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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 160.010 (2026)

County school district, what constitutes

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Each county in this state constitutes a county school district, except that, in counties in which there are independent school districts, the county school district consists of the remainder of the county outside of the boundaries of the independent school districts. Effective: July 13, 1990 History: Repealed and reenacted 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 476, Pt. V, effective July 13, 1990. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 4399-2.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1946–1975 · leading case: Newburg Area Council, Inc. v. Bd. of Educ. of Jefferson Cnty., Kentucky, John L. Haycraft v. Bd. of Educ. of Louisville, Kentucky, 510 F.2d 1358 (6th Cir. 1975).
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Newburg Area Council, Inc. v. Bd. of Educ. of Jefferson Cnty., Kentucky, John L. Haycraft v. Bd. of Educ. of Louisville, Kentucky, 510 F.2d 1358 (6th Cir. 1975). “(3) In Kentucky, the county is established as the basic educational unit of the state [Ky.Rev.Stat. § 160.010], and the state legislature has referred to the boundaries of school districts as “artificially drawn school district lines.”
City of Louisville v. Bd. of Educ., Etc., 195 S.W.2d 291 (Ky. Ct. App. 1946). “The present Board of Education under the Act became a separate and distinct municipality or political sub-division, as an arm of the state government,.”
Thomas v. Spragens, 213 S.W.2d 452 (Ky. Ct. App. 1948). “KRS 160.010 provides: “Each county in this state constitutes a county school district, except that in counties in which there are independent school districts the county school district consists of the remainder of the county outside of the boundaries of the independent school…”
Bd. of Ed. of City of Corbin v. City of Corbin, 192 S.W.2d 951 (Ky. Ct. App. 1946). “KRS 160.010 and KRS 160.020. Although some of the independent districts are conterminous with cities of the Commonwealth, each is a municipality or political subdivision separate and distinct from such a city, and over which the city has no control.”
Brumleve v. Ruth, 195 S.W.2d 777 (Ky. Ct. App. 1946). “The rest of the county as a unit is an educational district (KRS 160.010), but it consists of *815 five divisions, from each of which a member is chosen by the electorate of the Division.”
Hickman Cnty. Fiscal Court v. Workman, 528 S.W.2d 730 (Ky. Ct. App. 1975). “065, KRS 160.010, and KRS 160.290 vest in the school board and the state department of education the authority to consolidate schools as may be necessary and practical.”
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