general funds -- Annual report to Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations
and Revenue.
(1) Each county may furnish transportation from its general funds, and not out of any
funds or taxes raised or levied for educational purposes or appropriated in aid of the
common schools, to supplement the present school bus transportation system for the
aid and benefit of all pupils of elementary grade attending school in compliance
with the compulsory school attendance laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky
who do not reside within reasonable walking distance of the school they attend and
where there are no sidewalks along the highway they are compelled to travel; and
any county may provide transportation from its general funds to supplement the
present school bus transportation system for the aid of any pupil of any grade who
does not live within reasonable walking distance of the school attended by him in
compliance with the compulsory school attendance laws and where there are no
sidewalks along the highway he is compelled to travel.
(2) Each county may provide transportation by means of local board of education
operated transportation systems, transit authorities organized and operating pursuant
to KRS Chapter 96A, local governmental mass transit systems, and individual
contracted buses and vehicles.
(3) By September 30 of each year, the secretary of the Transportation Cabinet shall
report to the General Assembly's Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and
Revenue the following information for those fiscal court applications received by
the Transportation Cabinet:
(a) The annual cost to transport an individual pupil by local school district;
(b) The total annual cost to transport all pupils;
(c) The number of nonpublic school pupils transported by district;
(d) The amount of money needed to fund actual costs to transport the projected
number of nonpublic pupils over the next biennium; and
(e) A history by year of participating counties requesting funding to transport
nonpublic students, the funding requested by the counties, and the actual
funding provided to the counties.
Effective: July 15, 2008
History: Amended 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 131, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2008. -- Repealed
and reenacted 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 476, Pt. V, sec. 399, effective July 13, 1990. --
Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 161, sec. 6, effective July 15, 1986. -- Created 1974 Ky.
Acts ch. 156, sec. 1.
Notes of Decisions
Neal v. Fiscal Court, Jefferson County (1999)
ky · cites it 42×
“This case involves the Jefferson County Fiscal Court's most recent legislation pursuant to KRS 158.115 to constitutionally provide approximately sixty-five percent of the total cost of transporting non-public elementary school students in Jefferson County, Kentucky.”
Fiscal Court of Jefferson County v. Brady (1994)
ky · cites it 16×
“The private schools that received a transportation subsidy from Fiscal Court in the 1992-93 fiscal year are specified in the appropriation as follows: [[Image here]] Appellees claim these payments (1) exceed the statutory authority of Fiscal Court as specified in KRS 158.115 and…”
Rawlings v. Butler (1956)
kyctapphigh · cites it 4×
“9 per cent of the total number of pupils transported; that the Nelson County Fiscal Court for that school year appropriated $10,000 to the County School Board under KRS 158.115 for the transportation of elementary pupils of parochial schools; that the school buses travel a total…”
Price v. Commonwealth, Transportation Cabinet (1996)
kyctapp · cites it 3×
“As provided in part by 600 Kentucky Administrative Regulations (KAR) 5:010: Any fiscal court which provided financial support for the transportation of nonpublic school students in school year 1994-95 pursuant to the provisions of KRS 158.115 may make application to the…”
Nichols v. Henry (1945)
kyctapphigh
“This is a declaratory judgment proceeding by the appellee, a resident taxpayer of Fayette County, against the Fiscal Court of Fayette County to test the constitutionality of Chapter 156 of the 1944 Acts of the General Assembly, now carried as KRS 158.115. With its title and…”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 158.115(1) — 1 case
Fiscal Court of Jefferson County v. Brady (1994)
ky
“The private schools that received a transportation subsidy from Fiscal Court in the 1992-93 fiscal year are specified in the appropriation as follows: [[Image here]] Appellees claim these payments (1) exceed the statutory authority of Fiscal Court as specified in KRS 158.115 and…”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 158.115(2) — 2 cases
Neal v. Fiscal Court, Jefferson County (1999)
ky
“This case involves the Jefferson County Fiscal Court's most recent legislation pursuant to KRS 158.115 to constitutionally provide approximately sixty-five percent of the total cost of transporting non-public elementary school students in Jefferson County, Kentucky.”
Fiscal Court of Jefferson County v. Brady (1994)
ky
“The private schools that received a transportation subsidy from Fiscal Court in the 1992-93 fiscal year are specified in the appropriation as follows: [[Image here]] Appellees claim these payments (1) exceed the statutory authority of Fiscal Court as specified in KRS 158.115 and…”
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