KRS 160.390: Duties of superintendent -- Personnel actions.

(1) The superintendent shall devote himself exclusively to his duties. He shall exercise

general supervision of the schools of his district, examine their condition and

progress, and keep himself informed of the progress in other districts. He shall

prepare or have prepared all budgets, salary schedules, and reports required of his

board by statute or the Kentucky Board of Education. He shall advise himself of the

need of extension of the school system of the district, shall receive and examine

reports from teachers and other school officers, and shall make reports from time to

time as required by the rules of his board or as directed by the board. He shall be

responsible to the board for the general condition of the schools. He shall be

responsible for all pers onnel actions including hiring, assignments, transfer,

dismissal, suspension, reinstatement, promotion, and demotion and reporting the

actions to the local board.

(2) All personnel actions by the superintendent as described in subsection (1) of this

section shall be recorded in the minutes of the local board of education at the next

meeting after the action is taken and shall not be effective prior to receipt of written

notice of the personnel action by the affected employee from the superintendent.