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160.041 Merger of independent district with county district.
(1)
(2)
When a board of education of an independent school district desires to have its
district become a part of the county school district, it shall by motion so record
its desire in the minutes of the board. The board, or its executive officer, shall
convey this request to the county board of education. At its next regular
meeting, or at a special meeting held prior thereto, the county board of
education shall pass upon this request.
If the county board of education refuses, or the two (2) boards of education
cannot agree upon such a proposition of merger of the independent district with
the county district, the question of merger shall be submitted to the qualified
voters of the two (2) districts at the next regular election if the question is filed
with the county clerk not later than the second Tuesday in August preceding
the regular election.
(a) If a majority of those voting on the question favor merger, the school
boards of the two (2) school districts shall jointly develop a plan for
adoption of the merger.
(b) If the two (2) school boards cannot agree to the terms of merger within
sixty (60) days following the date of the regular election, the chief state
school officer shall develop the terms of the adoption of merger.
(c) Notwithstanding subsection (2)(a) of this section, if the independent
school district cannot meet its current operating expenses from projected
revenue and if the two (2) school boards cannot agree to the terms of a
merger, the proposition of merger shall be submitted to the Kentucky
Board of Education, and the Kentucky Board of Education shall determine
whether the two (2) districts should be merged and if merged the terms
thereto.
(d) Upon completion of the plan for adoption of the merger, whether prepared
by the school boards or the superintendent, it shall become effective and
the independent district shall become a part of the county school district
as set out in the plan.
Effective:July 15, 1996
History: Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 195, sec. 56, effective July 15, 1996; and
ch. 362, sec. 6, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 476,
Pt. IV, sec. 225, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 155,
sec. 82, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 212, sec. 1. -Created 1948 Ky. Acts ch. 238, sec. 1.
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