It comes as leaders try to shore up a $54 million shortfall blamed on less state funding and a tuition freeze.

The council members are asking the board to add an additional Q&A session in Louisville's south end with the top two candidates for the next superintendent of JCPS.

Jefferson County Public Schools has named two finalists in its search for the next superintendent, one of whom had a controversial exit from his last district and a large contract buyout.

Last September, Dr. Marty Pollio announced he would be stepping down as superintendent July 1 this year after nearly three decades with Kentucky's largest school district.