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2011 Kentucky Attorney General Reports and Opinions 1 (2011)

handle is hein.sag/sagky0037 and id is 1 raw text is: OAG 11-001 Subject: Requested by: Written by: Syllabus: Statutes construed: OAG cited: January 26, 2011 Application of KRS 160.380(2)(g) to itinerant public school teachers Alicia A. Sneed, Esq. Director of Legal Services Education Professional Standards Board James M. Herrick Assistant Attorney General Outside the grandfather clause, KRS 160.380(2)(g) does not allow for any work by a certified employee in a school where the employee is a relative of the principal. KRS 160.380(2)(g), KRS 160.345(2)(f) OAG 91-28 Opinion of the Attorney General Alicia A. Sneed, Director of Legal Services for the Education Professional Standards Board, had requested an opinion from this office as to the application of a nepotism statute, KRS 160.380(2)(g), to teachers who are designated as district-wide or itinerant; i.e., who perform duties at multiple locations in a school district. Teachers designated as district-wide are hired directly by the superintendent of the school district pursuant to KRS 160.370, 160.380(2)(a), and 160.390(1), whereas teachers in a single school, known as school-level employ- ees, are hired by the principal after consultation with the site-based school council pursuant to KRS 160.345(h). We have received written comments from the Department of Education and the Office of Education Accountability.