Kentucky Senate Bill 117 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: Passed on March 16 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-03-16 - signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 14)
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [PDF]

Amend KRS 161.010 to include definitions for "provisional certificates," "professional certificates," and "college or university work of graduate grade"; amend KRS 161.048 to allow a veteran with a bachelor's degree in any area to be issued a provisional teaching certificate if other criteria are met; require a passing score on the GRE or its equivalent for certification of a person in a field other than education to teach in elementary, middle, or secondary programs; provide that after successful completion of the internship program candidates shall receive a professional certificate and be subject to the same renewal requirements as any other teacher with a professional certificate; amend KRS 161.095 to delete language that restricts continuing education related to maintaining a certificate.

AN ACT relating to alternative certification.

Sen. George Wise [R]

Sen. Mike Wilson [R]

Sen. Danny Carroll [R]

Sen. Rick Girdler [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-16	Senate	signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 14)
2017-03-06	Senate	delivered to Governor
2017-03-06	Senate	enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
2017-03-06	Senate	enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
2017-03-06	Senate	received in Senate
2017-03-06	House	3rd reading, passed 85-7
2017-03-01	House	taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day
2017-02-27	House	posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wedneday, March 1, 2017
2017-02-27	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2017-02-24	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
2017-02-22	House	posted in committee
2017-02-21	House	to Education (H)
2017-02-16	House	received in House
2017-02-15	Senate	3rd reading, passed 35-0 with floor amendment (1)
2017-02-13	Senate	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 15, 2017
2017-02-10	Senate	2nd reading, to Rules
2017-02-09	Senate	floor amendment (1) filed
2017-02-09	Senate	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
2017-02-08	Senate	to Education (S)
2017-02-07	Senate	introduced in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB117.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/SB117/bill.pdf
Amendment	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/SB117/SFA1.pdf
Supplement	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB117/vote_history.pdf