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156.439 District allocation for textbook and instructional materials -- Use -- School plans -- Carryover.

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156.439 District allocation for textbook and instructional materials -- Use -- School plans -- Carryover. (1) The Kentucky Board of Education shall promulgate by administrative regulations the method for calculating and distributing a district's textbook and instructional <br>materials allocation. The district's allocation shall be used by schools to purchase: <br>(a) Textbooks and programs from the state recommended list; <br>(b) Textbooks and programs not on the state's recommended list, if notification is submitted to the Department of Education that the material meets the selection <br>criteria of the State Textbook Commission in KRS 156.405(3)(b), the subject <br>specific criteria of the textbook reviewers pursuant to KRS 156.407(5), and <br>compliance with the required publisher specifications; (c) Instructional materials, with an approved plan pursuant to subsection (2) of this section; or (d) Any combination of the above. (2) The district shall identify all purchases made with the textbook and instructional materials allocation and shall keep on file a plan developed by each school, in <br>accordance with administrative regulations promulgated by the Kentucky Board of <br>Education, for providing the necessary textbooks and instructional materials for all <br>grades, and subject areas, including the replacement of books and materials during <br>the six (6) year adoption period. A school may carry forward to the next school year <br>any part of its textbook and instructional materials allocation which has been <br>distributed to the district. If a local board does not approve a school council's plan, <br>the council may appeal to the commissioner and an administrative hearing shall be <br>conducted in accordance with KRS Chapter 13B. Effective: July 14, 2000 <br>History: 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 <br>July 15, 1996. -- Created 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 266, sec. 3, effective July 14, 1992.