Kentucky Senate Bill 55 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: Introduced on January 3 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-01-04 - to Education (S)
Pending: Senate Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

Amend KRS 160.345 to allow a local board to require an annual report of activities from a school council; specify the alignment of council policy with local board policy; specify that local board members may attend council meetings; permit a superintendent to forward qualified applicants to the principal instead of the council; alter principal hiring process to be selected by the superintendent or the superintendent's designee after consultation with school council; specify that school council policies adopted under statute shall be consistent with local board policy; require a local board to adopt a policy for reviewing actions of the school council based on inconsistencies with local board policy or hindrances to the efficient operation of the district as a whole; require school council authority to be transferred to the superintendent if a school is identified for comprehensive support and improvement; allow school council authority to be transferred to the principal or superintendent upon request of the local board and approval of the Kentucky Board of Education; establish requirements of such a request; allow a local board to restore school council authority after four years; make technical corrections; amend to conform.

AN ACT relating to school councils.

Sen. John Schickel [R]	Sen. Stephen Meredith [R]	Sen. Danny Carroll [R]	Sen. David Givens [R]
Sen. Dan Seum [R]	Sen. Mike Wilson [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-01-04	Senate	to Education (S)
2018-01-03	Senate	introduced in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB55.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/SB55/bill.pdf