Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 156.439 – District allocation of state instructional materials funds -- Use -- School plans -- Carryover.

(1) The Kentucky Board of Education shall promulgate administrative regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A to establish the method for calculating and distributing a district's allocation of state instructional materials funds. The district's allocation shall be used by schools to purchase:
1. (a)
2. (b) Instructional materials and programs from the state-approved list; Instructional materials and programs not on the state-approved list if notification is submitted to the department that the material meets the selection criteria of the task force in KRS 156.405(3)(a) or (b), the subject specific criteria of the instructional materials reviewers pursuant to KRS 156.407(4), and compliance with the required specifications; Instructional materials and programs, with an approved plan pursuant to subsection (2) of this section; Instructional materials and programs for a subject not included in the state- approved list if the district demonstrates that the district already maintains high quality instructional materials in the subjects included on the state- approved list and has a need in a subject not included on the state-approved list; or
3. (c)
4. (d)
5. (e) Any combination of the above.
(2) The district shall use the instructional materials depository established in KRS 156.412 to identify all purchases it makes with an instructional materials allocation and shall keep on file a plan developed by each school, in accordance with administrative regulations promulgated by the Kentucky Board of Education, for providing the necessary instructional materials for all grades for reading and writing, mathematics, science, and social studies. A school may carry forward to the next school year any part of its instructional materials allocation which has been distributed to the district.

Effective: July 1, 2026

History: Amended 2025 Ky. Acts ch. 113, sec. 20, effective July 1, 2026. -- Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 419, sec. 9, effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 318, sec. 48, effective July 15, 1996; and ch. 362, sec. 6, effective July 15, 1996. -- Created 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 266, sec. 3, effective July 14, 1992.