KSBA - Legal Services

Legal Services

Telephone consultations. Training on legal issues. Publications on court rulings and changes in the law. These are some of the methods Legal Services uses to assist board members, superintendents, board attorneys and administrators.

Catalog of Services:

Daily consultation with school board members, superintendents, board attorneys and administrators on legal issues as well as KSBA Policy staff on policy development
Board member and district personnel in-service training
Special Education Service including consultation with the KSBA insurance programs and its panel of defense attorneys (Click here for the Special Education Service main page)
Two annual meetings of the Council of School Board Attorneys to update legal issues
Attorney General Opinion Service
Monthly IDEA, Section 504 and FERPA newsletter addressing legal issues
Quarterly Council Update overing legal aspects of education
Kentucky Student Discipline Desk Reference, updated annually
Assist Governmental Relations staff through bill reviews, drafting and consultations during legislative sessions
Specialty notices and publications, for example, KSBA prepared and distributed to all superintendents a publication to help districts review their practices and comply with the Fair Labor Standards Act’s wage and hour standards.
Updates on special education and 504 procedures to reflect changes in law.

Meet the KSBA Legal Services staff

Order copies of updated Kentucky Open Meetings Act guide by KSBA

ADVISORY: Board Policies on Student Drug Testing

OAG 05-006 - Due process ruling from attorney general

Important legal dates and deadlines for school boards and administrators

"Give Back to the Community", a downloadable brochure about giving gifts to the school district. [Must be able to open Adobe PageMaker documents to download. Also download the WinZip photo file that accompanies this brochure.]

HIPAA Advisory from KSBA, KY Department of Education

Frequently Asked Legal Questions

Board member per diems and expenses

Religion and public schools in Kentucky

Superintendent searches and the Open Meetings Law

Students and the Pledge of Allegiance

Student Discipline

Open Meetings Law

Teacher Tenure

Special Education

2007 Primary Numbers:

Inquiries from local districts including special education inquiries: 3,000