KRS 160.440: Secretary of board of education.

Each board of education shall appoint a secretary for a term of one (1), two (2), three (3),

or four (4) years. The secretary shall not be a member of the board of education. The

board of education of any district may appoint its superintendent as secretary. However, a

superintendent who serves as secretary to the board shall not receive compensation in

addition to that which he receives for serving as superintendent. The board may fix a

reasonable salary for the secretary. The secretary shall keep the reco rds of the board and

perform other duties imposed upon him by the board. All orders of the board must be

signed by the secretary and countersigned by the chairman of the board. The secretary

shall be custodian of all securities, documents, title papers, an d other papers of the board

under such conditions as the board may direct. The secretary, when other than the

superintendent, shall make all records of the board available to the superintendent and the

board of education at any time and shall furnish the s uperintendent of schools and the

board of education such information as is revealed by the records at any time upon the

request of the superintendent or the board of education.