(1) Each board of education may furnish necessary school supplies free of charge to indigent children in its school district or to such other children as it deems advisable, under such rules and regulations as it may adopt, except that free textbooks must be provided to indigent children as provided in KRS 157.110.
(2) Local school districts shall establish, pursuant to Kentucky Board of Education administrative regulations, a process by which to waive fees for pupils who qualify for free and reduced priced lunches, including a process by which such students shall be informed of the fee waiver provisions.