UNOFFICIAL COPY 23 RS BR 1248
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AN ACT relating to local boards of education. 1
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 2
ď˘Section 1. KRS 160.440 is amended to read as follows: 3
Each board of education shall appoint a secretary for a term of one (1), two (2), three (3), 4
or four (4) years. The secretary shall not be a member of the board of education. The 5
board of education of any district may not appoint its superintendent as secretary. 6
[However, a superintendent who serves as secretary to the board shall not receive 7
compensation in addition to that which he receives for serving as superintendent. ]The 8
board may fix a reasonable salary for the secretary. The secretary shall keep the records 9
of the board and perform other duties imposed upon him or her by the board. All orders 10
of the board must be signed by the secretary and countersigned by the chairman of the 11
board. The secretary shall be custodian of all securities, documents, title papers, and other 12
papers of the board under such conditions as the board may direct. The secretary[, when 13
other than the superintendent,] shall make all records of the board available to the 14
superintendent and the board of education at any time and shall furnish the 15
superintendent of schools and the board of education such information as is revealed by 16
the records at any time upon the request of the superintendent or the board of education. 17