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156.210 Powers of chief state school officer.
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The chief state school officer shall have access to the papers, books and records of
all teachers, trustees, superintendents, or other public school officials.
He may administer oaths and may examine witnesses under oath in any part of the
state in any matter pertaining to the public schools, and may cause the testimony to
be reduced to writing. He may issue process to compel attendance of witnesses
before him and compel witnesses to testify in any investigation he is authorized to
make.
When he or his assistants find any mismanagement, misconduct, violation of law, or
wrongful or improper use of any district or state school fund, or neglect in the
performance of duty on the part of any official, he shall report the same, and any
other violation of the school laws discovered by him, to the Kentucky Board of
Education, which shall, through the chief state school officer or one (1) of his
assistants, call in the county attorney or the Commonwealth's attorney in the county
or district where the violation occurs, and the attorney so called in shall assist in the
indictment, prosecution, and conviction of the accused. If prosecution is not
warrantable, the Kentucky Board of Education may rectify and regulate all such
matters.
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. 137, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1978
Ky. Acts ch. 155, sec. 82, effective June 17, 1978. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch.
208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 4384-12, 4384-15.
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