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160.440 Secretary of board of education.
Each board of education shall appoint a secretary for a term of one (1), two (2),
three (3), or four (4) years. The secretary shall not be a member of the board of
education. The board of education of any district may appoint its superintendent as
secretary. However, a superintendent who serves as secretary to the board shall not
receive compensation in addition to that which he receives for serving as
superintendent. The board may fix a reasonable salary for the secretary. The
secretary shall keep the records of the board and perform other duties imposed
upon him by the board. All orders of the board must be signed by the secretary and
countersigned by the chairman of the board. The secretary shall be custodian of all
securities, documents, title papers, and other papers of the board under such
conditions as the board may direct. The secretary, when other than the
superintendent, shall make all records of the board available to the superintendent
and the board of education at any time and shall furnish the superintendent of
schools and the board of education such information as is revealed by the records at
any time upon the request of the superintendent or the board of education.
Effective:July 13, 1990
History: Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 476, Pt. II, sec. 91, effective July 13, 1990. -Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1982. -- Amended
1978 Ky. Acts ch. 6, sec. 1, effective June 17, 1978. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts
ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 4399-38.
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