AN ACT relating to school governance.
Summary
Amend KRS 160.350 to require a majority vote instead of a four-fifths vote of board members to remove the superintendent; delete requirements for approval from the commissioner of education to remove a superintendent; amend KRS 160.180 to remove the relative employee eligibility requirement for candidates for the local board of education; require a local board member obtain at least one hour of open records and open meetings training per term; amend KRS 160.160 to establish a one-year term for chair and vice chair of the local board of education; require superintendents to submit reports on closed personnel investigations to the local board of education for the purposes of policy oversight and evaluation of the superintendent's performance; amend KRS 160.210 to establish new numbers for membership of a local board of education based on district enrollment; require the Kentucky Board of Education to determine the required number of members every 10 years; provide for the election of additional members and for the reduction of membership; require local boards of education to report new electoral divisions to the Kentucky Board of Education and the Legislative Research Commission; amend KRS 160.200 and 116.200 to conform; require the Kentucky Board to make initial determinations of board size by December 31, 2025 and local boards to conduct required division changes; require superintendents to submit reports on previous investigations closed during the superintendent's contract to the local board of education within 30 days of the effective date of this Act.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 11, 2025
Last action Feb 13, 2025
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Total actions
3
Key actions
0
Committee
2
Feb 13, 2025
Committee
to Education (S)
upper
Feb 11, 2025
Committee
to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Feb 11, 2025
Introduced
introduced in Senate
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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