AN ACT relating to education.
Summary
Amend KRS 160.210 to require a county school district having reached an end-of-year enrollment of 25,000 or more students to add 2 board members appointed by the Auditor of Public Accounts; require the appointed members to reside in the district, hold bachelor's degrees, and have at least 5 years of finance experience; specify that appointed members shall not serve more than 2 consecutive terms; amend KRS 156.132 to authorize the commissioner of education to remove an appointed local board member for malfeasance, misfeasance, incompetence, or gross neglect of duty; amend KRS 160.160, 160.170, 160.180, and 160.190 to conform; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2027
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 17, 2026
Last action Mar 17, 2026
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Total actions
9
Key actions
0
Committee
2
Feb 24, 2026
Committee
to Primary and Secondary Education (H)
lower
Feb 17, 2026
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Feb 17, 2026
Introduced
introduced in House
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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