158.6454 National Technical Advisory Panel on Assessment and Accountability. The Legislative Research Commission shall appoint a National Technical Advisory Panel on Assessment and Accountability composed of no fewer than three (3) professionals with a variety of expertise in education testing and measurement. The panel shall advise the Commission and, upon approval of the director of the Commission, the Kentucky Board of Education and the Department of Education, in the implementation of KRS 158.6453 and 158.6455. The Commission is authorized to contract for the services and expenses of the panel members. Effective: April 14, 1998 History: Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 598, sec. 6, effective April 14, 1998.