LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — The Jefferson County Public Schools Board of Education met Monday to discuss rewriting nearly 100 policies to comply with Kentucky’s newly passed Senate Bill 1.
SB1, which will take affect July 15 barring a successful challenge, shifts power from JCPS’ elected board to superintendent Brian Yearwood on spending, staffing and policies.
Yearwood will get more authority on daily operations such as contracts, transportation, personnel matters and organizational structures. The board will still approve the overall budget and set the tax rate, but anything SB1 doesn’t specifically spell out will default to the superintendent…