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157.110 Determination of grades and subjects to be provided with textbooks -- Rental of textbooks -- Free textbooks for certain students.

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157.110 Determination of grades and subjects to be provided with textbooks -- Rental of textbooks -- Free textbooks for certain students. (1) In the purchase and distribution of textbooks for grades nine (9) through twelve (12), if sufficient funds are not available to furnish textbooks for all four (4) grades, <br>the chief state school officer, subject to the approval of the Kentucky Board of <br>Education, shall determine for what grades and subjects textbooks shall be <br>provided. (2) Local school districts, which do not provide a free textbook program for all students in grades nine (9) through twelve (12), shall establish, pursuant to Kentucky Board <br>of Education administrative regulations, a process whereby pupils in grades nine (9) <br>through twelve (12) may rent textbooks for a reasonable fee. Rental fees collected <br>by the district shall be used for the maintenance of textbooks, the purchase of new <br>textbooks, and the provision of free textbooks to pupils in grades nine (9) through <br>twelve (12) who are unable to rent or purchase textbooks. (3) No pupil shall be denied the use of textbooks due to an inability to rent or purchase them. Local school districts shall establish, pursuant to Kentucky Board of <br>Education administrative regulations, a process by which to provide free textbooks <br>to pupils unable to rent or purchase them, including a process by which those <br>students shall be informed of the availability of, and guidelines and procedures for, <br>obtaining free textbooks. (4) The Kentucky Board of Education shall adopt administrative regulations to insure the availability of free textbooks to those pupils in grades nine (9) through twelve <br>(12) who are unable to rent or purchase textbooks and shall use the guidelines of the <br>free and reduced price lunch programs to determine inability to rent or purchase <br>textbooks. The regulations shall also provide for exceptional circumstances, under <br>which pupils who do not meet free and reduced price lunch guidelines may be <br>provided free textbooks. Effective: July 15, 1996 <br>History: Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 362, sec. 6, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 476, Pt. IV, sec. 171, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1986 <br>Ky. Acts ch. 462, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1986. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 154, <br>sec. 5, effective July 15, 1982. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 155, sec. 82, effective <br>June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 74, sec. 5, effective March 29, 1976. -- <br>Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 71, sec. 15. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, <br>effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 4421d-1.