The Division of District Support distributes state SEEK funds to local school districts and provides districts with assistance on salary schedules, data management, facility management, and budgeting. Staff of the Division work with various Department of Education, Council for Postsecondary Education, and Professional Standards Board program areas in analyzing data and determining requirements for data entered in the Department's enterprise data system. The Division also reviews local school district facility plans and compiles information on school district construction needs for the School Facilities Construction Commission.

The Division of Resource Management provides personnel and payroll services to Department staff. These services include the administration of the state merit system, Family Medical Leave Act, Workers' Compensation, sick leave sharing, tuition assistance, employee training, Fair Labor Standards Act, Americans with Disabilities Act, and all other related employment laws and regulations.

The Division of School and Community Nutrition oversees the administration of the following National School Lunch Act and Child Nutrition Act programs in local school districts and other eligible agencies: National School Lunch program, School Breakfast program, Special Milk program, Child Care Food program, Summer Food Service program, and the Nutrition Education and Training program.

Policy

The base budget in each fiscal year includes General Fund for the following programs:

  • $5 million in each fiscal year for the Educators Employment Liability Insurance Program for the purpose of providing educators employment liability insurance to protect all certified employees of Kentucky public schools from liability for judgments or settlements that are in excess of the coverage provided in KRS 160.105.
  • $492,300 in each fiscal year for the Blind/Deaf Residential Travel Program
  • $1,000,000 in each fiscal year to pay the cost of Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate examinations for qualifying students and $2,600,000 in each fiscal year to pay the cost of Advanced Placement examinations.
  • $3,584,000 in each fiscal year for the School Food Services Program
  • $500,000 in each fiscal year to support the evaluation process for the classification of primary and secondary school buildings

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