Kentucky Senate Bill 93

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-01-11 - to Education (S)
Pending: Senate Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amend KRS 161.164 to prohibit that a local school district or public charter school from requiring a statement, pledge, or oath, other than to uphold general and federal law, the United States Constitution, and the Constitution of Kentucky, as a part of any recruitment, hiring, employment, promotion, disciplinary, or evaluation process; create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to define terms; prohibit public school districts and schools from expending any resources or funds to purchase membership in, or goods and services from, any organization that discriminates on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, or religion; to prohibit public school districts and schools from expending any resources or funds on diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging or political or social activism; prohibit public school districts from engaging in diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging; provide a limited exception for compliance with state or federal law; amend KRS 158.4416 to strike all references to trauma-informed approach; amend KRS 158.4414 to conform.

AN ACT relating to education.

Sen. Stephen Meredith [R]

Sen. Gary Boswell [R]

Sen. Donald Douglas [R]

Sen. Lindsey Tichenor [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-11	Senate	to Education (S)
2024-01-08	Senate	to Committee on Committees (S)
2024-01-08	Senate	introduced in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/sb93.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/sb93/orig_bill.pdf