Kentucky House Bill 464

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 5 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-21 - recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
Pending: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Repeal and reenact KRS 162.060 to establish that local boards of education submit all plans for new public school buildings or additions or alterations of old buildings to the chief state school officer; prohibit the Kentucky Department of Education from requiring prior approval of the district's plans; prohibit a project for new school buildings from spending more than 10 percent of the project on the acquisition and improvement of land; provide a waiver process; amend KRS 156.160 to require the administrative regulation promulgated by the Kentucky Board of Education on the construction of school buildings be subject to a review and update process; provide for the approval and appeal process for a district's purchase or disposal of real property; provide a waiver and appeal process from standards for plans and specifications of buildings; amend KRS 156.095 to update language and require the department to establish a professional development program and a list of similar professional development offerings for district personnel on facilities management, construction, and management; require districts to use the professional development program; amend KRS 157.420 conform and authorize a district to use capital outlay funds to employ facility related personnel as defined by the department; establish the requirements for a district facilities plan; establish dangerous levels of radon within a school facility as an emergency that may be addressed outside the district facilities plan process and the funds that may be used to mitigate radon; amend KRS 157.440, 157.615, 157.620, 157.621, 157.622, 158.814, and 160.105 to conform; amend KRS 160.160 to remove the requirement for a district to obtain prior approval from the department for a mortgage or lien on a school building or for leasing a building; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2024; EMERGENCY.

AN ACT relating to school district property and declaring an emergency.

Rep. Killian Timoney [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-21	House	recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
2024-02-14	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2024-02-13	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
2024-02-08	House	to Education (H)
2024-02-05	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2024-02-05	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb464.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb464/orig_bill.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/HB464/HCS1.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/24RS/hb464/FN.pdf