Kentucky 2024 Regular Session Status: Passed Senate 12 R cosponsors

SB 8 — AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Board of Education.

Last action — to Education (H)

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2024 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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Summary

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.

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UNOFFICIAL COPY 24 RS BR 379 AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Board of Education.
UNOFFICIAL COPY 24 RS SB 8/GA AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Board of Education.
Beginning with voting members appointed on or after June 29, 2021, appointments to the group of members representing Supreme Court districts and to the group of at-large Page 1 of 20 BR037900.100 - 379 - XXXX 3/5/2024 3:41 PM Jacketed UNOFFICIAL COPY 24 RS BR 379 members, respectively, shall reflect equal representation of the two (2) sexes, inasmuch as possible;
Beginning with voting members appointed on or after June 29, 2021, appointments to the group of members representing Supreme Court districts and to the group of at-large Page 1 of 20 SB000810.100 - 379 - XXXX 3/5/2024 3:59 PM GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 24 RS SB 8/GA members, respectively, shall reflect equal representation of the two (2) sexes, inasmuch as possible;
The teacher and student members shall serve for a one (1) year term[, except the initial appointments shall serve a term which shall expire on April 14, Page 2 of 20 BR037900.100 - 379 - XXXX 3/5/2024 3:41 PM Jacketed UNOFFICIAL COPY 24 RS BR 379 2022].
The teacher and student members shall serve for a one (1) year term[, except the initial appointments shall serve a term which shall expire on April 14, Page 2 of 20 SB000810.100 - 379 - XXXX 3/5/2024 3:59 PM GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 24 RS SB 8/GA 2022].
(2) In each Supreme Court district, there shall be two (2) numbered divisions for the Page 3 of 20 BR037900.100 - 379 - XXXX 3/5/2024 3:41 PM Jacketed UNOFFICIAL COPY 24 RS BR 379 purpose of electing board members, and each numbered division shall be voted upon and tallied separately.
(2) In each Supreme Court district, there shall be two (2) numbered divisions for the Page 3 of 20 SB000810.100 - 379 - XXXX 3/5/2024 3:59 PM GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 24 RS SB 8/GA purpose of electing board members, and each numbered division shall be voted upon and tallied separately.
(b) Have at least an associate degree or its equivalent;
(b) Have at least an associate or technical degree, or an equivalent credential[degree or its equivalent];
(d) Not hold a state office requiring the constitutional oath;
Page 4 of 20 SB000810.100 - 379 - XXXX 3/5/2024 3:59 PM GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 24 RS SB 8/GA (d) Not hold a state office requiring the constitutional oath;
Page 4 of 20 BR037900.100 - 379 - XXXX 3/5/2024 3:41 PM Jacketed UNOFFICIAL COPY 24 RS BR 379 (e) Not be a member of the General Assembly;
(e) Not be a member of the General Assembly;
and (k) Not have served on a local school board for at least four (4) years preceding the election.
and (k) Not be serving as a member of a local school board at the time he or she files the nomination papers under Section 6 of this Act.
(4) Any elected member removed from the board under this section may appeal to the Circuit Court of the county in which the member resides.
(4) Any elected member removed from the board under this section may appeal to the Page 5 of 20 SB000810.100 - 379 - XXXX 3/5/2024 3:59 PM GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 24 RS SB 8/GA Circuit Court of the county in which the member resides.
The decision of the Page 5 of 20 BR037900.100 - 379 - XXXX 3/5/2024 3:41 PM Jacketed UNOFFICIAL COPY 24 RS BR 379 Circuit Court shall be subject to review by the Court of Appeals in accordance with the Kentucky Rules of Civil Procedure.
The decision of the Circuit Court shall be subject to review by the Court of Appeals in accordance with the Kentucky Rules of Civil Procedure.
(4) If a vacancy occurs in the nomination of an unopposed candidate or in a nomination made by the primary more than ten (10) days before the certification of candidates for the regular election, and if that party's nominee was the only political party Page 6 of 20 BR037900.100 - 379 - XXXX 3/5/2024 3:41 PM Jacketed UNOFFICIAL COPY 24 RS BR 379 candidate for the office sought, the governing authority of each party may nominate a candidate for the regular election, provided that no person has sought that party's nomination by filing a notification and declaration.
(4) If a vacancy occurs in the nomination of an unopposed candidate or in a nomination made by the primary more than ten (10) days before the certification of candidates Page 6 of 20 SB000810.100 - 379 - XXXX 3/5/2024 3:59 PM GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 24 RS SB 8/GA for the regular election, and if that party's nominee was the only political party candidate for the office sought, the governing authority of each party may nominate a candidate for the regular election, provided that no person has sought that party's nomination by filing a notification and declaration.
(2) Candidates for offices to be voted for by the electors of more than one (1) county, and for members of Congress,[ and] members of the General Assembly, and members of the Kentucky Board of Education, shall file their nomination papers with the Secretary of State not earlier than the first Wednesday after the first Monday in November of the year preceding the year the office will appear on the ballot and not later than the first Friday following the first Monday in January Page 7 of 20 BR037900.100 - 379 - XXXX 3/5/2024 3:41 PM Jacketed UNOFFICIAL COPY 24 RS BR 379 preceding the day fixed by law for holding the primary.
