Kentucky House Bill 240

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-2)
Status: Introduced on February 4 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-04 - to Committee on Committees (H)
Pending: House Committee On Committees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amend KRS 158.305 to require kindergarten students to be given a universal screener within the final 10 instructional days of the school year; require beginning with the 2025-2026 school year require that a student remain in kindergarten for an additional year if they did not make adequate progress in kindergarten; prohibit a school from requiring a student who turns seven by August 1 to remain in kindergarten; require the school to reevaluate the reading improvement plan of any student remaining in kindergarten; allow a student provided an additional year in kindergarten to advance through the primary program when it is determined to be in the student's best interest.

AN ACT relating to primary school.

Rep. Timmy Truett [R]	Rep. Scott Lewis [R]	Rep. Chad Aull [D]	Rep. Tina Bojanowski [D]
Rep. Chris Fugate [R]	Rep. Samara Heavrin [R]	Rep. Kevin Jackson [R]	Rep. Bobby McCool [R]
Rep. James Tipton [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-04	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2025-02-04	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/hb240.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb240/orig_bill.pdf