2. Agenda
Who makes the law?
Biennial budget process
The legislative process overview
Who develops regulations?
The regulatory process
2016 issues and priorities
Resources
3. Who makes the law?
The General Assembly
The Governor
4. The Governor’s Office
Governor Matt Bevin
Cabinet
Scott Brinkman, Secretary of the Cabinet
TBD, Secretary of the Cabinet for Economic
Development
Hal Heiner, Secretary of the Education &
Workforce Development Cabinet
TBD, Secretary of Finance & Administration
Vickie Yates Brown Glissen, Secretary of the
Cabinet for Health & Family Services
TBD, Secretary of the Justice & Public Safety
Cabinet
Derrick Ramsey, Secretary of the Labor Cabinet
Thomas Stephens, Secretary of the Personnel
Cabinet
TBD, Secretary of the Public Protection Cabinet
TBD, Secretary of the Tourism, Arts, & Heritage
Cabinet
TBD, Secretary of the Transportation Cabinet
Senior Staff
Blake Brickman, Chief of Staff
Adam Meier, Deputy Chief of Staff
Andrew McNeill, Senior Advisor
TBD, Communications
M. Stephen Pitt, General Counsel
TBD, Director of Legislative Affairs
Cabinet rank members
Lt. Governor, Jenean Hampton
John Chilton, State Budget Director
TBD, Adjutant General
TBD, Chief Information officer
5. The General Assembly
138 Legislators in two chambers
100 members of the House of Representatives
House of Representatives – 53 Democrats, 47 Republicans
Speaker Greg Stumbo (D-95th, Prestonsburg)
Speaker Pro Tem Jody Richards (D-20th, Bowling Green)
Majority Floor Leader Rocky Adkins (D-99th, Sandy Hook)
Majority Caucus Chair Sannie Overly (D-72nd, Paris)
Majority Whip Johnny Bell (D-23rd, Glasgow)
Minority Floor Leader Jeff Hoover (D-83rd, Jamestown)
Minority Caucus Chair Stan Lee (D-45th, Lexington)
Minority Whip Jim DeCesare (D-17th, Rockfield)
6. The General Assembly
138 Legislators in two chambers
38 members of the Senate
Senate – 27 Republicans, 11 Democrats
President Robert Stivers (D-25th, Manchester)
President Pro Tem David Givens (D-9th, Greensburg)
Majority Floor Leader Damon Thayer (D-17th, Georgetown)
Majority Caucus Chair Dan Seum (D-38th, Fairdale)
Majority Whip Jimmy Higdon (D-14th, Lebanon)
Minority Floor Leader Ray Jones (D-31st, Pikeville)
Minority Caucus Chair Gerald Neal (D-33rd, Louisville)
Minority Whip Julian Carroll (D-7th, Frankfort)
7. The Budget Process
Kentucky’s Constitution vests the exclusive power and
duty to tax and spend the public’s money in the General
Assembly.
The only bills that a General Assembly must pass are the
appropriations or biennial budget acts.
Enacting the budget is the most powerful and effective
means for legislators to set public policies and priorities.
The budget is the state’s financial plan for spending
money for specific or general purposes from particular
sources of public funds.
An appropriation authorizes a state agency to spend a
maximum sum of public funds for a purpose during a
specific fiscal year.
A fiscal year begins on July 1 and extends to the following
June 30.
The budget covers two fiscal years.
8. The Budget Process
Each Cabinet develops a budget recommendation to
submit to the Office of the State Budget Director
(OSBD) under the Governor’s Office.
The Kentucky Board of Education gives input to the
Kentucky Department of Education and approves the
budget priorities and request.
The OSBD compiles these requests for the Governor
to develop his proposal which he will share in his
budget address some time in January.
The bill will be filed in the House of Representatives
as required by the Kentucky constitution.
9. The Legislative Process
Bill is introduced in the House or the
Senate. Revenue and tax bills must begin
in the House.
The Committee on Committees sends
bill to a committee for study.
Bill is acted on in Committee or
ignored and left to die.
10. House Education Committee
Membership is selected by majority and
minority leadership.
