KRS 156.147: Education Management Selection Commission -- Selection of first

commissioner of education.

(1) There is hereby created an Education Management Selection Commission. The

commission shall consist of six (6) members to be appointed as follows: Three (3)

by the Governor, one (1) by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, one (1) by the

Speaker of the House of Representatives, and one (1) jointly by the President Pro

Tempore and the Speaker. The commission is temporary in nature and shall

terminate after the State Board for Elementary and Secondary Education has signed

a contract of employment with the first commissioner of education. The members

shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for their reasonable and

necessary actual expenses.

(2) The commission shall conduct a national search to identify the best qualified

individual for the State Board for Elementary and Secondary Education to appoint

as the first commissioner of education to carry out the duties of the chief state

school officer. The individual shall be agreed upon by a unanimous vote of all of

the members of the commission.

(3) The commission shall meet as soon as practicable after it is constituted. The

members shall elect a chairperson, who shall be responsible for convening future

meetings. The Governor's office and the Legislative Research Commission shall

provide staff support to the commission.