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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 160.290

General powers and duties of board

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(1) Each board of education shall have general control and management of the public schools in its district and may establish schools and provide for courses and other services as it deems necessary for the promotion of education and the general health and welfare of pupils, consistent with the administrative regulations of the Kentucky Board of Education. Each board shall have control and management of all school funds and all public school property of its district and may use its funds and property to promote public education. Each board shall exercise generally all powers prescribed by law in the administration of its public school system, appoint the superintendent of schools, and fix the compensation of employees. (2) Each board shall make and adopt, and may amend or repeal, rules, regulations, and bylaws for its meetings and proceedings for the management of the schools and school property of the district, for the transaction of its business, and for the qualification and duties of employees and the conduct of pupils. The rules, regulations, and bylaws made by a board of education shall be consistent with the general school laws of the state and shall be binding on the board of education and parties dealing with it until amended or repealed by an affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the board. The rules, regulations, and bylaws shall be spread on the minutes of the board and be open to the public. The rules, regulations, and bylaws may include the use of reverse auctions as defined in KRS 45A.070 in the procurement of goods and leases. (3) Local boards of education electing to enter into agreements pursuant to the Interlocal Cooperation Act, KRS 65.210 to 65.300, with other local boards of education to establish consortia to provide services in accordance with the Kentucky Education Reform Act of 1990, 1990 Ky. Acts Ch. 476, may transfer real or personal property to the consortia without receiving fair market value compensation. The joint or cooperative action may employ employees transferred from employment of a local board of education, and the employees shall retain their eligibility for the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System. The chief state school officer, under administrative regulations of the Kentucky Board of Education, may allot funding to an interlocal cooperative board created by two (2) or more local school districts pursuant to KRS 65.210 to 65.300 to provide educational services for the mutual advantage of the students in the representative districts. All statutes and administrative regulations that apply to the use of these funds in local school districts shall also apply to cooperative boards. Effective: July 15, 2010 History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 63, sec. 11, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 362, sec. 6, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 476, Pt. II, sec. 74, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 52, sec. 1, effective June 17, 1978; and ch. 155, sec. 82, effective June 17, 1978. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 4399- 20, 4399-33.

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Cited in 45 cases (5 in the last 5 years), 1942–2024 · leading case: Jefferson County Board of Education v. Fell ex rel. L.F.
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Jefferson County Board of Education v. Fell ex rel. L.F. (2012) ky · cites it 7× “070, as well as other parts of Chapter 159 and KRS 160.290, establish definitively that that discretion still resides at the local level and, more specifically, in the duly elected school board, not the local circuit judge.”
Williams v. Kentucky Department of Education (2003) ky · cites it 4× “180(1): Each teacher and administrator in the public schools shall in accordance with the rules, regulations and bylaws of the board of education made and adopted pursuant to KRS 160.290 for the conduct of pupils, hold pupils to strict account for their conduct on school…”
Rose v. Council for Better Education, Inc. (1989) ky · cites it 4× “160 and KRS 160.290 "place upon the boards of education, not the taxpayers, the initial responsibility of maintaining legal actions on behalf of the school districts.”
Board of Educ. of Boone County v. Bushee (1994) ky · cites it 8× “The third participant to whom the General Assembly has delegated responsibility is the local school board, whose general powers and duties are found at KRS 160.290. "Each board of education shall have general control and management of the public schools in its district.”
Ammerman v. Bd. of Educ., Nicholas County (2000) ky · cites it 2× “[3] KRS 160.290. [4] Ky.App., 574 S.W.2d 676, 677 (1978).”
Breathitt County Board of Education v. Prater (2009) ky “Furthermore, as the Board aptly notes, even if the relationship between building and property maintenance and the public school educational function was uncertain, KRS 160.290(1) expressly provides that the Board “shall have control and management” of all school property “to…”
Haney v. Monsky Ex Rel. Zager (2010) ky “” Haney rightly counters that "lots” was not a defined term, either in the handout or during her training, and that a lack of instruction on that point indicates that it was a determination left to the discretion of the counselors, based upon the particular facts before them…”
Young v. Hammond (2004) ky · cites it 2× “ined that in light of the deletion of the "recommended by" language, "qualified applicants," in the context of a non-principal vacancy, means "all persons who meet all qualifications set forth by statute, regulations, and school board policies " (though the school board has no…”
McFarland Ex Rel. McFarland v. Jefferson County Public Schools (2004) kywd · cites it 2× “It has the powers and duties stated in KRS § 160.290 and other applicable statutes.”
Nelson County Board of Education v. Forte (2011) ky “the public schools in its district” and to establish schools, KRS 160.290(1); and to levy taxes for the district, KRS 160.”
Thorpe ex rel. D.T. v. Breathitt County Board of Education (2014) kyed · cites it 2× “” Ky.Rev. Stat. § 160.290. Thus, under Kentucky law, school boards have general policymaking authority with regard to the duties of its employees and the general management of the schools.”
Nelson v. Turner (2008) kyctapp · cites it 2× “It provides as follows: Each teacher and administrator in the public schools shall in accordance with the rules, regulations, and bylaws of the board of education made and adopted pursuant to KRS 160.290 for the conduct of pupils, hold pupils to a strict account *42 for their…”
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— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 160.290(1) — 8 cases
Jefferson County Board of Education v. Fell ex rel. L.F. (2012) ky “070, as well as other parts of Chapter 159 and KRS 160.290, establish definitively that that discretion still resides at the local level and, more specifically, in the duly elected school board, not the local circuit judge.”
Rose v. Council for Better Education, Inc. (1989) ky “160 and KRS 160.290 "place upon the boards of education, not the taxpayers, the initial responsibility of maintaining legal actions on behalf of the school districts.”
Breathitt County Board of Education v. Prater (2009) ky “Furthermore, as the Board aptly notes, even if the relationship between building and property maintenance and the public school educational function was uncertain, KRS 160.290(1) expressly provides that the Board “shall have control and management” of all school property “to…”
Williams v. Kentucky Department of Education (2003) ky “180(1): Each teacher and administrator in the public schools shall in accordance with the rules, regulations and bylaws of the board of education made and adopted pursuant to KRS 160.290 for the conduct of pupils, hold pupils to strict account for their conduct on school…”
Young v. Hammond (2004) ky “ined that in light of the deletion of the "recommended by" language, "qualified applicants," in the context of a non-principal vacancy, means "all persons who meet all qualifications set forth by statute, regulations, and school board policies " (though the school board has no…”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 160.290(2) — 4 cases
Williams v. Kentucky Department of Education (2003) ky “180(1): Each teacher and administrator in the public schools shall in accordance with the rules, regulations and bylaws of the board of education made and adopted pursuant to KRS 160.290 for the conduct of pupils, hold pupils to strict account for their conduct on school…”
Dorsey v. Bale (1975) kyctapphigh
Allen v. Board of Ed. of Jefferson County (1979) kyctapp
Knox County Board of Education v. Willis (1966) kyctapphigh
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