- (1) Any witness who fails, without legal excuse, to attend or to testify, when required by the chief state school officer under these provisions, shall be fined not more than twenty-five dollars ($25) for each offense.
- (2) Any person who violates any of the provisions of KRS 156.395 to 156.476 shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or imprisoned not more than three
- (3) months, or both.
- (3) A violation of subsection (1) of KRS 156.483 shall cause the Department of Education to be fined not less than five hundred dollars ($500) or more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).
- (4) Any person who operates a non-school bus passenger vehicle to transport a student or students within the Commonwealth without holding a current valid license as required pursuant to KRS 156.153(3)(c) shall be guilty of a Class D felony.
Effective: July 1, 2026
History: Amended 2025 Ky. Acts ch. 113, sec. 26, effective July 1, 2026. -- Amended 2024 Ky. Acts ch. 35, sec. 3, effective April 4, 2024. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 476, Pt. IV, sec. 168, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 345, sec. 6, effective July 15, 1988. -- Created 1952 Ky. Acts ch. 184, sec. 16. History for former KRS 156.990: Repealed 1952 Ky. Acts ch. 184, sec. 17. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 4384-15, 4421a-46.