KRS 168.040: Membership of authority.

(1) The authority shall consist of nine (9) members, as follows:

The chief state school officer, ex officio, who shall initially serve as temporary

chairman and shall call and preside over the organizational meeting or meetings

until the members of the author ity shall elect a chairman from among their number;

a member of the staff or personnel of the department elected by the board upon

recommendation of the chief state school officer as being qualified to serve as

liaison and coordinator between the authority and the department on matters of

curriculum, and his term shall be the same as that of the chief state school officer by

whom he is recommended, but terminable by the board in the event he is transferred

to other duties in the department, and automaticall y terminated in the event of his

severance from the department for any reason; a representative of the University of

Kentucky and a representative of the state universities to be elected by the Council

on Postsecondary Education; and five (5) additional me mbers appointed by the

Governor who need possess no special or prescribed qualifications except that they

shall be citizens of Kentucky.

(2) Effective at 11:59 p.m. on June 30, 1994, all terms of gubernatorial appointees to

the authority shall expire. Effe ctive July 1, 1994, five (5) appointees nominated

pursuant to KRS 164.005 and appointed by the Governor shall become members of

the authority.