KY HB275 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 9 2024 - 50% progression
Action: 2024-03-28 - posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]
Status: Engrossed on February 9 2024 - 50% progression
Action: 2024-03-28 - posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]
Summary
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 school district applicants to disclose being the subject of any allegations or investigations in the previous 12 months and consent to a reference check; require school districts to conduct reference checks; require nonpublic and public school districts to disclose any allegations or investigations related to abusive conduct of applicants; revise indemnification language to grant immunity for disclosures made about school employee conduct; require school districts to request all related information from public and nonpublic schools and the Education Professional Standards Board and require the schools and EPSB to provide the records; require requests for information to be satisfied in 10 working days instead of 10 days; require all public school personnel to submit to a state criminal background check every five years; require all school district applicants to list all schools of previous and current employment on the application; require a school district to internally report and investigate to completion all allegations of abusive conduct; require all records relating to an allegation of abusive conduct to be retained in an employee's personnel file unless the allegation is proven false; amend KRS 156.160 to direct the Kentucky Board of Education to include employment standards in the voluntary certification standards for private schools; make technical corrections; amend KRS 160.151 to define "certified nonpublic school"; require employees of certified nonpublic schools to submit to a national and state criminal background check and a CA/N check; require certified nonpublic school personnel to have a state criminal background check every five years; prohibit a certified nonpublic school from hiring a violent or felony sex crime offender; require a certified nonpublic school to conduct reference checks on all applicants; prohibit a certified nonpublic school from entering into a nondisclosure agreement related to misconduct involving a minor or student; amend KRS 156.095 to require the Kentucky Department of Education to develop a training related to sexual misconduct for employees to undergo every five years; make technical corrections; amend KRS 161.151 to conform.
Title
AN ACT relating to misconduct in schools and school-sponsored activities.
Sponsors
| Rep. James Tipton [R] | Rep. Jared Bauman [R] | Rep. Danny Bentley [R] | Rep. Kevin Bratcher [R] |
| Rep. Emily Callaway [R] | Rep. John Hodgson [R] | Rep. Susan Tyler Witten [R] |
Roll Calls
2024-03-27 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading W/scs1 scta1 RSN# 3073 (Y: 35 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2024-02-08 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 87 (Y: 95 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2024-02-08 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 87 (Y: 95 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-28 | House | posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) |
| 2024-03-27 | House | to Rules (H) |
| 2024-03-27 | House | received in House |
| 2024-03-27 | Senate | passed 35-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) |
| 2024-03-27 | Senate | 3rd reading |
| 2024-03-27 | Senate | floor amendments (1) and (2) withdrawn |
| 2024-03-26 | Senate | passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day |
| 2024-03-26 | Senate | floor amendments (1) and (2) filed to Committee Substitute |
| 2024-03-25 | Senate | posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 26, 2024 |
| 2024-03-22 | Senate | 2nd reading, to Rules |
| 2024-03-21 | Senate | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) |
| 2024-03-01 | Senate | to Education (S) |
| 2024-02-09 | Senate | to Committee on Committees (S) |
| 2024-02-09 | Senate | received in Senate |
| 2024-02-08 | House | 3rd reading, passed 95-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1-title) |
| 2024-02-06 | House | posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 07, 2024 |
| 2024-01-24 | House | 2nd reading, to Rules |
| 2024-01-23 | House | floor amendment (1-title) filed |
| 2024-01-23 | House | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) |
| 2024-01-18 | House | to Education (H) |
| 2024-01-16 | House | to Committee on Committees (H) |
| 2024-01-16 | House | introduced in House |
