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156.147   Education  Management  Selection  Commission  --  Selection  of  first commissioner of education. (1)  There  is  hereby  created  an  Education  Management  Selection  Commission.  The commission shall consist of six (6) members to be appointed as follows: Three (3) 
by the Governor, one (1) by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, one (1) by the 
Speaker of the House of Representatives, and one (1) jointly by the President Pro 
Tempore  and  the  Speaker.  The  commission  is  temporary  in  nature  and  shall 
terminate after the State Board for Elementary and Secondary Education has signed 
a contract  of employment with the first commissioner of education. The members 
shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for their reasonable and 
necessary actual expenses. (2)  The  commission  shall  conduct  a  national  search  to  identify  the  best  qualified individual for the State Board for Elementary and Secondary Education to appoint 
as  the  first  commissioner  of  education  to  carry  out  the  duties  of  the  chief  state 
school  officer. The individual shall be agreed upon by a unanimous vote of all of 
the members of the commission. (3)  The  commission  shall  meet  as  soon  as  practicable  after  it  is  constituted.  The members  shall  elect  a  chairperson,  who  shall  be  responsible  for  convening  future 
meetings.  The  Governor's  office  and  the  Legislative  Research  Commission  shall 
provide staff support to the commission. Effective:  July 13, 1990 
History:  Created 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 476, Pt. II, sec. 36, effective July 13, 1990. 
Legislative  Research  Commission  Note  (7/15/96).  Notwithstanding  1996  Ky.  Acts ch. 362,  sec. 6,  the  reference  to  the  State  Board  for  Elementary  and  Secondary 
Education in subsections (1) and (2) of this statute has been left unchanged because 
that reference is historical in nature.