| 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 | 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 | 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 | SR324 | Intro
Sine Die | Confirm the appointment of Louis R. Straub II to the Board of Trustees of the Teachers' Retirement System for a term expiring July 11, 2027.
[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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |
| 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 | 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 | HB304 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 158.191 to ensure parental rights and involvement by requiring notification within two business days of specific events; require a district to adopt procedures that both encourage students to speak with parents and require facilitation of t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-25
To House Education Committee |
| KY | HB828 | Engross
Sine Die | Amend KRS 161.030 to specify that an individual who completes a preparation program and passes the required assessments shall receive a five year professional certificate; specify that an out-of-state teacher who passes the required assessments shall...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
To Senate Committee on Committees |
| KY | HCR83 | Intro
Sine Die | Establish the Teacher Red Tape Reduction Task Force; establish membership; direct the task force to study and make recommendations to identify outdated, redundant, or unnecessary mandates imposed upon teachers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 22, 2024 |
| KY | HB612 | Engross
Sine Die | Create a section of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms to be used in the section; require the Kentucky Department of Education to establish an approved list of reading curriculum that does not use a three-cueing system; require that school districts not...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-12
To Senate Committee on Committees |
| KY | SB338 | Intro
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to direct each local board of education to designate a traceable communication system that shall be the exclusive means for school district personnel to communicate electronically with students; provide that a ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-01
To Senate Education Committee |
| KY | SB279 | 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] | 2024-02-28
To Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | SB274 | 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] | 2024-02-28
To Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | SB258 | Intro
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to state legislative findings; establish definitions; provide additional free speech protections for student journalists; place limitations on additional protections; provide protection for student media adviso...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26
To Senate Education Committee |
| KY | HCR112 | Intro
Sine Die | Establish the DEI Economic Impact Task Force; establish membership; direct the task force to study and make recommendations on the current and recent use of state-appropriated funds by Kentucky's public postsecondary education system and public schoo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB769 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 161.048 to allow for alternative teacher certification through a state-approved local training program provided by a local district, group of districts, or educational cooperative; permit participation in the training program for those poss...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB800 | Intro
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to require the Department of Education to post school district employee salary information on the department's website annually.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB756 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 161.155 to provide 20 maternity days to district employees who give birth; establish the terms and conditions for use of maternity days.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB837 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 162.055 to allow school property to be utilized for teacher and employee housing; create a new section of KRS Chapter 162 to permit school boards or school district finance corporations to use land currently owned or newly leased to provide...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB96 | Engross
Sine Die | Amend KRS 158.175 to require moments of silence or reflection at the start of each school day and establish guidelines.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-23
To Senate Education Committee |
| 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 | HB571 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 156.095 to require the Kentucky Department of Education to create a professional development training schedule for certified personnel; require each local district to implement the schedule; require an additional day to be added to the scho...
[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 | HB681 | Intro
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish a nonrefundable tax credit for eligible educator expenses of up to $2,000 for single returns or $4,000 for married educators filing a joint return; amend KRS 141.019, relating to the individual inc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-22
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB588 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 161 to remove provisions of HB 258 enacted during the 2021 Regular Session that created and adjusted benefits for individuals who become members of the Teachers' Retirement System on or after January 1, 2022; rep...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-20
To House Committee On Committees |
| 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 | SB205 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 161.155 to provide 20 maternity days to district employees who give birth; establish the terms and conditions for use of maternity days.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-15
To Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | HB567 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 161.030 to remove the authority of the Education Professional Standards Board to require successful completion of assessments prior to certification; amend KRS 156.101, 161.048, and 161.053 to conform; repeal KRS 161.1222, relating to a pil...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-15
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB568 | Intro
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 342 to define "educator" and set out when psychological injuries are valid workers' compensation claims for educators when no physical injury exists; amend KRS 342.0011 to clarify definition of "injury" to include ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-15
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB529 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 160.160 to authorize local boards of education to establish score requirements on appropriate assessments for applicants to certified position vacancies and adopt necessary policies; amend KRS 161.030 to remove the authority of the Educatio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB549 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 158.196 to require social studies instruction, materials, and academic standards to include the roles and contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in the history of the United States and the Commonwealth.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB497 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 158.080 to require any individuals teaching elementary or secondary grades at a private or at-home private school to possess a high school diploma or High School Equivalency Diploma.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-08
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | SB175 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 16.505, 61.510, and 78.510 to define "special needs trust" (SNT) for purposes of the State Police Retirement System, Kentucky Employees Retirement System, and County Employees Retirement System; amend the definition of "person" to include a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07
To Senate State & Local Government Committee |
| KY | SB170 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend 160.210 to establish new numbers for membership of a local board of education based on district enrollment; require the Kentucky Board of Education to determine the required number of members every 10 years; provide for the election of addition...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06
To Senate Education Committee |
| KY | HB419 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 161.030 to specify authority of Education Professional Standards Board over educators hired by public schools only; amend KRS 199.894 to define "learning pods" and exclude them from the definition of "child-care center" and "family child-ca...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-30
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | SB138 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 165A.370, relating to proprietary schools, to allow a license holder or applicant to seek a single accreditation for all the school locations it operates in the state; amend KRS 161.048 to specify that adjunct instructors may be employed by...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29
To Senate Education Committee |
| KY | HB366 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 161.155 to require school districts to provide up to 40 days of maternity leave to teachers without a deduction of salary; require accrued sick leave to be taken first and concurrently; allow a teacher to reserve up to 30 days of sick leave...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB245 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 164.769 to remove expected family income from the selection criteria for the teacher scholarship; amend KRS 164.7889 to conform.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-17
To House Education Committee |
