| 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 | HB387 | Pass | Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to allow the Kentucky Department of Education to enter into an agreement with any building and construction trade organization to develop a training program for school counselors on building and construction t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-19
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 221) |
| KY | HB169 | Pass | Amends KRS 158.162 to require that local boards of education maintain a portable automated external defibrillator in a public, readily accessible, well-marked location in all school buildings, including elementary school buildings, and at school-sanc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-18
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 208) |
| 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 | HB300 | Pass | Amends KRS 161.120 to establish the process and procedures for the Education Professional Standards Board to receive and process a complaint against a certificate holder, to establish a specific timeline, to establish specific actions the board may t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-18
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 209) |
| KY | HB449 | Pass | Amends KRS 160.170 to amend the oath of office for local board of education members to be consistent with the requirements set forth in KRS 160.180; amends KRS 160.180 to provide alternative methods for a candidate for a board of education to evidenc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-18
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 215) |
| 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 | SB167 | Pass | Amends KRS 156.160 to require that cursive writing be included as a course of study in all elementary schools beginning in the 2025-2026 school year; and amends KRS 158.6453 to distinguish basic handwriting or penmanship from the definition of “wri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-17
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 203) |
| KY | HB829 | Pass | Amends KRS 12.020 and KRS 194A.030 to establish the Office of Medical Cannabis, the Division of Enforcement and Compliance, and the Division of Licensure and Access within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; amends KRS 218A.202 to make a tech...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-17
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 195) |
| KY | HB469 | Pass | Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to define “military-connected student” and “purple star school,” to establish the Purple Star School Program and set requirements for eligibility, and to designate the Kentucky Commission on Military A...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-16
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 193) |
| KY | SR260 | Pass | Honor the Sacred Heart Academy Valkyries, 2024 Girls' Sweet Sixteen Basketball Champions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-15
adopted by voice vote |
| KY | SR268 | Intro
Sine Die | Confirm the appointment of Julia Dianne Pile to the Kentucky Board of Education for a term expiring April 14, 2026.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-15
adopted 38-0 |
| KY | SR285 | Intro
Sine Die | Confirm the appointment of Dr. Robbie Fletcher as Commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Education for a term beginning on July 1, 2024.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-15
adopted 36-1 |
| KY | SR368 | Pass | Recognize and commend the 40 public schools throughout the Commonwealth that participate in the Kentucky Community School Initiative.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-15
adopted by voice vote |
| KY | SR307 | Intro
Sine Die | Confirm the reappointment of Christopher John Fryer to the Education Professional Standards Board for a term expiring June 30, 2026.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-15
adopted 38-0 |
| KY | SR303 | Intro
Sine Die | Confirm the reappointment of Cathy Chanelle Gunn to the Education Professional Standards Board for a term expiring June 30, 2026.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-15
adopted 38-0 |
| KY | SR302 | Intro
Sine Die | Confirm the reappointment of Amy Shearer Lingo to the Education Professional Standards Board for a term expiring June 30, 2026.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-15
adopted 38-0 |
| KY | SR312 | Intro
Sine Die | Confirm the appointment of Diana W. Woods to the Kentucky Board of Education for a term expiring April 14, 2026.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-15
adopted 38-0 |
| KY | SR306 | Intro
Sine Die | Confirm the appointment of James Paul Cousins to the Education Professional Standards Board for a term expiring June 30, 2025.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-15
adopted 38-0 |
| KY | SR301 | Intro
Sine Die | Confirm the reappointment of Sarah Weedman to the Education Professional Standards Board for a term expiring June 30, 2026.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-15
adopted 38-0 |
| KY | SR300 | Intro
Sine Die | Confirm the reappointment of Diana F. Berry to the Education Professional Standards Board for a term expiring June 30, 2026.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-15
adopted 38-0 |
| 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 | HB509 | Engross
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS 61.870 to 61.884, the Open Records Act, to require a public agency to furnish an officer, employee, board member, or commission member an agency email account; define terms; allow the governing body of a public agency or i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-12
To Senate Rules Committee |
| KY | HR138 | Pass | Recognize April 19, 2024, as Education and Sharing Day.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-12
adopted by voice vote |
| KY | SR267 | Pass | Honor the Lyon County High School Lyons, 2024 Boys' Sweet Sixteen Basketball Champions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-12
adopted by voice vote |
| KY | SR336 | Pass | Recognize the Harlan County High School Black Bears Boys' Basketball team, 2024 KHSAA Sweet Sixteen runners-up.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-12
adopted by voice vote |
| KY | HB611 | Pass | Amends KRS 159.140 to require a director of pupil personnel to report to the county attorney if a parent or guardian has allowed a child in kindergarten to grade five to be absent without an excuse for 15 or more days or if a minor in grade six throu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-10