Chairman, Rep. Derrick Graham (D-57th,
Frankfort)
Members
Rep. Linda Belcher, VC (D-49th, Shepherdsville)
Rep. Bam Carney, VC (D-51st, Campbellsville)
Rep. Charlie Miller, VC (D-28th, Louisville)
Rep. Rick Nelson, VC (D-87th, Middlesboro)
Rep. Tom Riner, VC (D-41st, Louisville)
Rep. Wilson Stone, VC (D-22nd, Scottsville)
Rep. Gerald Watkins, VC (D-11th, Henderson)
Rep. Jill York, VC (D-96th, Grayson)
Rep. George Brown, (D-77th, Lexington)
Rep. Regina Bunch (D-82nd, Williamsburg)
Rep. Hubert Collins (D-97th, Wittensville)
Rep. Leslie Combs (D-94th, Pikeville)
Rep. Jim DeCesare (D-17th, Rockfield)
Rep. Jeff Donohue (D-97th, Fairdale)
Rep. Kelly Flood (D-75th, Lexington)
Rep. Jim Glenn (D-13th, Owensboro
Rep. Cluster Howard (D-91st, Jackson)
Rep. James Kay (D-56th, Versailles)
Rep. Brian Linder (D-61st, Dry Ridge)
Rep. Mary Lou Marzian (D-34th, Louisville)
Rep. Donna Mayfield (D-73rd, Winchester)
Rep. Reggie Meeks (D-42nd, Louisville)
Rep. Ruth Ann Palumbo (D-76th, Lexington)
Rep. Marie Rader (D-89th, McKee)
Rep. Jody Richards (D-20th, Bowling Green)
Rep. Bart Rowland (D-21st, Tompkinsville)
Rep. Sal Santoro (D-60th, Florence)
Rep. Rita Smart (D-81st, Richmond)
Rep. Jim Stewart (D-86th, Flat Lick)
Rep. David Watkins (D-11th, Henderson)
Rep. Addia Wuchner (D-66th, Burlington)
11. Senate Education Committee
Membership is selected by majority and minority leadership.
Chairman, Sen. Mike Wilson (D-32nd, Bowling Green)
Sen. Max Wise, VC (D-16th, Campbellsville)
Sen. Julie Racque Adams (D-36th, Louisville)
Sen. Jared Carpenter (D-34th, Berea)
Sen. Danny Carroll (D-2nd, Paducah)
Sen. David Givens (D-9th, Greensburg)
Sen. Jimmy Higdon (D-14th, Lebanon)
Sen. Alice Forgy Kerr (D-12th, Lexington)
Sen. Gerald Neal (D-33rd, Louisville)
Sen. Johnny Ray Turner (D-29th, Prestonsburg)
Sen. Stephen West (D-27th, Paris)
12. The Legislative Process
Bill is given its first reading and placed on
the calendar.
Bill is given its second reading and sent
to the Rules Committee.
Rules Committee places on the Orders of
the Day, or sends the bill back to
committee for more study.
13. The Legislative Process
If approved the bill is sent to the other
chamber where it goes through the same
process.
If the two chambers pass different versions of a
bill, they may appoint a conference committee
to work out differences and send a final bill back
to each chamber.
If passed by both chambers the bill goes
to the governor.
14. The Legislative Process
The bill is either signed by the governor
into law, becomes law without signature,
or is vetoed.
When considering the budget the Governor has
the ability to line-item veto specific
appropriations.
If the bill is vetoed, it goes back to each
chamber. If approved by a constitutional
majority in each chamber, the veto is overridden
and the bill becomes law.
15. Who develops regulation?
The Kentucky Board of Education
School Curriculum, Assessment, and Accountability
Council (SCAAC)
Local Superintendents Advisory Council (LSAC)
The Commissioner of the Department of Education
Education Assessment and Accountability Review Subcommittee (EAARS)
Administrative Regulation Review Subcommittee (ARRS)
Each regulation passed by the KBE must be reviewed by all of these panels
with an additional opportunity for public comment.
This minimum three month process provides more scrutiny for education
regulations than all other regulations.
16. The Regulatory Process for Education
SCAAC approval – Assessment & Accountability
related regulations
LSAC approval – All regulations receive two
readings before going to KBE
Kentucky Board of Education
Each step through this pre-filing process offers opportunity for input.
Comments from each panel are often incorporated into regulations.
17. School Curriculum, Assessment &
Accountability Council (SCAAC)
Created by statute in 1994 to study, review, and make recommendations
concerning Kentucky’s system of setting academic standards, assessing learning,
identifying academic competencies, and deficiencies of students, holding
schools accountable for learning, assisting schools in improving their
performance.
