Board of Educ. of Boone County v. Bushee

STEPHENS, Chief Justice.

This appeal concerns the intent of the legislature when it delegated decision-making authority to both local school boards and individual school councils in enacting the Kentucky Educational Reform Act [hereinafter “KERA”]. The parties question the scope of each group’s delegated authority. To be more specific, the parties ask to what extent can the school council operate as an autonomous decision making body?

The appellees, who include officers of the Boone County Education Association and a teacher in the Boone County School system [hereinafter “the Council”], filed a…