159.070 Attendance districts -- Enrollment permitted in school nearest home.

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159.070 Attendance districts -- Enrollment permitted in school nearest home. Each school district shall constitute a separate attendance district unless two (2) or more <br>contiguous school districts, with the approval of the Kentucky Board of Education, unite <br>to form one (1) attendance district. Controversies arising in attendance districts relating to <br>attendance matters shall be submitted to the Kentucky Board of Education for settlement. <br>In case an agreement suitable to all parties cannot be reached, the Kentucky Board of <br>Education may dissolve a united district. In case of dissolution, each school district <br>involved may unite with other contiguous school districts in forming a united attendance <br>district or may act as a separate attendance district. Within the appropriate school district <br>attendance area, parents or legal guardians shall be permitted to enroll their children in <br>the public school nearest their home. 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. 218, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1978 <br>Ky. Acts ch. 155, sec. 82, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 79, <br>sec. 1, effective March 29, 1976. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, <br>effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 4434-5, 4436-6.