| KY | HB147 | Pass | Amends KRS 132.017 to define “next regular election,” as it pertains to placing on the ballot the question of whether a local property tax rate shall be levied, to specify that the election may occur in the same or a subsequent calendar year as t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-27
became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 225) |
| KY | HB162 | Pass | Amends KRS 158.791 to specify the role of the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) in assisting local school districts with mathematics instruction, supports, and interventions and to require KDE to collaborate with designated agencies on mathemati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-19
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 222) |
| KY | HB354 | Pass | Amends KRS 61.637 and 78.5540 to require the Department of Education to pay to the Kentucky Public Pensions Authority (KPPA) the health insurance premium reimbursements required for retirees who participated in a hazardous position prior to July 1, 2...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-18
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 214) |
| KY | HB499 | Pass | Repeals and reenacts KRS 157.069 to define terms, to require the Office of Career and Technical Education (CTE) within the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) to identify CTE programs or pathways as high cost or general cost, to provide for a fund...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-18
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 210) |
| KY | SB191 | Pass | Amends KRS 164.092 to define “nontraditional age students,” to remove all references to “minority,” to require that any formula not include race-based metrics or targets, to increase the percentage of public university funding based on studen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-17
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 196) |
| KY | SJR170 | Pass | Directs the Council on Postsecondary Education to conduct a study on expanding postbaccalaureate program offerings at comprehensive universities; and directs the council to consult with each president of a comprehensive university to consider a regio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-17
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 199) |
| KY | SJR132 | Pass | Directs the Council on Postsecondary Education to conduct a study on transforming the Hazard Community and Technical College into a four-year, residential university; and requires that the results of the study be submitted to the Legislative Research...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-16
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 192) |
| KY | HB6 | Pass | The State/Executive Branch Budget: Details Part I, Operating Budget; details Part II, Capital Projects Budget; details Part III, General Provisions; details Part IV, State Salary/Compensation, Benefit, and Employment Policy; details Part V, Funds Tra...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-12
delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 175) |
| KY | HCR81 | Pass | Directs the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Efficient and Effective School District Governance Task Force; outlines task force duties; requires the task force to submit any recommendations and changes the task force may adopt by Dece...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-12
delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 190) |
| KY | HB553 | Pass | Establishes the Kentucky Rural Veterinary Medicine Student Loan Repayment Program for an eligible livestock practitioner who engages in veterinary medicine in an underserved rural area or veterinary shortage area for five consecutive years; allows a ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-10
became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 161) |
| KY | HB377 | Pass | Creates new sections of KRS Chapter 164 to establish the Teacher Recruitment Student Loan Forgiveness Pilot Program, to defines eligibility for the program, to direct the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority to administer the program, to pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 139) |
| KY | HB727 | Pass | Amends KRS 160.160 to authorize a school district to issue general obligation bonds in accordance with KRS Chapter 66, to authorize the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) to intercept debt service payments when due for a general obligation bond i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 126) |
| KY | SB58 | Pass | Amends KRS 132.017 to reduce the number of qualified voters needed to form a petition committee, to allow each sheet of the petition to contain the names of voters from more than one voting precinct, to remove the requirement that petition signees pu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-07
became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 115) |
| KY | SB18 | Pass | Amends KRS 156.153 to require that the standards and specifications for accessory equipment and supplies and replacement equipment shall be based on federal safety standards and shall not discriminate among manufacturers unless there is evidence that...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-29
signed by Governor (Acts Ch.26) |
| KY | HB225 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 158.645 to change the required learning capacities of Kentucky public school students; amend KRS 158.6451 to provide that schools shall expect a high level of academic achievement and shall develop students' ability to think critically and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | SB232 | Engross
Sine Die | Repeal and reenact KRS 162.060 to establish that local boards of education shall submit all plans for new public school buildings or additions or alterations of old buildings to the chief state school officer, but prohibit the Kentucky Department of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Education Committee |
| KY | HB2 | Pass | Proposes a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to authorize the General Assembly to provide for financial support for the education of students outside of the public school system; provides ballot language; and provides for submittal to voter...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 8) |
| KY | HCR60 | Intro
Sine Die | Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Support Education Excellence in Kentucky (SEEK) Task Force to study the various components of the SEEK formula, evaluate whether changes are necessary to the base, tiers, or add-ons to maint...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 22, 2024 |
| KY | HCR79 | Intro
Sine Die | Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Workforce Innovation Task Force to conduct a review of current education and workforce development programs and provide recommendations on how to provide effective workforce development to f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 22, 2024 |
| KY | SB210 | Intro
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 159 to allow the enrollment of a child on a part-time basis in a school district; establish conditions for the part-time enrollment; amend KRS 158.120 to prohibit a district's nonresident pupil policy from discrimi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15
To Senate Rules Committee |
| KY | SB81 | Pass | Amends KRS 164.746 to modify the membership of the governing board of the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority; amends KRS 164A.050 to modify the membership of the governing board of the Kentucky Higher Education Student Loan Corporation (K...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 5) |
| KY | HB748 | Engross
Sine Die | Amend KRS 157.350 to delete outdated language for the calculation of average daily attendance for the distribution of funds for the support education excellence in Kentucky.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-11
To Senate Education Committee |
| KY | HB221 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 164.746 to modify the membership of the governing board of the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority; amend KRS 164A.050 to modify the membership of the governing board of the Kentucky Higher Education Student Loan Corporation; ame...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | HB720 | Intro
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to establish the Adult Workforce Diploma Pilot Program; define terms; establish eligibility criteria for the program; direct the Kentucky Department of Education to administer the program; provide payments to p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-05
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | HB734 | Intro
