Section 184
Common School Fund -- What Constitutes -- Use -- Vote on Tax for Education other Than in Common Schools
The bond of the Commonwealth issued in favor of the Board of Education for the sum of one million three hundred and twenty-seven thousand dollars shall constitute one bond of the Commonwealth in favor of the Board of Education, and this bond and the seventy-three thousand five hundred dollars of the stock in the Bank of Kentucky, held by the Board of Education, and its proceeds, shall be held inviolate for the purpose of sustaining the system of common schools. The interest and dividends of said fund, together with any sum which may be produced by taxation or otherwise for purposes of common school education, shall be appropriated to the common schools, and to no other purpose. No sum shall be raised or collected for education other than in common schools until the question of taxation is submitted to the legal voters, and the majority of the votes cast at said election shall be in favor of such taxation: Provided, The tax now imposed for educational purposes, and for the endowment and maintenance of the Agricultural and Mechanical College, shall remain until changed by law.[1]
Section 186
Distribution and Use of School Fund
All funds accruing to the school fund shall be used for the maintenance of the public schools of the Commonwealth, and for no other purpose, and the General Assembly shall by general law prescribe the manner of the distribution of the public school fund among the school districts and its use for public school purposes.[1]
“Section 186. All funds accruing to the school fund shall be used for the maintenance of the public schools of the Commonwealth”
Seems pretty clear. I might disagree with the results of the decision, but these judges did their job and made the right call.
Thanks for the cite.
It looks like the judges followed the letter of the law as written, like it or not.