Instructional materials depository -- Establishment -- Duties -- Required use by school districts and Department of Education
KRS 156.412
in effect156.412. Instructional materials depository -- Establishment -- Duties -- Required use by school districts and Department of Education
(1) (a) The Kentucky Department of Education shall establish an instructional materials depository for the school s of the Commonwealth.
(b) The department may enter into contracts to designate an entity to serve as the department's agent to carry out the responsibilities of the depository under KRS 156.395 to 156.476.
(c) To leverage the purchasing power of the Comm onwealth's schools, the depository shall negotiate prices on behalf of the department and all school districts.
(2) (a) In accordance with KRS Chapter 45A, school districts and the department shall use the depository in purchasing the instructional materia ls included in the state-approved list established by the State Quality Curriculum Task Force under KRS 156.395 to 156.476.
(b) Superintendents of school districts shall use the instructional materials depository to report the school district's selection o f instructional materials to the department, unless the school district purchases approved alternate instructional materials under KRS 156.439.
(3) The depository shall make available to school districts and the public the necessary information for assessing the instructional materials included in the state -approved list. The information shall include but not be limited to:
(a) Each of the instructional materials included in the state -approved list, capable of being organized by grade or grade band and cont ent area;
(b) Summary results of the instructional materials evaluations conducted by the task force and any factual error identified in the instructional materials;
(c) A list of the accompanying manuals, workbooks, and other ancillary items for instructional materials included in the state-approved list; and
(d) A list of the school districts within the state that have adopted each of the instructional materials, includi ng for each school district: 1. The statewide assessment results in the associated content area; and 2. Identification of any interim or formative assessment utilized by the district pursuant to KRS 158.6453(8).
Effective: July 1, 2026
History: Created 2025 Ky. Acts ch. 113, sec. 11, effective July 1, 2026.
Source: Kentucky Legislative Research Commission (legislature.ky.gov)URL: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=56668Fetched: 10/20/2026