KY HB288 | 2023 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: Engrossed on March 3 2023 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-03-29 - recommitted to Education (S)
Pending: Senate Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]
Status: Engrossed on March 3 2023 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-03-29 - recommitted to Education (S)
Pending: Senate Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]
Summary
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 161 to prohibit a public school district or public charter school from entering a nondisclosure agreement relating to misconduct involving a minor or student; amend KRS 160.380 to define "abusive conduct"; require school district applicants to disclose being the subject of any allegations or investigations in the previous 12 months and consent to a reference check; require school districts to conduct reference checks; require nonpublic and public school districts to disclose any allegations or investigations related to abusive conduct of applicants; require school districts to request all related information from public and nonpublic schools and the Education Professional Standards Board and require the schools and EPSB to provide the records; require all public school personnel to have a state criminal background check every five years; require all school district applicants to list all schools of previous and current employment on the application; require a school district to internally report and investigate to completion all allegations of abusive conduct; require all records relating to an allegation of abusive conduct to be retained in an employee's personnel file; amend KRS 156.160 to direct the Kentucky Board of Education to include employment standards in the voluntary certification standards for private schools; amend KRS 160.151 to define "certified nonpublic school"; require employees of certified nonpublic schools to have a national and state criminal background check and a CA/N check; require certified nonpublic school personnel to have a state criminal background check every five years; prohibit a certified nonpublic school from hiring a violent or felony sex crime offender; require a nonpublic certified school to conduct reference checks on all applicants; prohibit a certified nonpublic school from entering into a nondisclosure agreement related to misconduct involving a minor or student; amend KRS 156.095 to require the Kentucky Department of Education to develop a training related to sexual misconduct for employees to undergo every five years; amend KRS 161.151 to conform.
Title
AN ACT relating to teacher misconduct.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2023-03-02 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 106 (Y: 97 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-03-29 | Senate | recommitted to Education (S) |
| 2023-03-16 | Senate | passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day |
| 2023-03-15 | Senate | passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day |
| 2023-03-14 | Senate | passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day |
| 2023-03-13 | Senate | floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute |
| 2023-03-13 | Senate | passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day |
| 2023-03-10 | Senate | posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 13, 2023 |
| 2023-03-10 | Senate | floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute |
| 2023-03-10 | Senate | 2nd reading, to Rules |
| 2023-03-09 | Senate | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) |
| 2023-03-07 | Senate | to Education (S) |
| 2023-03-03 | Senate | to Committee on Committees (S) |
| 2023-03-03 | Senate | received in Senate |
| 2023-03-02 | House | 3rd reading, passed 97-0 with Committee Substitute (1) |
| 2023-03-01 | House | posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 02, 2023 |
| 2023-03-01 | House | 2nd reading, to Rules |
| 2023-02-28 | House | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) |
| 2023-02-23 | House | to Education (H) |
| 2023-02-14 | House | to Committee on Committees (H) |
| 2023-02-14 | House | introduced in House |
