SB 8 KY

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Amend KRS 156.029 to provide that all 14 voting members of the Kentucky Board of Education are to be elected; create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to establish the process by which members of the Kentucky Board of Education are elected, including a partisan primary and partisan regular election; amend KRS 156.040 to add a requirement that members of the Kentucky Board of Education shall not have served on a local school board for at least four years preceding the year of their election; create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to establish the process for removal of a member of the Kentucky Board of Education; amend various KRS sections to conform; repeal KRS 156.031, which relates to the State Board for Elementary and Secondary Education; establish a schedule for transitioning from appointed to elected members; allow appointees to continue to serve in accordance with their appointments until December 31, 2026; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2026.

• M. Wilson Republican · primary
• S. West Republican · primary
• G. Boswell Republican · primary
• D. Carroll Republican · primary
• M. Deneen Republican · primary
• D. Douglas Republican · primary
• R. Girdler Republican · primary
• S. Meredith Republican · primary
• R. Mills Republican · primary
• J. Schickel · primary
• D. Thayer · primary
• L. Tichenor Republican · primary
• G. Williams Republican · primary
• M. Wise Republican · primary

1. Jan 9, 2024 introduced in Senate · upper
2. Jan 9, 2024 to Committee on Committees (S) · upper
3. Jan 11, 2024 to State & Local Government (S) · upper
4. Feb 28, 2024 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar · upper
5. Feb 29, 2024 2nd reading, to Rules · upper
6. Mar 1, 2024 floor amendment (1) filed · upper
7. Mar 1, 2024 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 05, 2024 · upper
8. Mar 5, 2024 3rd reading, passed 24-14 with Floor Amendment (1) · upper
9. Mar 6, 2024 received in House · lower
10. Mar 6, 2024 to Committee on Committees (H) · lower
11. Mar 8, 2024 to Education (H) · lower

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Current/Final · PDF
• Introduced · PDF