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Voting & Civil Rights Introduced Kentucky · 2025RS
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SB 131

AN ACT relating to school governance.

In Plain Language

This bill makes it easier to remove school superintendents by lowering the vote requirement from four-fifths to a simple majority of board members, and it removes the need for approval from the state education commissioner. It changes school board elections so anyone can run regardless of family connections to school employees, requires board members to take training on open records and meetings, and sets board chair and vice chair terms to one year. The bill also adjusts school board sizes based on how many students are in each district, with the state board reviewing this every 10 years.

Official 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.

Sponsor

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Cosponsors

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Latest action

to Education (S)

Feb 13, 2025

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Action history

Feb 13, 2025 to Education (S)

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