Sine Die | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 205 to require the eligibility periods for all public assistance programs administered by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services be extended to the maximum period of eligibility permitted under federal law; proh...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-05
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | SB358 | Intro
Sine Die | Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to authorize the General Assembly to provide for the educational costs of elementary and secondary school students outside of the public school system; provide ballot language for submis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-01
To Senate State & Local Government Committee |
| KY | SB378 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 160.580 to require each superintendent to submit an annual charitable contribution report to the Kentucky Department of Education regarding contributions to the district; establish the minimum contents of the report; require the department ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-01
To Senate Education Committee |
| KY | SB308 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 157.440 to raise the amount of tax revenues raised by school districts to be equalized by state funding from 15% to 17.5%.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
To Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | SB150 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 164.7879 to establish new award grade point average qualifications and amounts for the Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarship beginning with the 2024-2025 school year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28
To Senate Education Committee |
| KY | SB200 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 158.070 to remove the variable student instructional year and require the student instructional year not begin prior to September 1; allow districts to extend the length of a student attendance day beyond seven hours with approval from the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26
To Senate Education Committee |
| KY | HCR120 | Intro
Sine Die | Establish the Homeschool Task Force; establish membership; direct the task force to study and make recommendations on guardrails that can be implemented in Kentucky to preserve the integrity of homeschooling and on the impact of homeschooling on Kent...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HCR111 | Intro
Sine Die | Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish School District Consolidation Task Force; outline task force duties; require the task force to submit any recommendations and changes the task force may adopt by December 1, 2024; establish memb...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB814 | Intro
Sine Die | Create new section of KRS Chapter 164 to require all postsecondary institutions to contract with an auditor and conduct an annual audit; set deadlines for finalization of the audit and submission of audit report and requirements if deadlines are not ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB831 | Intro
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to prohibit a public school district, public school, or public charter school or educational cooperative from expending any money from whatever source to advocate for against any public question that appears on...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB784 | Intro
Sine Die | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 160 to establish definitions; establish a petition process for citizens of a qualifying city to place the question of creating a new independent district and local board of education within the boundaries of the cit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB694 | Intro
Sine Die | Direct local school districts to provide a one-time payment of $2,000 to certified employees, excluding superintendents, in each year of the 2024-2026 biennium, and a one-time payment of $1,000 to classified employees in each year of the 2024-2026 bi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-23
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | SB7 | Engross
Sine Die | Amend KRS 164.7874 to include an equivalent score on the Classic Learning Test as a KEES supplemental amount; define "eligible noncertified school graduate"; amend definitions of "KEES award," "KEES award maximum," and " KEES base amount" for an elig...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-22
To House Education Committee |
| KY | HB683 | Intro
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to prohibit instruction on social and emotional learning in common schools; prohibit the use of state funding to promote or provide social and emotional learning instruction of training.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-22
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB652 | Intro
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to prohibit the Kentucky Department of Education from complying with a provision of any administrative regulation or guidance issued by the United States Department of Education concerning Title IX that equates...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-22
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB399 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 164.786 to add eligibility for high school freshmen and sophomores, require an "approved dual credit course" to be in the statewide general education core; provide that scholarships shall be awarded in order of application date; revise scho...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-21
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | HB464 | Intro
Sine Die | 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 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-21
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | HB521 | Intro
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 132 to exempt federally documented vessels from property taxation; create new sections of KRS Chapter 235 to establish the waterway usage fee and the distribution of revenue generated from the fee; establish the wa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-21
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | HB587 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 18A.225, 78.510, 156.095, 158.038, 158.189, 158.196, 158.305, 158.4416, 160.152, 161.164, 161.220, and 218B.045 to remove references to public charter schools; repeal KRS 160.1590, 160.1591, 160.15911, 160.1592, 160.1593, 160.1594, 160.1595...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-20
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB9 | Intro
Sine Die | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 164 to define terms; prohibit a public postsecondary education institution from providing differential treatment or benefits on the basis of an individual's religion, race, sex, color, or national origin; from influ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14
To House Education Committee |
| KY | SCR142 | Intro
Sine Die | Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Efficient and Effective School District Governance Task Force; outline task force duties; require the task force to submit any recommendations and changes the task force may adopt by Decembe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14
To Senate Education Committee |
| KY | SB192 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeal and reenact KRS 157.069 to define terms; require the Office of Career and Technical Education within the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) to identify career and technical education programs or pathways as high cost or general cost; provi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To Senate Education Committee |
| KY | HB510 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 160.280 to increase the total annual maximum of per diem and reimbursed expenses from $6,000 to $8,000; EMERGENCY.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | SB165 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend various sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes to remove requirements for using a Social Security number as an identifier.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| KY | SB166 | Intro
Sine Die | Create new sections of KRS Chapters 156 and 164 to forbid the involvement of government-organized nongovernmental organizations based in the People's Republic of China in education in Kentucky.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06
To Senate Education Committee |
| KY | HB442 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 139.495 to exempt all sales made by resident nonprofit educational, charitable, or religious institutions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-31
To House Committee On Committees |
