Kentucky House Bill 59 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-01-08 - to Education (H)
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [MS Word]

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to be numbered KRS 158.142 to establish the option for early high school graduation beginning in the 2014-2015 school year; define the curriculum requirements for early graduation and conditional admission into a Kentucky public two-year institution or four-year university; specify that students shall obtain a qualifying benchmark score on each of the end-of-course examinations that make up the high school achievement portion of the accountability system under KRS 158.6453 and that students shall obtain a qualifying benchmark score on a world language proficiency assessment approved by the Kentucky Board of Education; establish the Early Graduation Certificate and the processes for awarding it; amend KRS 158.140 to restrict the Kentucky Board of Education or a local board from imposing graduation requirements that would prohibit a student from pursuing an early graduation program; amend KRS 164.7879 to prescribe how an annual KEES award for an early graduate would be calculated.

AN ACT relating to early high school graduation.

Rep. Brad Montell [R]

Rep. Tim Moore [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-01-08	House	to Education (H)
2013-01-08	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/13RS/HB59.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/13RS/HB59/bill.doc