156.439 District allocation for textbook and instructional materials -- Use -- School plans -- Carryover. (1) The Kentucky Board of Education shall promulgate by administrative regulations the method for calculating and distributing a district's textbook and instructional materials allocation. The district's allocation shall be used by schools to purchase: (a) Textbooks and programs from the state recommended list; (b) Textbooks and programs not on the state's recommended list, if notification is submitted to the Department of Education that the material meets the selection criteria of the State Textbook Commission in KRS 156.405(3)(b), the subject specific criteria of the textbook reviewers pursuant to KRS 156.407(5), and compliance with the required publisher specifications; (c) Instructional materials, with an approved plan pursuant to subsection (2) of this section; or (d) Any combination of the above. (2) The district shall identify all purchases made with the textbook and instructional materials allocation and shall keep on file a plan developed by each school, in accordance with administrative regulations promulgated by the Kentucky Board of Education, for providing the necessary textbooks and instructional materials for all grades, and subject areas, including the replacement of books and materials during the six (6) year adoption period. A school may carry forward to the next school year any part of its textbook and instructional materials allocation which has been distributed to the district. If a local board does not approve a school council's plan, the council may appeal to the commissioner and an administrative hearing shall be conducted in accordance with KRS Chapter 13B. Effective: July 14, 2000 History: Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 419, sec. 9, effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 318, sec. 48, effective July 15, 1996; and ch. 362, sec. 6, effective July 15, 1996. -- Created 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 266, sec. 3, effective July 14, 1992. 2018-2020 Budget Reference. See State/Executive Branch Budget, 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 169, Pt. I, C, 3, (5) at 1310.