Ky. Rev. Stat. § 160.200

Time of election of board members

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(1) All elections for members of boards of education shall be in even numbered years, for a term of four (4) years, except as provided in KRS 160.210(5). Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, the elections shall be held at the regular November election. (2) In each even numbered year, there shall be held an election in every county and independent district to fill the membership of the boards of education for the terms that will expire on the first Monday in January following, and the regularly elected members shall hold office for four (4) years and until their successors are elected and have qualified. (3) Any independent school district embracing a designated city may, at the discretion of its board of education, hold its election of board members at its public school building on the first Saturday in May. The election shall be held by three (3) officers appointed by the board of education and the expenses of the election shall be paid from the treasury of the school district. In all other respects the provisions of this chapter relating to holding elections for board members shall apply. (4) In counties containing a city of the first class, wherein a merger pursuant to KRS 160.041 shall have been accomplished, the terms of the members shall be as provided in KRS 160.210(5). Elected members of such boards, excepting those boards of education representing ten percent (10%) or less of the student population of the county serving at the effective date of such a merger shall continue to serve until their term expires, but no appointments shall be made to fill vacancies. The terms of office of members of boards of education representing ten percent (10%) or less of the student population of the county shall expire on the effective date of the merger. (5) As used in this section, "designated city" means a city classified as a city of the fifth class as of January 1, 2014, under the city classification system in effect prior to January 1, 2015. The Department of Education shall, on or before January 1, 2015, create an official registry listing the cities that qualify as a "designated city" under this section and shall publish that registry on its Web site. Effective: January 1, 2015 History: Amended 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 92, sec. 224, effective January 1, 2015. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 476, Pt. IV, sec. 228, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 59, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1982. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 224, sec. 3. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 4399-24, 4399-27.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 7 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1946–2022 · leading case: Adams v. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Buckman

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Adams v. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Buckman (1954) kyctapphigh · cites it 2× “KRS 160.200 provides that elections for school board members shall be in the even-numbered years, the apparent purpose being to separate these elections from the regular elections for state and county offices.”

Broyles v. Commonwealth (1949) kyctapphigh “KRS 160.200(2). The question of the action being premature was seasonably raised.”

Commonwealth ex rel. Breckinridge v. Woods (1961) kyctapp “KRS 160.200(2). So, his term of office expired during the pendency of this appeal.”

Yonts v. Commonwealth ex rel. Armstrong (1985) ky “(emphasis added) “ ‘KRS 160.200 provides that elections for school board members shall be in the even-numbered years, the apparent purpose being to separate these elections from the regular elections for state and county offices.”

Brumleve v. Ruth (1946) kyctapphigh “KRS 160.200. At the next November election, members will be elected in the Second and Fifth Divisions, but none in the other three.”

Commonwealth ex rel. Buckman v. Miller (1954) kyctapp ““KRS 160.200 provides that elections for school board members shall be in the even-numbered years, the apparent" purpose being to separate these elections from the regular, elections for state and county offices.”

Coleman v. Winbigler (2022) kyed “§ 160.200(1), elections for board of education members “shall be in even numbered years, for a term of four (4) years.”

— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 160.200(1) — 1 case

Coleman v. Winbigler (2022) kyed “§ 160.200(1), elections for board of education members “shall be in even numbered years, for a term of four (4) years.”

— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 160.200(2) — 2 cases

Broyles v. Commonwealth (1949) kyctapphigh “KRS 160.200(2). The question of the action being premature was seasonably raised.”

Commonwealth ex rel. Breckinridge v. Woods (1961) kyctapp “KRS 160.200(2). So, his term of office expired during the pendency of this appeal.”

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