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KYSB11Enroll
75%
Amend KRS 610.345 to require notice to schools prior to filing of a public offense petition against a child in certain cases.
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2024-03-27
enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
KYHB138Intro
25%
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.
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2024-03-27
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee
KYHB169Engross
50%
Amend KRS 158.162 to require local boards of education to 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-sanctio...
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2024-03-27
[Hearing: Mar 28]
To Senate Education Committee
KYHB275Engross
50%
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 ...
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2024-03-27
To House Rules Committee
KYHB387Engross
50%
Amend KRS 161.102 to require the Education Professional Standards Board to issue substitute teacher certificates based on education attained; specify the type of employment each certificate allows.
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2024-03-27
[Hearing: Mar 28]
To Senate Education Committee
KYHB300Engross
50%
Amend KRS 161.120 to require the Education Professional Standards Board to promulgate administrative regulations that establish the process and procedures for receiving and processing a complaint against a certificate holder; establish a specific tim...
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2024-03-27
To House Rules Committee
KYSB4Engross
50%
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 ...
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2024-03-27
To House Rules Committee
KYHB469Engross
50%
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to define "military-connected student" and "purple star school"; establish the Purple Star School Program and set requirements for eligibility; designate the Kentucky Commission on Military Affairs as the gover...
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2024-03-27
[Hearing: Mar 28]
To Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection Committee
KYHB509Engross
50%
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...
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2024-03-27
To Senate Rules Committee
KYSB232Engross
50%
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 ...
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2024-03-27
To House Education Committee
KYSB18Enroll
75%
Amend 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 ...
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2024-03-26
delivered to Governor
KYHB142Engross
50%
Create a new section of KRS 438.305 to 438.340 to require the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to establish a vapor retail license and require retailers to have a retail license to sell vapor products; amend KRS 438.310 to increase penalties ...
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2024-03-26
passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
KYHB162Engross
50%
Amend KRS 158.791 to specify the role of Department of Education in assisting local school districts with mathematics instruction, supports, and interventions; require the department to collaborate with designated agencies on mathematics programming,...
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2024-03-26
passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
KYHB449Engross
50%
Amend KRS 160.180 to provide additional types of evidence permitted to document a board of education candidate's completion of twelfth grade; remove specifications for the topics of required trainings for board of education members.
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2024-03-26
passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
KYHB471Engross
50%
Amend KRS 159.075 to allow the use of military orders as proof of residency for enrollment or course registration in a school and prohibit in-person enrollment or course registration when prevented due to official military duties.
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2024-03-26
passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day
KYHB491Engross
50%
Amend KRS 199.896 to change the requirements of when instructional programs for school-age children are exempt from all child-care licensure administrative regulations.
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2024-03-26
passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day
KYSB167Engross
50%
Amend KRS 156.160 to require cursive writing to be included as a course of study in all elementary schools beginning in the 2025-2026 school year; create new sections of KRS Chapter 158 to establish a public high school graduation requirement that a ...
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2024-03-26
To House Rules Committee
KYHB535Engross
50%
Amend KRS 158.141 to require, beginning with the freshman class of 2025-2026, a one-half credit course in civic literacy for graduation, including early graduation; provide a list of required topics to be taught in a civic literacy course; require th...
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2024-03-26
passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
KYHB499Engross
50%
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...
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2024-03-26
reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) as a consent bill
KYHB611Engross
50%
Amend KRS 159.140 to require a director of pupil personnel to file with the county attorney a complaint against a parent or guardian who has allowed a child in kindergarten to grade five to be absent without excuse for 15 or more days; allow the dire...
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2024-03-26
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
KYSB2Engross
50%
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms; establish a framework for employment of Kentucky guardians in schools; specify qualifications of a guardian; specify that a local board of education may not be held liable for a guardian acting...
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2024-03-26
floor amendments (3) and (4) filed to Committee Substitute
KYSB265Engross
50%
Amend KRS 161.048 to modify the Option 7 alternative teacher certification pathway; remove some initial candidate requirements; allow provisional certification upon qualifying and enrolling in an approved institute; establish the conditions for recei...
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2024-03-26
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 27, 2024
KYHB727Engross
50%
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 162 to allow school districts to issue general obligation bonds and obtain bank loans; amend KRS 160.160 require the approval of the Department of Education prior to a school district obtaining a bank loan or issui...
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2024-03-26
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
KYHB825Engross
50%
Require 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 provide the report to the Interim Joint Committee on Education by July 1, 2025.
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2024-03-26
passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day
KYHB695Engross
50%
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 157 to make legislative findings and declarations; establish definitions for the section; establish the Adaptive Kindergarten Readiness Pilot Project; establish the duration and terms of the pilot project; require ...