became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 163) |
| KY | SB2 | Pass | Amends KRS 156.095 to require schools to provide suicide prevention awareness twice a year and an opportunity for any student who missed the suicide prevention awareness lesson to receive the lesson at a later time, and to make conforming changes; am...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-10
became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 165) |
| KY | HB142 | Pass | Repeals, reenacts, and amends KRS 438.345 as a new section of KRS Chapter 158; requires local boards of education to adopt policies that penalize students for possessing alternative nicotine products, tobacco products, or vapor products and lists pen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 149) |
| KY | HB471 | Pass | Amends KRS 159.075 to allow the use of military orders as proof of residency for enrollment or course registration in a school and to prohibit in-person enrollment or course registration when the child's parent or guardian is transferred or returning...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 131) |
| KY | HB535 | Pass | Amends KRS 158.141 to require, beginning with the high school freshman class of 2025-2026, either a one-half credit course in civic literacy for graduation, including early graduation, or a score of 70 percent on a 100-question civics test, with loca...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 122) |
| KY | SB265 | Pass | Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 161 to establish a teacher induction and mentor program, to require that the Education Professional Standards Board develop standards and guidance for the program, develop evaluations for new teachers, and submit ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 124) |
| KY | HB825 | Pass | Requires the Office of the Auditor of Public Accounts to conduct a full fiscal controls and operational performance audit of the Kentucky Department of Education and to provide the report to the Interim Joint Committee on Education by July 1, 2025.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 118) |
| 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 | HB491 | Pass | Amends KRS 199.896 to change the requirements for when instructional programs for school-age children are exempt from all child-care licensure administrative regulations, and to provide that instructional programs for school-age children that offer r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-05
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 87) |
| KY | SB11 | Pass | Amends KRS 610.345 to require notice to schools prior to filing of a public offense petition against a child in certain cases; and amends KRS 158.488 and 158.153 to conform.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 51) |
| KY | HB439 | Pass | Amends KRS 211.285 to rename the “malt beverage education fund” as the “alcohol wellness and responsibility education fund,” to add proceeds from Alcoholic Beverage Control Board distilled spirit auctions to the fund, to issue moneys from the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 46) |
| KY | HB447 | Pass | Amends KRS 156.153 to permit school districts to use district-owned, leased, or contracted passenger transportation vehicles to transport students to and from school and approved school activities under an alternative transportation plan approved by ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
signed by Governor (Acts Ch.35) |
| KY | HB695 | Pass | Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 157 to make legislative findings and declarations, to establish definitions, to establish the Adaptive Kindergarten Readiness Pilot Project, to establish the duration and terms of the pilot project, to require tha...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 65) |
| 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 | HB275 | Engross
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to prohibit a public school district or public charter school from entering a nondisclosure agreement relating to misconduct involving a minor or student; amend KRS 160.380 to define "abusive conduct"; require ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28
posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) |
| KY | SB251 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 156.690 to insert gender-neutral language.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28
To Senate Education Committee |
| KY | SB252 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 156.690 to insert gender-neutral language.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28
To Senate Education Committee |
| KY | HB138 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 161.500 to allow members of the Teachers' Retirement System to recover up to 10 unpaid days that were missed to observe religious holidays; include the recovered days in count of days worked for service credit; EMERGENCY.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| 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 | HB346 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 158.1415 to require a school district to adopt health curricula that includes human growth and development instruction that meets specific criteria; set restrictions for the instruction that grants parents an opportunity to review materials...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | SB4 | Engross
Sine Die | Amend KRS 161.155 to specify that sick leave payments made to certified school employees who began participating in the Teachers' Retirement System (TRS) prior to January 1, 2022, and who retire from TRS on or after July 1, 2024, shall be limited to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Rules Committee |
| KY | HB383 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 158.165 to require local boards of education to adopt a policy to, at a minimum, prohibit student use of a personal telecommunications device during instructional time with specific exceptions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | HB438 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 158.832 to include a definition for "undesignated glucagon"; amend KRS 158.838 to allow health care practitioners to prescribe undesignated glucagon in the name of a school to be maintained for use by a school nurse or trained school employ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
