156.840 Kentucky Technical Education Personnel Board.
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(1)The Kentucky Technical Education Personnel Board is hereby established to
conduct personnel appeals from certified and equivalent employees in the Office of
Career and Technical Education under KRS 156.800 to 156.860. Appeals shall be
conducted in accordance with the provisions established in KRS Chapter 13B. The
board shall be attached to the Department of Education for administrative purposes.
(2)The Kentucky Technical Education Personnel Board shall be composed of five
voting members, three
(3)of whom shall be selected from employees within the
Department of Education, except no member shall be an employee within the Office
of Career and Technical Education. The remaining two
(2)members shall be
teachers employed by the Office of Career and Technical Education's Area
Technology Centers. The election of the teacher representatives may be conducted
by written ballot, Internet balloting, intranet balloting, or electronic mail. The
teacher candidates may be present when the balloting is tallied. All votes cast shall
be tallied by an independent entity.
(a)The Governor shall appoint the two
(2)members elected by the teachers
employed by the Office of Career and Technical Education's Area Technology
Centers and the three
(3)members selected from employees within the
Department of Education. All members shall be appointed by the Governor to
four
(4)year terms, and each term shall end on June 30 of the fourth year.
(b)Terms of new members or reappointed members shall begin on July 1 of the
year beginning their term. If a vacancy occurs during a term, the Governor
shall appoint a replacement to serve the remainder of the unexpired term
within thirty
(30)days of the vacancy. The Governor shall select a
replacement from the group where the vacancy occurred. The manner of
selection for the replacement shall be the same as the manner of the original
selection.
(c)The members shall possess an understanding of the personnel system
established in KRS 156.800 to 156.860.
(d)A chair shall be elected annually by members of the board.
(3)The board shall meet as necessary to comply with time frames for conducting
personnel appeals under KRS Chapter 13B and KRS 156.800 to 156.860, and at
other times as deemed necessary by the chair of the board. For meetings of the
board, a majority of the voting members shall be present to constitute a quorum for
the transaction of business.
(4)The Office of Career and Technical Education shall provide administrative,
budgetary and support staff services for the board.
(5)Pursuant to KRS 156.010, employees of the Department of Education who serve as
members of the board shall not receive additional salary for serving as members on
the board. However, upon approval of the commissioner of education, board
members shall be entitled to reimbursement of actual and necessary expenses
incurred while performing their duties as an active member of the board.
(6)During personnel appeals conducted by the board, both parties shall be given the opportunity to have a representative present at each step of the process.