Fayette school board chair says bill disqualifying him is a ‘slap in the face’

Fayette County Public Schools Board Chair Tyler Murphy said a bill approved by the Kentucky General Assembly that prohibits him from seeking reelection because he is a teacher is “a slap in the face” to voters.

Murphy also told the Herald-Leader that Senate Bill 4 raises serious constitutional questions.

SB 4, passed late Wednesday night by the legislature, says board of education members in large school districts — Fayette and Jefferson counties — can’t also be employees of a board of education if their job requires them to work more than 100 days per year. Murphy is a public school teacher in Boyle County, meaning the bill would prohibit him from running for office this year…

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