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156.031   Existing State Board for Elementary and Secondary Education to remain active until successor board appointed. (1)  Effective  until  the  Governor  appoints  and  the  Senate  and  the  House  of Representatives  of  the  General  Assembly  confirm  the  State  Board  for Elementary 
and  Secondary  Education  as  established  in  KRS  156.029,  there  is  within  the 
Department  of  Education  a  State  Board  for  Elementary  and  Secondary  Education 
which  shall  consist  of  thirteen  (13)  members.  Seven  (7)  members  shall  be 
appointed,  one  (1)  from  each  Supreme  Court  district,  as  established  by  KRS 
21A.010, and six (6) members from the state at large, by the Governor to serve for 
terms of four (4) years. (2)  The terms of the appointees shall expire on June 30 in the appropriate year, and the terms of each new member appointed thereafter shall begin on July 1. (3)  Vacancies  in  the  membership  of  the  board  shall  be  filled  by  the  Governor  for unexpired  terms.  Appointments  shall  be  made  without  reference  to  occupation, 
political  affiliation,  or  similar  consideration.  No  member  at  the  time  of  his 
appointment  or  during  the  term  of  his  service  shall  be  engaged  as  a  professional 
educator. (4)  At the first regular meeting of the board in each fiscal year, a chairperson shall be elected from its voting membership. (5)  The  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  or  his  designee  shall  be  the  executive officer of the board. (6)  The  primary  function  of  the  board  shall  be  to  develop  and  adopt  policies  and administrative regulations by which the Department of Education shall be governed 
in planning, coordinating, administering, supervising, operating, and evaluating the 
educational  programs,  services, and activities within the Department  of Education 
which  are  within  the  jurisdiction  of  the  board. Existing administrative regulations 
relating  to  statutes  that  are  repealed  and  reenacted  in  the  Kentucky  Education 
Reform Act of 1990, 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 476, and that have not been objected to in 
the administrative review process as provided for in KRS Chapter 13A shall remain 
in effect until amended or repealed. Regulations promulgated under newly created 
or amended statutes in the Kentucky Education Reform Act of 1990, 1990 Ky. Acts 
ch. 476, shall be promulgated, reviewed, or amended, if necessary, and resubmitted 
to  the  Legislative  Research  Commission,  prior  to  December  30,  1990,  except  for 
regulations  that  are  to  be  promulgated  at  another  date  in  accordance  with  other 
provisions of the Kentucky Education Reform Act of 1990, 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 476. Effective:  July 13, 1990 
History:  Amended  1990  Ky.  Acts  ch. 476,  Pt. II,  sec. 34,  effective  July  13,  1990.  -- Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 361, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1988. -- Created 1982 Ky. 
Acts ch. 381, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1982. Legislative  Research  Commission  Note  (7/15/96).  Under  1996  Ky.  Acts  ch. 362, sec. 6,  references  to  the  "State  Board  for  Elementary  and  Secondary  Education"  in 
this  statute  have  been  left  unchanged  although  the  name  of  that  board  has  been 
changed by that Act to the "Kentucky Board of Education." Legislative  Research  Commission  Note.  As  enacted,  subsection  (1)  of  this  section states  that  the  State  Board of Education consists of fourteen members. However, it 
provides  for  the  appointment  of  only  thirteen  members.  The  Reviser  of  Statutes, 
pursuant to KRS 7.136, has made a technical correction in subsection (1) by inserting 
thirteen in lieu of fourteen.     Pursuant to Executive Order 80-624, the terms of those members appointed on July 
30,  1980  shall  expire  on  June  30,  as  follows:  three  in 1981; three in 1982; four in 
1983; and three in 1984.