(2) Candidates for offices to be voted for by the electors of more than one (1) county, and for members of Congress,[ and] members of the General Assembly, and members of the Kentucky Board of Education, shall file their nomination papers with the Secretary of State not earlier than the first Wednesday after the first Monday in November of the year preceding the year the office will appear on the Page 7 of 20 SB000810.100 - 379 - XXXX 3/5/2024 3:59 PM GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 24 RS SB 8/GA ballot and not later than the first Friday following the first Monday in January preceding the day fixed by law for holding the primary.
(b) Candidates of a political party, as defined in KRS 118.015, who have been nominated for an unexpired term in a manner determined by the governing authority of the party, as provided in KRS 118.115, and whose evidences of nomination have been filed with the Secretary of State or the appropriate Page 8 of 20 BR037900.100 - 379 - XXXX 3/5/2024 3:41 PM Jacketed UNOFFICIAL COPY 24 RS BR 379 county clerk within the time prescribed in this chapter;
(b) Candidates of a political party, as defined in KRS 118.015, who have been nominated for an unexpired term in a manner determined by the governing authority of the party, as provided in KRS 118.115, and whose evidences of Page 8 of 20 SB000810.100 - 379 - XXXX 3/5/2024 3:59 PM GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 24 RS SB 8/GA nomination have been filed with the Secretary of State or the appropriate county clerk within the time prescribed in this chapter;
If the county clerk determines that the name of any replacement candidate cannot be accommodated on the existing ballot and if there is insufficient time Page 9 of 20 BR037900.100 - 379 - XXXX 3/5/2024 3:41 PM Jacketed UNOFFICIAL COPY 24 RS BR 379 before the election to reprint the entire ballot, the county clerk shall request approval to use supplemental paper ballots for voting for that office only in the same manner as permitted for other situations in KRS 118.215(5), and, if approved, shall have an adequate number of supplemental paper ballots printed for voting for that office and only votes cast for that office by means of the supplemental paper ballots shall be tabulated and recorded by the precinct election officers and county board of elections.
If the county clerk determines that the name of any replacement candidate Page 9 of 20 SB000810.100 - 379 - XXXX 3/5/2024 3:59 PM GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 24 RS SB 8/GA cannot be accommodated on the existing ballot and if there is insufficient time before the election to reprint the entire ballot, the county clerk shall request approval to use supplemental paper ballots for voting for that office only in the same manner as permitted for other situations in KRS 118.215(5), and, if approved, shall have an adequate number of supplemental paper ballots printed for voting for that office and only votes cast for that office by means of the supplemental paper ballots shall be tabulated and recorded by the precinct election officers and county board of elections.
(j) Candidates for soil and water district supervisors who have been nominated by petition as provided in KRS 262.210;
(j) Candidates for soil and water district supervisors who have been nominated Page 10 of 20 SB000810.100 - 379 - XXXX 3/5/2024 3:59 PM GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 24 RS SB 8/GA by petition as provided in KRS 262.210;
and Page 10 of 20 BR037900.100 - 379 - XXXX 3/5/2024 3:41 PM Jacketed UNOFFICIAL COPY 24 RS BR 379 (k) Candidates for city office for which no nonpartisan primary has been conducted in a city which requires nonpartisan city elections.
and (k) Candidates for city office for which no nonpartisan primary has been conducted in a city which requires nonpartisan city elections.
(7) When a vacancy occurs in an elective office which is required by law to be filled temporarily by appointment, the officer or body designated by law to make the appointment, or in the case of an office to be filled by appointment from a list of nominations, the officer or body designated by law to make the nominations, shall immediately notify in writing both the county clerk and Secretary of State of the Page 11 of 20 BR037900.100 - 379 - XXXX 3/5/2024 3:41 PM Jacketed UNOFFICIAL COPY 24 RS BR 379 vacancy.
(7) When a vacancy occurs in an elective office which is required by law to be filled temporarily by appointment, the officer or body designated by law to make the appointment, or in the case of an office to be filled by appointment from a list of nominations, the officer or body designated by law to make the nominations, shall Page 11 of 20 SB000810.100 - 379 - XXXX 3/5/2024 3:59 PM GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 24 RS SB 8/GA immediately notify in writing both the county clerk and Secretary of State of the vacancy.
Signatures for a petition of nomination for a candidate seeking any office, excluding President of the United States in accordance with KRS 118.591(1), shall not be affixed on the document to be filed prior to the first Wednesday after the first Monday in November of the year preceding the year in which the office will appear Page 12 of 20 BR037900.100 - 379 - XXXX 3/5/2024 3:41 PM Jacketed UNOFFICIAL COPY 24 RS BR 379 on the ballot.
Signatures for a petition of nomination for a candidate seeking any office, excluding President of the United States in accordance with KRS 118.591(1), shall not be affixed on the document to be filed prior to the first Wednesday after the first Page 12 of 20 SB000810.100 - 379 - XXXX 3/5/2024 3:59 PM GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 24 RS SB 8/GA Monday in November of the year preceding the year in which the office will appear on the ballot.
