One of Kentucky governor, Andy Beshear.

His first acts when he took office was to replace the Kentucky Board of Education with new members.

But a new process could determine the makeup of future boards.

More in tonight's legislative update.

Senate Bill 107 would create a committee to nominate new members for the state's Board of Education.

For each vacancy, the nominating committee would supply the governor with three nominees.

Bowling Green.

Senator Mike Wilson sponsors the bill.

We saw the previous governor had appointed all these boards and they were not balanced in any way politically or racially or any of those things.

And so we've done a lot of work on this trying to remove politics because we created the board of Education.

And an education itself was created to be outside of the governor's office.

It was created to be an independent entity that would not be influenced by politics.

But yet we've seen that happen over and over again.

Wilson Senate Bill 107 also requires future Education Commissioner appointments to be approved by the Senate, confirmed by the Senate.

The Board of Education's nominating committee would consist of seven members representing Kentucky Supreme Court districts.

SB 107 passed the Senate Education Committee last Thursday.

It can now be heard by the full Senate.