Kentucky House Bill 377 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 14 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-15 - to Education (H)
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require schools to offer all students instruction in the visual and performing arts, submit an annual report to the Department of Education, and implement school policies regarding visual and performing arts instruction; require the Department of Education to develop visual and performing arts program standards, guidelines on model programs, and strategies and initiatives for meeting the requirements of the section; require the Department of Education to provide resources, assessment tools, and a reporting checklist to schools; require the Department of Education to report to the Interim Joint Committee on Education by December 1, 2020, on the status of schools meeting the requirements of this section; amend KRS 158.6453 to require the school profile report to be included in the school report card and require the visual and performing arts program data to be included in the school profile report; amend KRS 160.345 to conform; cite the Act as the Arts Education Equity Act.

AN ACT relating to arts education.

Rep. Mark Hart [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-15	House	to Education (H)
2019-02-14	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/19RS/hb377.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/19RS/hb377/orig_bill.pdf