2013 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 156 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 156.147 Education Management Selection Commission -- Selection of first commissioner of education.
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156.147 Education Management Selection Commission -- Selection of first
commissioner of education.
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(2)
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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.
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.
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.
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