156.031 Existing State Board for Elementary and Secondary Education to remain active until successor board appointed

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relating to statutes that are repealed and reenacted in the Kentucky Education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in effect until amended or repealed.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.