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Perry County Board of Education enters closed session for student disciplinary hearing
Summary
On Oct. 15, 2025, the Perry County Board of Education voted 5-0 to hold a closed-session student disciplinary (expulsion) hearing under KRS 61.810(1)(f). The minutes record that any expulsion decision was made in closed session and that the board later voted to adjourn.
The Perry County Board of Education met Oct. 15, 2025, in Hazard, Ky., and voted to enter a closed session for a student disciplinary hearing under Kentucky statute KRS 61.810(1)(f). Board member Johnny Feltner moved to enter closed session; board member Ryan Miller seconded. The motion passed 5-0, with all five members recorded as voting "Yes."
According to the board minutes, the meeting was convened at 4:30 p.m. and the agenda for the meeting was limited to the student disciplinary (expulsion) hearing. The minutes state that the expulsion decision is made in closed session in the presence of the parent(s) and the student and that no separate action item in open session is required following the closed session.
After the closed session, the board recorded a separate motion to adjourn. Ryan Miller moved to adjourn and Johnny Feltner seconded; that motion also passed 5-0. The minutes close with signature lines for Chairperson and Secretary but do not identify which board member signed those lines in the text provided.
The minutes cite KRS 61.810(1)(f) as the legal basis for the closed session. The public minutes do not include details of the disciplinary proceeding or the board's decision on the matter, consistent with the statute and the board's stated practice of making expulsion determinations in closed session.