17 voting members appointed by the Governor
• Two parents
• Lisa S. Hollan, Lexington
• David R. Higgins, Georgetown
• Two teachers
• Holly Bloodworth, Murray
• Terry Rhodes, Mt. Sterling
• Two superintendents
• Jerry T. Green, Pikeville
• Michael Borchers, Covington
• Two principals
• Jon Akers, Versailles
• Phyllis O’Neal, Marion
• Two local school board members
• William A. Owens, Beattyville
• Linda D. Duncan, Louisville
• Two school district assessment coordinators
• Jana Beth Francis, Owensboro
• Jinger D. Carter, Sturgis
• Two employers within the state
• Larry Hicks, Bardstown
• Carl Wicklund, Independence
• Two university professors with expertise in
assessment
• Thomas Guskey, Lexington
• Roger Cleveland, Lexington
• One at-large member
• Brenda McGown, Bowling Green
18. The Regulatory Process for Education
SCAAC review – Assessment & Accountability
related regulations
LSAC review – All regulations receive two
readings before going to KBE
Kentucky Board of Education
Each step through this pre-filing process offers opportunity for input.
Comments from each panel are often incorporated into regulations.
19. Local Superintendents Advisory Council (LSAC)
Created by statute in 1994 to advise the chief state school officer and the Kentucky
Board of Education concerning the development of administrative regulations and
education policy.
The Commissioner is required to submit all regulations to this body before presenting
them to the Kentucky Board of Education.
11 local school district superintendents appointed by the Legislative Research
Commission.
Seven (7) members shall represent the each of the Supreme Court districts and Four
(4) members shall be at-large.
• Trent Lovett, Marshall County
• Keith Davis, Bullitt County
• Marion Ed McNeel, Corbin
Independent
• Donna Hargens, Jefferson
County
• Elmer Thomas, Madison County
• Terri Cox-Cruey, Kenton County
• Henry Webb, Floyd County
• Tim Bobrowski, Owsley County
• Buddy Barry, Eminence
Independent
• Jerry Green, Pikeville
Independent
• Jim Flynn, Simpson County
20. The Regulatory Process for Education
SCAAC approval – Assessment & Accountability
related regulations
LSAC approval – All regulations receive two
readings before going to KBE
Kentucky Board of Education
Each step through this pre-filing process offers opportunity for input.
Comments from each panel are often incorporated into regulations.
21. Kentucky Board of Education(KBE)
Established by statute in 1990.
Consists of eleven (11) members appointed by the Governor and confirmed by
the Senate and the House of Representatives.
The President of the Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE) serves as an
ex-officio, non-voting member.
Seven (7) members represent each of the Supreme Court Districts and four (4)
members are at-large members.
Appointments should be made without reference to occupation or political
affiliation.
The chairperson of KBE is elected from the voting membership of the board.
The Commissioner is to serve as the executive secretary to the board.
The board is charged with developing and adopting policies and
administrative regulations that KDE will plan and implement. The board is
also charged with coordinating, administering, and supervising the education
programs and services of the KDE.
22. Kentucky Board of Education (KBE)
Susann Kaye Edington, Madisonville
Grayson Boyd, Paintsville
Leo Calderon, Edgewood
Sarah Ford, Owensboro
Sam Hinkle, Shelbyville
Pres. Bob King, CPE (ex-officio)
Debra Cook, Corbin
David Karem, Louisville
Roger Marcum, (Chair) Bardstown
Nawanna Privett, Lexington
Bill Twyman, Glasgow (Louisville)
Mary Gwenn Wheeler, Louisville
23. The Regulatory Process for Education
Administrative Regulation becomes effective – If not found deficient upon
adjournment of the Education Committee or 30 days following referral if the
Committee does not meet
Review by the Education Committee within 30 days of the LRC referral
Review by the Review Subcommittee within 45 days of the filing of the regulation or the filing
of the Statement of Consideration – EAARS or ARRS Subcommittees
If comments are received, a Statement of Consideration is filed explaining why the regulation
was or was not amended. This is filed within 15 days following the hearing.
Public Hearing
If requested, held between the 21st and the end of the month the regulation was published.
