THE Common School Laws OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY REVISED TO DATE EDITED AND PUBLISHED BY ELLSWORTH REGENSTEIN SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION 1910 CALIFORNIA LOUISVILLE CONTINENTAL PRINTING COMPANY 1910 K43 FOREWORD Few changes were made in the School Laws by the General Assembly of 1910. However, in compliance with Section 4393 and Section 4395 of the Statutes, we submit this revision. Decisions of the Court of Appeals, opinions of the Attorney General, and Rulings of the Department, bearing on the interpretation of the School Laws, will be found in Chapter 23. ELLSWORTH REGENSTEIN, Superintendent of Public Instruction. MIA OL AIMBOLIAD CHAPTER I. EDUCATIONAL PROVISIONS OF THE § 183.-Common Schools to be provided for-The General Assembly shall, by appropriate legislation, provide for an efficient system of common schools throughout the State. (See sec. 4363, Ky. Stat.) § 184.-Fund set apart for common Schools-taxation for A. & M. College-The bond of the Commonwealth, issued in favor of the Board of Education, for the sum of one million three hundred and twenty-seven thousand dollars, shall constitute one bond of the Commonwealth in favor of the Board of Education, and this bond and the seventy-three thousand five hundred dollars of the stock in the Bank of Kentucky (now seventy-nine thousand eight hundred), held by the Board of Education, and its proceeds, shall be held inviolate for the purpose of sustaining the system of the common schools. The interests and dividends of said fund, together with any sum which may be produced by taxation or otherwise for the purposes of common school education, shall be appropriated to the common schools, and to no other purpose. No sum shall be raised or collected for education other than in common schools until the question of taxation is submitted to the legal voters, and the majority of the votes cast at said election shall be in favor of such taxation: Provided, The tax now imposed for educational purposes, and for the endowment and maintenance of the Agricultural and Mechanical College, shall remain until changed by law. (See sec. 4370, Ky. Stat.) $ 185.-Common School Funds-Investment-Interest on-The General Assembly shall make provision, by law, for the payment of the interest of said school fund, and may provide for the sale of the stock in the Bank of Kentucky; and in case of a sale of all or any part of said stock, the proceeds of sale shall be invested by the Sink |