kentucky Board of Education shall consider the factors affecting the districts, including but not limited to academic performance and the impact on programs, school facilities, transportation, and staffing of the districts. 5. The Kentucky Board of Education shall have sixty (60) days to approve or amend the decision of the commissioner; (b) Beginning July 1, 2022, those nonresident pupils admitted pursuant to district nonresident pupil policies adopted under KRS 158.120; and (c) A nonresident pupil who attends a district in which a parent of the pupil is employed. All tuition fees required of a nonresident pupil may be waived for a pupil who meets the requirements of this paragraph. This subsection does not apply to those pupils enrolled in an approved class conducted in a hospital and pupils who have been expelled for behavioral reasons who shall be counted in average daily attendance under KRS 157.320; (5) Any secondary school which maintains a basketball team for boys for other than intramural purposes, shall maintain the same program for girls; (6) Any school district which fails to comply with subsection (5) of this section shall be prohibited from participating in varsity competition in any sport for one (1) year. Determination of failure to comply shall be made by the Department of Education after a hearing requested by any person within the school district. The hearing shall be conducted in accordance with KRS Chapter 13B. A district under this subsection shall, at the hearing, have an opportunity to show inability to comply. Effective: June 29, 2021 History: Amended 2021 Ky. Acts ch. 167, sec. 1, effective June 29, 2021. -- Amended 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 4, effective July 15, 2014. -- Amended 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 56, sec. 1, effective June 25, 2013. -- Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 104, sec. 1, effective June 26, 2007. -- Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 52, sec. 1, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 309, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 318, sec. 50, effective July 15, 1996; and ch. 362, sec. 6, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 258, sec. 1, effective April 7, 1992. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 476, Pt. III, sec. 96, effective July 13, 1990. - - Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 133, sec. 2, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 93, sec. 13, effective July 1, 1977. -- Created 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 93, sec. 24, effective July 1, 1976. 2024-2026 Budget Reference. See State/Executive Branch Budget, 2024 Ky. Acts ch. 175, Pt. I, C, 1, (17) at 1830. History for former KRS 157.350. Repealed 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 363, sec. 18, effective June 30,1976. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 349, sec. 1, effective June 21, 1974. -- Amended 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 145, sec. 2, effective June 16, 1960. -- Amended 1956 Ky. Acts ch. 106, sec. 2. -- Created 1954 Ky. Acts ch. 214, sec. 5. Legislative Research Commission Note. Former KRS 157.350 (Enact. Acts 1954, ch. 214, sec. 5; 1956 ch. 106, sec. 2; 1960, ch. 145, sec. 2; 1974, ch. 349, sec. 1) was repealed by Acts 1974, ch. 363, sec. 18, effective June 30, 1976.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1963–2022 · leading case: Williams v. Kentucky Dep't of Educ., 113 S.W.3d 145 (Ky. 2003).
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Williams v. Kentucky Dep't of Educ., 113 S.W.3d 145 (Ky. 2003). “Lack of compliance with minimum school day requirements shall, pursuant to KRS 157.350, result in appropriate proportional reductions in Foundation Program allotments.”
Bd. of Educ. of Nelson Cnty. v. Lawrence, 375 S.W.2d 830 (Ky. Ct. App. 1963). “320(13), (14) and KRS 157.350(3). The latter sections require a school district, in order to participate in the distribution of funds under the Minimum Foundation Program, to pay all teachers on the basis of a “single salary schedule,” which is based on “training, experience and…”
Preuss v. Bd. of Educ. of Daviess Cnty., 667 S.W.2d 391 (Ky. Ct. App. 1984). “KRS 157.350(3) and 157.320(12). In addition each received extended employment pay which was calculated by multiplying the number of days worked in excess of 185 by his daily salary.”
Bracken Cnty. Bd. of Educ. v. Augusta Indep. Bd. of Educ. (Ky. Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 9× “Over Augusta’s protests, the Commissioner determined that by virtue of KRS 157.350, the KDE (by and through its Commissioner and Board) had the requisite subject matter jurisdiction to resolve whether the approximately sixty pupils qualified as legal residents of Bracken or…”
Michelle Grimes Jones, on Behalf of Herself & Her Minor Child. v. Holly M. Johnson, in Her Off. Capacity as Sec'y of the Fin. & Admin. Cabinet (Ky. 2022). “Sections 1-4 of HB 563,2 codified at KRS 157.350, 158.120, and 156.070, modify existing statutes to allow public school students to transfer, without penalty, from their district of residence to another public school district where they do not reside.”
Council for Better Educ., Inc. v. Holly Johnson, in Her Off. Capacity as Sec'y of the Fin. & Admin. Cabinet (Ky. 2022). “Sections 1-4 of HB 563,2 codified at KRS 157.350, 158.120, and 156.070, modify existing statutes to allow public school students to transfer, without penalty, from their district of residence to another public school district where they do not reside.”
Akia McNeary v. Council for Better Educ., Inc. (Ky. 2022). “Sections 1-4 of HB 563,2 codified at KRS 157.350, 158.120, and 156.070, modify existing statutes to allow public school students to transfer, without penalty, from their district of residence to another public school district where they do not reside.”
Commonwealth of Kentucky Ex Rel. Attorney Gen. Daniel Cameron v. Holly Johnson, in Her Off. Capacity as Sec'y of the Fin. & Admin. Cabinet (Ky. 2022). “Sections 1-4 of HB 563,2 codified at KRS 157.350, 158.120, and 156.070, modify existing statutes to allow public school students to transfer, without penalty, from their district of residence to another public school district where they do not reside.”
Ambs v. Bd. of Educ., 570 S.W.2d 638 (Ky. Ct. App. 1978). “KRS 157.350 enacted in 1976 provided under Subsection 3, for compensation of all teachers on the basis of a single salary schedule and in conformity with the provisions of KRS 157.”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 157.350(3) — 2 cases
Bd. of Educ. of Nelson Cnty. v. Lawrence, 375 S.W.2d 830 (Ky. Ct. App. 1963). “320(13), (14) and KRS 157.350(3). The latter sections require a school district, in order to participate in the distribution of funds under the Minimum Foundation Program, to pay all teachers on the basis of a “single salary schedule,” which is based on “training, experience and…”
Preuss v. Bd. of Educ. of Daviess Cnty., 667 S.W.2d 391 (Ky. Ct. App. 1984). “KRS 157.350(3) and 157.320(12). In addition each received extended employment pay which was calculated by multiplying the number of days worked in excess of 185 by his daily salary.”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 157.350(4) — 1 case
Bracken Cnty. Bd. of Educ. v. Augusta Indep. Bd. of Educ. (Ky. Ct. App. 2020). “Over Augusta’s protests, the Commissioner determined that by virtue of KRS 157.350, the KDE (by and through its Commissioner and Board) had the requisite subject matter jurisdiction to resolve whether the approximately sixty pupils qualified as legal residents of Bracken or…”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 157.350(4)(a) — 1 case
Bracken Cnty. Bd. of Educ. v. Augusta Indep. Bd. of Educ. (Ky. Ct. App. 2020). “Over Augusta’s protests, the Commissioner determined that by virtue of KRS 157.350, the KDE (by and through its Commissioner and Board) had the requisite subject matter jurisdiction to resolve whether the approximately sixty pupils qualified as legal residents of Bracken or…”
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