Administrative Regulation Filed by 15th of the Month – Published in the
Administrative register by the 1st of the following month
24. Education Assessment & Accountability
Review Subcommittee (EAARS)
Permanent subcommittee of the Legislative Research Commission, formed to
review administrative regulations and advise the Kentucky Board of Education
concerning the implementation of the state system of assessment and
accountability.
Also advises and monitors the Office of Education Accountability.
Eight (8) members
Three (3) members of the Senate appointed by the Senate President;
Co-Chair - Sen. Mike Wilson, Sen. Max Wise, Sen. Alice Forgy Kerr
One (1) member of the Senate minority party appointed by the Minority Floor
Leader;
Sen. Gerald Neal
Three (3) members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of
the House;
Co-Chair – Rep. James Kay, Rep. Linda Belcher, Rep. Mary Lou Marzian
One (1) member of the minority party in the House appointed by the Minority Floor
Leader in the House;
Rep. Bam Carney
25. The Regulatory Process for Education
Administrative Regulation becomes effective – If not found deficient upon
adjournment of the Education Committee or 30 days following referral if the
Committee does not meet
Review by the Education Committee within 30 days of the LRC referral
Review by the Review Subcommittee within 45 days of the filing of the regulation or the filing
of the Statement of Consideration – EAARS or ARRS Subcommittees
If comments are received, a Statement of Consideration is filed explaining why the regulation
was or was not amended. This is filed within 15 days following the hearing.
Public Hearing
If requested, held between the 21st and the end of the month the regulation was published.
Administrative Regulation Filed by 15th of the Month – Published in the
Administrative register by the 1st of the following month
26. Administrative Regulation Review
Subcommittee (ARRS)
Permanent subcommittee of Legislative Research Commission that is required
to meet each month prior to the fifteenth to review regulations filed in the
Administrative Register.
A representative from the agency promulgating the administrative regulation
must be present at the meeting to explain the regulation to the committee.
Eight (8) members
Three (3) members of the Senate appointed by the Senate President;
Co-Chair - Sen. Ernie Harris, Sen. Julie Raque Adams, Sen. Alice Forgy Kerr
One (1) member of the Senate minority party appointed by the Minority Floor
Leader;
Sen. Perry Clark
Three (3) members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of
the House;
Co-Chair – Rep. Mary Lou Marzian, Rep. Denver Butler, Rep. Will Coursey
One (1) member of the minority party in the House appointed by the Minority Floor
Leader in the House;
Rep. Tommy Turner
27. The Regulatory Process for Education
Administrative Regulation becomes effective – If not found deficient upon
adjournment of the Education Committee or 30 days following referral if the
Committee does not meet
Review by the Education Committee within 30 days of the LRC referral
Review by the Review Subcommittee within 45 days of the filing of the regulation or the filing
of the Statement of Consideration – EAARS or ARRS Subcommittees
If comments are received, a Statement of Consideration is filed explaining why the regulation
was or was not amended. This is filed within 15 days following the hearing.
Public Hearing
If requested, held between the 21st and the end of the month the regulation was published.
Administrative Regulation Filed by 15th of the Month – Published in the
Administrative register by the 1st of the following month
28. 2016 Legislative Priorities
KTRS – Adopt a long-term solution to the unfunded liability.
Increase SEEK Transportation to 81% funded.
Increase access and availability to early childhood education for all 4-year
olds to 200% of the federal poverty level to serve an additional 15,653
children.
CTE - Additional funding to support students earning industry
certifications, regional technical center grants, and funding for local area
vocational centers to provide more career preparation.
Funding KSBA’s SEMP (School Energy Managers Project) in the Department
for Energy Development & Independence budget.
29. 2016 Legislative Priorities
Support local school board governance by preserving the ability of local
school boards to set school calendars to fit local desires and meet student
needs.
The General Assembly should pass legislation to address pension spiking
that maintains the safeguards to prevent abuse, but allows for legitimate
increases in compensation.
Give school districts additional tools to assist in closing achievement gaps.
30. Resources
www.lrc.ky.gov
http://education.ky.gov
Governmental Relations – A Guide to Advocacy
KSBA LEAD - Legislative Education Advocacy Day
Legislative Reception - January 20 at 5:30 p.m. at the Capital Plaza Hotel in
Frankfort
Advocacy Training – January 21 at 7:30 a.m. also at the Capital Plaza Hotel in
Frankfort
Hope McLaughlin
502-509-6202
Hope.mclaughlin@ksba.org
