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159.070 Attendance districts -- Enrollment permitted in school nearest home.
Each school district shall constitute a separate attendance district unless two (2) or
more contiguous school districts, with the approval of the Kentucky Board of
Education, unite to form one (1) attendance district. Controversies arising in
attendance districts relating to attendance matters shall be submitted to the
Kentucky Board of Education for settlement. In case an agreement suitable to all
parties cannot be reached, the Kentucky Board of Education may dissolve a united
district. In case of dissolution, each school district involved may unite with other
contiguous school districts in forming a united attendance district or may act as a
separate attendance district. Within the appropriate school district attendance area,
parents or legal guardians shall be permitted to enroll their children in the public
school nearest their home.
Effective:July 15, 1996
History: Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 362, sec. 6, effective July 15, 1996. -Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 476, Pt. IV, sec. 218, effective July 13, 1990. -Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 155, sec. 82, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended
1976 Ky. Acts ch. 79, sec. 1, effective March 29, 1976. -- Recodified 1942 Ky.
Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat.
secs. 4434-5, 4436-6.
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