Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 160.330 (2026)

Board may furnish necessary school supplies free of charge -- Free

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textbooks for indigent children -- Waiver of fees. (1) Each board of education may furnish necessary school supplies free of charge to indigent children in its school district or to such other children as it deems advisable, under such rules and regulations as it may adopt, except that free textbooks must be provided to indigent children as provided in KRS 157.110. (2) Local school districts shall establish, pursuant to Kentucky Board of Education administrative regulations, a process by which to waive fees for pupils who qualify for free and reduced priced lunches, including a process by which such students shall be informed of the fee waiver provisions. Effective: July 15, 1996 History: Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 362, sec. 6, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 476, Pt. II, sec. 77, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 462, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1986. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 53, sec. 1, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1956 (4th Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 2, sec. 1, effective July 26, 1956. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 4363-12, 4434-11.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1956–1956 · leading case: Japs v. Bd. of Educ., 291 S.W.2d 825 (Ky. Ct. App. 1956).
Japs v. Bd. of Educ., 291 S.W.2d 825 (Ky. Ct. App. 1956). “On the contrary, the policy •of the law is expressed in KRS 160.330, in providing that a school board may furnish text books and other necessary school supplies free of charge to indigent pupils.”
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