160.020 Composition of independent school districts. All school districts embracing cities of the first five (5) classes together with the territory <br>within their limits, including any territory added for school purposes outside of the city <br>limits, and all independent graded common school districts having a school census <br>enumeration of two hundred (200) or more children, constitute independent school <br>districts, except those which have merged with a county school district since June 14, <br>1934. No independent district other than a city of the first five (5) classes shall continue <br>to operate when its school census enumeration of children falls below two hundred (200) <br>pupils unless it appears to the Kentucky Board of Education that the district can maintain <br>a more efficient program of school service by operating as an independent district. Effective: July 15, 1996 <br>History: Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 362, sec. 6, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 476, Pt. IV, sec. 224, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1978 <br>Ky. Acts ch. 155, sec. 82, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 49, <br>sec. 2. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from <br>Ky. Stat. sec. 4399-3.
160.020 Composition of independent school districts. All school districts embracing cities of the first five (5) classes together with the territory <br>within their limits, including any territory added for school purposes outside of the city <br>limits, and all independent graded common school districts having a school census <br>enumeration of two hundred (200) or more children, constitute independent school <br>districts, except those which have merged with a county school district since June 14, <br>1934. No independent district other than a city of the first five (5) classes shall continue <br>to operate when its school census enumeration of children falls below two hundred (200) <br>pupils unless it appears to the Kentucky Board of Education that the district can maintain <br>a more efficient program of school service by operating as an independent district. Effective: July 15, 1996 <br>History: Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 362, sec. 6, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 476, Pt. IV, sec. 224, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1978 <br>Ky. Acts ch. 155, sec. 82, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 49, <br>sec. 2. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from <br>Ky. Stat. sec. 4399-3.
160.020 Composition of independent school districts. All school districts embracing cities of the first five (5) classes together with the territory <br>within their limits, including any territory added for school purposes outside of the city <br>limits, and all independent graded common school districts having a school census <br>enumeration of two hundred (200) or more children, constitute independent school <br>districts, except those which have merged with a county school district since June 14, <br>1934. No independent district other than a city of the first five (5) classes shall continue <br>to operate when its school census enumeration of children falls below two hundred (200) <br>pupils unless it appears to the Kentucky Board of Education that the district can maintain <br>a more efficient program of school service by operating as an independent district. Effective: July 15, 1996 <br>History: Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 362, sec. 6, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 476, Pt. IV, sec. 224, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1978 <br>Ky. Acts ch. 155, sec. 82, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 49, <br>sec. 2. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from <br>Ky. Stat. sec. 4399-3.
