KY HB589 | 2016 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on March 1 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-03-02 - to Education (H)
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on March 1 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-03-02 - to Education (H)
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]
Summary
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 160 to describe the intent of the General Assembly and the purposes of authorizing public charter schools; establish a charter school pilot project and identify charter school authorizers; define terms; describe the characteristics and the requirements of a charter school; establish the Kentucky Public Charter School Commission and identify membership selection and responsibilities of members; identify the requirements and the components of a charter school application; describe the responsibilities of authorizers; describe charter school renewal and revocation processes; identify the components of a charter school annual report; identify the requirements for student enrollment; establish the Kentucky Public Charter School Commission trust fund and identify uses of the fund; create a new section of KRS Chapter 159 to identify student enrollment and withdrawal requirements to be followed by a charter school; create a new section of KRS Chapter 161 to identify employment conditions for charter school staff; create a new section of KRS Chapter 157 to specify the charter school funding process; amend KRS 161.220 to include a qualified teacher employed by the of board of directors of public charter schools in the state-sponsored retirement system; amend KRS 78.510 to include charter schools in the definition of "county" so as to include noncertified employees of public charter schools in the state-sponsored retirement system; APPROPRIATION.
Title
AN ACT relating to charter schools and making an appropriation therefor.
Sponsors
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2016-03-02 | House | to Education (H) |
2016-03-01 | House | introduced in House |
Kentucky State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB589.htm |
Text | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB589/bill.pdf |