KRS 156.071: Delegation of taking evidence and writing recommendation of disposition

to hearing officer or panel -- Compensatory time for staff conducting school

facility public hearings.

The Kentucky Board of Education may, any statute to the contrary notwithstan ding,

delegate the taking of evidence, and the rendition of a written recommendation of

disposition to the full board, to a panel of the board, to a single member of the board

acting as a hearing officer, or to a hearing officer appointed by the board rela tive to any

hearing, appeal, or decision, judicial or quasi -judicial in nature, which the board is

empowered or directed, by this or any other chapter, to conduct, hear, or make; provided,

the full board, as provided by statute, makes the final decision or determination, based

upon the evidence submitted. For the purpose of serving as a hearing officer for the

board, the board and the Department of Education shall not enter into a personal service

contract; employ additional staff; or provide additional com pensation to existing staff,

except for compensatory time for staff who conduct school facility public hearings

outside of their regular working hours.