(4) The Secretary of State and county clerks shall examine the petitions of all candidates who file with them to determine whether each petition is regular on its Page 13 of 20 BR037900.100 - 379 - XXXX 3/5/2024 3:41 PM Jacketed UNOFFICIAL COPY 24 RS BR 379 face.
(4) The Secretary of State and county clerks shall examine the petitions of all Page 13 of 20 SB000810.100 - 379 - XXXX 3/5/2024 3:59 PM GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 24 RS SB 8/GA candidates who file with them to determine whether each petition is regular on its face.
The certificate shall be signed by the presiding officer and secretary of the convention, or by the chair and secretary of the county, city, or district committee, Page 14 of 20 BR037900.100 - 379 - XXXX 3/5/2024 3:41 PM Jacketed UNOFFICIAL COPY 24 RS BR 379 who shall add to their signatures their respective places of residence, and acknowledge the same before an officer duly authorized to administer oaths.
The certificate shall be signed by the presiding officer and secretary of the Page 14 of 20 SB000810.100 - 379 - XXXX 3/5/2024 3:59 PM GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 24 RS SB 8/GA convention, or by the chair and secretary of the county, city, or district committee, who shall add to their signatures their respective places of residence, and acknowledge the same before an officer duly authorized to administer oaths.
In the case of electors of President and Vice President of the United States, a vacancy may be filled by the chair of the state committee at any time before the meeting of the electors, whether the vacancy occurs before or after the election.
In the case of electors of President and Vice President of the United States, a vacancy may be filled by the chair of the state committee at any time before the Page 15 of 20 SB000810.100 - 379 - XXXX 3/5/2024 3:59 PM GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 24 RS SB 8/GA meeting of the electors, whether the vacancy occurs before or after the election.
Page 15 of 20 BR037900.100 - 379 - XXXX 3/5/2024 3:41 PM Jacketed UNOFFICIAL COPY 24 RS BR 379 (6) If any political party entitled to nominate by convention fails to do so, the names of all nominees by petition for any office who are designated in their petition as members and candidates of that party shall be printed under the device and title on the ballots as if nominated by a convention.
(6) If any political party entitled to nominate by convention fails to do so, the names of all nominees by petition for any office who are designated in their petition as members and candidates of that party shall be printed under the device and title on the ballots as if nominated by a convention.
(2) Certificates of nomination at a primary election held under this chapter shall be Page 16 of 20 BR037900.100 - 379 - XXXX 3/5/2024 3:41 PM Jacketed UNOFFICIAL COPY 24 RS BR 379 filed by the State Board of Elections or the county board of elections, depending upon which one issued the certificate.
Page 16 of 20 SB000810.100 - 379 - XXXX 3/5/2024 3:59 PM GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 24 RS SB 8/GA (2) Certificates of nomination at a primary election held under this chapter shall be filed by the State Board of Elections or the county board of elections, depending upon which one issued the certificate.
(4) Certificates of nomination made by the governing authority of a political party within the meaning of KRS 118.015 or a political organization not constituting a political party within the meaning of KRS 118.015 but whose candidate received two percent (2%) of the vote of the state at the last preceding election for Page 17 of 20 BR037900.100 - 379 - XXXX 3/5/2024 3:41 PM Jacketed UNOFFICIAL COPY 24 RS BR 379 presidential electors to fill vacancies in office, as provided in KRS 118.115 and 118.325, shall be filed as required with the Secretary of State or county clerk.
(4) Certificates of nomination made by the governing authority of a political party within the meaning of KRS 118.015 or a political organization not constituting a political party within the meaning of KRS 118.015 but whose candidate received Page 17 of 20 SB000810.100 - 379 - XXXX 3/5/2024 3:59 PM GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 24 RS SB 8/GA two percent (2%) of the vote of the state at the last preceding election for presidential electors to fill vacancies in office, as provided in KRS 118.115 and 118.325, shall be filed as required with the Secretary of State or county clerk.
The county clerk shall cause to be prepared for presentation to the voters the names of legally eligible candidates who have filed a petition as provided in KRS 118.315.
The county clerk shall cause to be prepared for presentation to the voters the names of legally Page 18 of 20 SB000810.100 - 379 - XXXX 3/5/2024 3:59 PM GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 24 RS SB 8/GA eligible candidates who have filed a petition as provided in KRS 118.315.
Page 18 of 20 BR037900.100 - 379 - XXXX 3/5/2024 3:41 PM Jacketed UNOFFICIAL COPY 24 RS BR 379 Section 13.
Section 13.
(2) The board shall appoint one active public elementary or secondary school teacher and one public high school student as nonvoting members in accordance with Section 1 of this Act, except these initial appointments shall expire on April 30, 2027, Page 19 of 20 BR037900.100 - 379 - XXXX 3/5/2024 3:41 PM Jacketed UNOFFICIAL COPY 24 RS BR 379 and their successors shall be appointed for a one-year term;
(2) The board shall appoint one active public elementary or secondary school teacher and one public high school student as nonvoting members in accordance with Page 19 of 20 SB000810.100 - 379 - XXXX 3/5/2024 3:59 PM GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 24 RS SB 8/GA Section 1 of this Act, except these initial appointments shall expire on April 30, 2027, and their successors shall be appointed for a one-year term;
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Action History

