Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky SB114: AN ACT relating to education.
Status: In committee, January 22, 2026
Amend KRS 160.210 to require a county school district having reached an end-of-year enrollment of 25,000 or more students have 7 divisions with 1 board member appointed from each division and 4 members appointed from the county at large; require board members to be appointed by the chief executive officer of the county and confirmed by the legislative body of the county; require appointments to the board reflect no less than the proportional representation of the 2 leading political parties; amend KRS 160.160 to define "chief executive officer"; require school districts having reached 25,000 or more students to be under the management and control of a board of education consisting of 11 members; amend KRS 160.170 to require every person appointed to a board of education to take the board oath; amend KRS 160.190 require a board vacancy in a county school district having reached an end-of-year enrollment of 25,000 or more students be filled by the chief executive officer of the county; amend KRS 160.180 to require an appointed member of a board of education be subject to removal pursuant to KRS 156.132; amend KRS 156.132 require the chief state school officer recommend removal of appointed county board of education members guilty of immorality, misconduct, incompetency, willful neglect of duty, or nonfeasance; authorize the chief executive officer to remove an appointed member for cause in accordance with KRS 160.210; amend KRS 160.240, 304.48-250, and 304.50-055 to conform; allow elected members of county boards of education in districts having reached an enrollment of 25,000 to serve out the terms elected for; require initial appointments of 2 at large members to be for 2 years and 2 appointments to be for 4 years; require boards that require additional divisions to have accomplished those divisions by January 1, 2027; require additional positions not represented by an elected member to be filled by January 1, 2027; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2027.
What the bill says
An act relating to education.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT relating to education. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Section 1. KRS 160.210 is amended to read as follows: (1) In independent school districts, the members of the school board shall be elected from the district at large. In county school districts, members shall be elected from divisions. (2) The board of education of each county school district shall[, not later than July 1, 1940,] divide its district into five (5) divisions containing integral voting precincts and as equal in population insofar as is practicable. In[ first] dividing the county district into divisions the board shall, if more than one (1) of its members reside in one (1) division, determine by lot which member from that division shall represent that division, and which members shall represent the divisions in which no member resides. The members so determined to represent divisions in which no member resides shall be considered the members from those divisions until their terms expire, and thereafter the members from those divisions shall be nominated and elected as provided in KRS 160.200 and 160.220 to 160.250. (3) Any changes made in division boundary lines shall be to make divisions as equal in population and containing integral voting precincts insofar as is practical. No change may be made in division boundary …
Sponsors
- David Givens (R, SD-009) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : to Committee on Committees (S)
- : introduced in Senate
Subjects: Education, Elementary And Secondary, Boards And Commissions, County Judges/Executive, Effective Dates, Delayed, Counties, Local Government, Public Officers And Employees
Common questions
- What is SB114?
- SB114 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to education.
- What does SB114 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to education.
- What is the status of SB114?
- In committee as of January 22, 2026. Latest action: to Committee on Committees (S) (January 22, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB114?
- David Givens (R, SD-009).
- Where is the official record for SB114?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/sb114.html
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