SB 257 (BR 1986) - M. Wise

     AN ACT relating to reorganization.
     Create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to establish the Charter Schools Advisory Council; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to establish the State Advisory Council for Exceptional Children; amend KRS 156.029 to revise the Kentucky Board of Education membership; amend KRS 156.040 to allow a Kentucky Board of Education member to hold a non-paid state office requiring the constitutional oath; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 158.648 to revise the State Advisory Council for Gifted and Talented Education membership; repeal and reenact KRS 158.794 to abolish the Reading Diagnostic and Intervention Grant Steering Committee and create the Read to Achieve Council; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 161.028 to attach the Education Professional Standards Board to the Kentucky Department of Education for administrative purposes; revise the board membership; amend KRS 161.120 to provide the commissioner of education subpoena authority for EPSB disciplinary cases; amend KRS 164.011 to revise the Council on Postsecondary Education membership; amend KRS 161.220 to provide for the transition to KDE for EPSB employees that participate in KTRS; amend KRS 151B.134 to revise the membership of the Board of the Kentucky Center for Education and Workforce Statistics; amend various sections to conform; repeal KRS 158.6452 and 161.017; confirm Executive Order 2017-364.