Senate approves expanded finance training for local school board members
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Summary
Senate Bill 71, amended on the floor, clarifies school finance training requirements for local boards — retaining an initial three‑hour requirement and adding two hours of ongoing training every two years — and passed the Senate by recorded vote.
The Kentucky Senate on Feb. 9 passed Senate Bill 71, a measure to clarify and expand financial training for local boards of education. The bill, reported by Senator Deneen and explained by the senator from Harden, included a committee substitute agreed to after consultation with the Kentucky School Board Association.
Under the committee substitute described on the floor, newly elected school board members remain subject to an initial three‑hour finance training requirement; the bill adds an ongoing update requirement of two additional hours every two years to provide a continuing foundation in school finance. The sponsor said the change will give board members the knowledge to better serve alongside superintendents and ask informed questions at board meetings. "Everything begins with school finance," the senator from Harden said in floor remarks.
The committee substitute clarifies the number of training hours and the bill was moved and adopted on the floor; the clerk announced 38 ayes, no nays and the bill passed as amended.