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2024-03-26
[Hearing: Mar 28]
To Senate Education Committee
KYSB295Engross
50%
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 214 to prohibit a requirement for any individual to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, modified ribonucleic acid (modRNA) vaccine, or messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccine for the purposes of student enrollment, emplo...
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2024-03-26
To House Committee On Committees
KYHB304Intro
25%
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...
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2024-03-25
To House Education Committee
KYHB439Engross
50%
Amend KRS 241.010 to make a technical correction; amend KRS 241.060 and 243.540 to allow the Alcoholic Beverage Control board to dispose of alcoholic beverages through public auction; promulgate administrative regulations to establish auction procedu...
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2024-03-25
posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
KYHB447Engross
50%
Amend 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 t...
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2024-03-25
To House Rules Committee
KYHB346Intro
25%
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...
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2024-03-22
To House Rules Committee
KYHB446PassAmend KRS 158.110 to require local school boards to adopt a transportation services policy; amend KRS 158.148, relating to school district discipline guidelines, to require the Kentucky Department of Education to create a model transportation service...
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2024-03-22
signed by Governor
KYSB230Intro
25%
Amend KRS 344.010 to provide definitions of "protective hairstyle" and "race" that include traits historically associated with race; amend KRS 344.020 to provide that nothing in the chapter shall be construed to prohibit reasonable workplace policies...
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2024-03-22
To Senate Licensing and Occupations Committee
KYHB605Engross
50%
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to allow the Kentucky Department of Education to enter into an agreement with a building and construction trade organization to develop a training program for school counselors on building and construction trad...
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2024-03-22
To Senate Committee on Committees
KYHB829Engross
50%
Amend KRS 218B.010 to revise the definition of "bona fide practitioner-patient relationship"; amend KRS 218B.020 to require the Board of Physicians and Advisors to assist the Cabinet for Health and Family Services in developing a Medicinal Cannabis A...
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2024-03-22
To Senate State & Local Government Committee
KYHB799Engross
50%
Amend KRS 158.033 to allow a student admitted to an inpatient facility to receive home and hospital services effective on the day of admittance.
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2024-03-22
To Senate Committee on Committees
KYHB828Engross
50%
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...
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2024-03-22
To Senate Committee on Committees
KYHB2Enroll
75%
Propose a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to authorize the General Assembly to provide for a financial support for the education of students outside of the public school system; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification o...
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2024-03-21
delivered to Secretary of State
KYHB6Engross
50%
The State/Executive Branch Budget: Detail Part I, Operating Budget; detail Part II, Capital Projects Budget; detail Part III, General Provisions; detail Part IV, State Salary/Compensation, Benefit, and Employment Policy; detail Part V, Funds Transfer...
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2024-03-15
Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate
KYHB354Engross
50%
Amend 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, 20...
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2024-03-15
To Senate State & Local Government Committee
KYHB438Intro
25%
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...
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2024-03-15
To House Rules Committee
KYSB210Intro
25%
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...
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2024-03-15
To Senate Rules Committee
KYHB662Intro
25%
Amend KRS 156.690 to insert gender-neutral language.
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2024-03-15
To House Committee On Committees
KYHB225Intro
25%
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 ...
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2024-03-13
To House Rules Committee
KYHB347Intro
25%
Amend KRS 158.4416 to require a trauma-informed team to incorporate age-appropriate and evidence-based child abuse and neglect awareness and prevention into the training, guidance, and assistance provided by the team; require the trauma-informed tool...
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2024-03-12
To House Families & Children Committee
KYHB461Engross
50%
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 67 to define terms; require the use of camera monitoring systems on all school buses by all school districts, and require the enforcement of a civil penalty for stop arm camera violations recorded by a camera monito...
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2024-03-12
To Senate Committee on Committees
KYHB612Engross
50%
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...
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2024-03-12
To Senate Committee on Committees
KYHB748Engross
50%
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.
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2024-03-11
To Senate Education Committee
KYHB227Engross
50%
Amend KRS 160.041 to provide a merger process for contiguous school districts; require the Kentucky Board of Education to determine the terms of merger for an insolvent district if no agreement between the school districts can be reached; require the...
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2024-03-08
To Senate Education Committee
KYSB8Engross
50%
Amend KRS 156.029 to provide that all 14 voting members of the Kentucky Board of Education are to be elected; create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to establish the process by which members of the Kentucky Board of Education are elected, including ...
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2024-03-08
To House Education Committee
KYHB798Intro
25%
Amend KRS 527.010 to include knives longer than three inches in weapons prohibited on school grounds.
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2024-03-08
To House Education Committee
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