2020 Kentucky Revised Statutes
Chapter 162 - School property and buildings
162.062 Plans for new public school buildings required to provide sufficient water bottle filling stations and drinking fountains -- Specifications for design and maintenance of water bottle filling stations and drinking fountains.

Universal Citation: KY Rev Stat § 162.062 (2020)

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162.062 Plans for new public school buildings required to provide sufficient water bottle filling stations and drinking fountains -- Specifications for design and maintenance of water bottle filling stations and drinking fountains. (1) The chief state school officer shall not approve the plans and specifications for a new public school building contemplated by a board of education, as required by KRS 162.060, unless the plans and specifications provide for: (a) (b) (2) (3) A minimum of two (2) water bottle filling stations in each school; A minimum of one (1) drinking fountain or water bottle filling station on each floor and wing of each school building; and (c) A minimum of one (1) drinking fountain or water bottle filling station for every seventy-five (75) students projected to attend the school upon completion of the proposed construction. Any water bottle filling station installed in a public school building shall: (a) Dispense filtered, clean drinking water; (b) Be regularly cleaned and maintained; and (c) If there is no drinking fountain on the same floor and wing as the water bottle filling station, be accompanied by a cup dispenser. Any drinking fountain installed in a public school building shall: (a) Be equipped with a protective cowl; (b) Be equipped with a water spout at least one (1) inch above the overflow rim of the drinking fountain; (c) Dispense filtered, clean drinking water; and (d) Be regularly cleaned and maintained. Effective: March 17, 2020 History: Amended 2020 Ky. Acts ch. 22, sec. 1, effective March 17, 2020. -- Created 2019 Ky. Acts ch. 197, sec. 6, effective June 27, 2019.

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