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Board attorney outlines legal limits; board pauses superintendent hire and aims for July 1 replacement
Summary
At a special-call meeting, Muhlenberg County school board members were advised that state rules generally require superintendent terms to begin July 1 and that a mid‑year vacancy creates timing constraints; the board paused the current search, discussed creating an adviser role for the departing superintendent, and agreed to reconvene.
The Muhlenberg County Board of Education met in a special session to discuss the district's superintendent search after an announced mid‑year vacancy.
Board attorney Regina Jackson told the board that, according to the statute she reviewed, "each board of education shall appoint a superintendent of schools whose term of office shall begin on July 1." Jackson said that if a vacancy occurs in the superintendent's office during the election window between an election and when newly elected board members take office, the board may not fill the position until the new members are sworn in and instead may appoint an acting superintendent for a limited period.
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