Summary of Original Version

Amend KRS 156.029 to require appointments to the Kentucky Board of Education to reflect equal gender representation and proportionally reflect the Commonwealth's political affiliation and minority racial composition; provide that members can be removed if composition requirements are not met; add a student and a teacher to the board as non-voting members; prohibit the Governor from reorganizing the board; amend KRS 156.040 and KRS 63.080 to conform.

Summary of Amendment: House Committee Substitute 1

Summary Retain original provisions; add the secretary of the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet to the board as an ex officio member; establish a term end date for the teacher and student members; require the student member to be a junior at the time of appointment; apply the equal representation requirements to the Supreme Court district members and the at-large members respectively; confirm Executive Order 2020-610.

Summary of Amendment: Senate Committee Substitute 1

Summary Retain original provisions except remove the addition of the non-voting teacher and student member and make changes to conform; remove the confirmation of Executive Order 2020-610.

Summary of Amendment: Senate Floor Amendment 1 -- R. Thomas

Summary Add a non-voting student member and a non-voting teacher member to the board.

Summary of Amendment: Conference Committee Report 1

Summary Cannot agree.

Summary of Amendment: Free Conference Committee Report 1

Summary Retain original provisions except provide that the non-voting teacher and student members will be selected by the board; require the teacher and student members to be from different, rotating congressional districts; revise the teacher term to one year; require the board to promulgate an administrative regulation establishing the selection process.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 156.029, 156.040, 63.080
Acts Chapter 178: 156.029, 156.040, 63.080
House Committee Substitute 1: 156.029, 156.040, 63.080
Senate Committee Substitute 1: 156.029, 156.040, 63.080
Free Conference Committee Report 1: 156.029
Current: 156.029, 156.040, 63.080