  1. to Education (H)

  2. to Committee on Committees (H)

  3. received in House

  4. 3rd reading, passed 24-14 with Floor Amendment (1)

  5. posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 05, 2024

  6. floor amendment (1) filed

  7. 2nd reading, to Rules

  8. reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar

  9. to State & Local Government (S)

  10. to Committee on Committees (S)

  11. introduced in Senate

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Not signed on (124)

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Votes

PASS SB 8 W/ sfa1

Passed 24 Yea · 14 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 21700
Unaffiliated 3400
Democrat 0300
Total 241400
% of votes cast 63%37%0%0%
How each member voted (38)
Member Party Vote
Thayer — Yea
Schickel — Yea
Southworth — Yea
Westerfield — Nay
Turner — Nay
Yates — Nay
Harper Angel — Nay
Cassie Chambers Armstrong Democrat Nay
Gerald A. Neal Democrat Nay
Karen Berg Democrat Nay
Amanda Mays Bledsoe Republican Yea
Brandon J. Storm Republican Yea
Christian McDaniel Republican Yea
Danny Carroll Republican Yea
David P. Givens Republican Nay
Donald Douglas Republican Yea
Gary Boswell Republican Yea
Greg Elkins Republican Yea
Jared Carpenter Republican Nay
Jason Howell Republican Nay
Jason Nemes Republican Yea
Jimmy Higdon Republican Yea
Julie Raque Adams Republican Yea
Lindsey Tichenor Republican Yea
Matthew Deneen Republican Yea
Max Wise Republican Yea
Michael Meredith Republican Yea
Nick Wilson Republican Yea
Phillip Wheeler Republican Nay
Rick Girdler Republican Yea
Robby Mills Republican Yea
Robert Stivers Republican Yea
Robin L. Webb Republican Nay
Shelley Funke Frommeyer Republican Yea
Stephen West Republican Yea
Tom Smith Republican Nay
Wade Williams Republican Yea
Walker Thomas Republican Nay

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 8 do?
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.
Who sponsors SB 8?
SB 8 is sponsored by Mike Wilson (Republican), Stephen West (Republican), Gary Boswell (Republican), Danny Carroll (Republican), Matthew Deneen (Republican), Donald Douglas (Republican), Rick Girdler (Republican), Stephen Meredith (Republican), Robby Mills (Republican), J. Schickel, D. Thayer, Lindsey Tichenor (Republican), Gex Williams (Republican), and Max Wise (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 8?
This bill died with 2024 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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