The Kentucky Board of Education, upon suspension of any officer under KRS § 156.132, shall name a person to fill the vacancy caused by such suspension. Persons appointed by the Kentucky Board of Education to fill vacancies under KRS § 156.132 and this section shall hold office only during the time an officer is suspended, not to exceed ninety (90) days from the date of suspension. At the expiration of such period, vacancies shall be filled in the manner provided by law for the office. Persons appointed by the Kentucky Board of Education to fill vacancies caused by suspension shall be paid from funds of the district board of education. Any person employed to fill the position of a superintendent who has been removed by the Kentucky Board of Education under KRS § 156.132 shall be employed by the district board of education for periods not to exceed one (1) year if the superintendent has appealed to the courts and if the courts have not taken final action.
Effective: June 29, 2021
History: Amended 2021 Ky. Acts ch. 144, sec. 2, effective June 29, 2021. — Amended
1996 Ky. Acts ch. 362, sec. 6, effective July 15, 1996. — Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch.
476, Pt. II, sec. 51, effective July 13, 1990. — Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 188, sec.
117, effective July 15, 1980. — Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 155, sec. 82, effective
June 17, 1978. — Created 1962 Ky. Acts ch. 244, Art. I, sec. 3.