Education, Elementary And Secondary
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to school counselors and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-719]
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Appropriate necessary funds to the SEEK Program budget unit to provide financial assistance to local school districts for employment of school counselors; APPROPRIATION.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sarah Stalker
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/27/2025
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AN ACT establishing the School Supplies for Kentucky Teachers Program. [HB-732]
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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 157 to define terms; establish the School Supplies for Kentucky Teachers Program to provide eligible classroom teachers with financial and technical support in purchasing school supplies; authorize the Kentucky Board of Education to adopt policies and promulgate administrative regulations necessary to administer the program; require the Kentucky Department of Education to enter into contracts for an online commerce platform and to identify online school supplies vendors for the program; provide that the Act may
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Beth Imes
To Primary And Secondary Education (h) on 02/27/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to eliminating nontraditional instruction. [HB-737]
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Amend KRS 158.070 to remove the authorization for nontraditional instruction.
Sponsored by: Rep. Felicia Rabourn
To Primary And Secondary Education (h) on 02/27/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to school personnel. [HB-779]
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[Public Safety ]
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Amend KRS 161.155 to require school districts to provide a teacher or other employee leave with no loss of income or benefits for 60 school days following an assault against the teacher or employee that results in a physical injury; specify the terms of the leave; require the school district to pay for mental health services of the teacher or employee's choosing during the leave period; amend KRS 158.150 to require a local board of education to adopt a policy requiring expulsion when a student physically assaults or batters school personnel; provide
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Sponsored by: Rep. George A. Brown
To Primary And Secondary Education (h) on 02/27/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to communications with elected officials. [HB-715]
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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 prohibiting public entities from requiring, compelling, or incentivizing program participants to communicate with elected officials with a specific political message.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Donworth
To State Government (h) on 02/27/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to education. [HB-743]
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Amend KRS 156.690 to insert gender-neutral language.
Sponsored by: Rep. Timothy Truett
To Primary And Secondary Education (h) on 02/27/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION encouraging the Kentucky Department of Education and the Kentucky Historical Society to recognize the 250th anniversary of America's independence throughout Kentucky's schools. [HR-57]
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Encourage the Kentucky Historical Society, in collaboration with the Kentucky Department of Education, to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the United States of America; provide that the Resolution may be cited as the Kentucky's Kids Remembering America's Path to Independence Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Aaron Thompson
Taken From Committee On Committees (h) on 03/11/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to education. [HB-11]
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Amend KRS 156.690 to insert gender-neutral language.
Sponsored by: Rep. Suzanne Miles
Taken From Primary And Secondary Education (h) on 03/13/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to school cooperation with patriotic organizations. [HB-603]
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[Children and Youth ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define "organization" as a federally recognized patriotic civic service organization that consists of or serves youths; permit an organization to request and require superintendents to provide an opportunity to provide information to students on school property during a school day.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Hart
To Primary And Secondary Education (h) on 02/26/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION directing the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Kentucky School for the Deaf Governance Task Force. [SCR-76]
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[Children and Youth ]
Establish the Kentucky School for the Deaf Governance Task Force; establish duties and membership; direct the task force to study optimal governance models for the Kentucky School for the Deaf, including by a possible independent board of education.
Sponsored by: Sen. Amanda Mays Bledsoe
2nd Reading, To Rules on 03/12/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to instructional programs for school-age children. [HB-679]
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Amend KRS 199.896 to change the requirements for when instructional programs for school-age children are exempt from all child-care licensure administrative regulations.
Sponsored by: Rep. D. Wade Williams
To Families & Children (h) on 02/26/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to teacher benefit provisions and declaring an emergency. [SB-9]
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Amend KRS 161.155 to require school districts to establish a policy by July 1, 2030, to provide up to 30 days maternity leave to each teacher and employee who gives birth; require school districts to pay the actuarial costs of sick leave to the Teachers' Retirement System (TRS) for future sick leave accruals in excess of 12 days each year; provide that the state will pay the actuarial costs for sick leave accrued as of June 30, 2025, plus up to 12 days accrued each year after June 30, 2025; provide that actuarial costs for sick leave for associations
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jimmy Higdon
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 138) on 03/31/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to compulsory attendance. [SB-213]
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[Children and Youth ]
Amend KRS 159.030 to create an exemption for compulsory attendance in school for a child who is at least 16 years old and has obtained a High School Equivalency Diploma.
Sponsored by: Sen. Steve Rawlings
Floor Amendment (1) Filed on 02/27/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to children. [HB-621]
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[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Create new section of KRS Chapter 635 to establish penalties for children who violate KRS 508.075, 508.078, or 508.080; amend KRS 159.170 to prohibit transfer of a student to an at-home private school while certain proceedings are pending.
Sponsored by: Rep. Walker Wood Thomas
Floor Amendment (1) Filed To Committee Substitute on 03/06/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to scholarships. [SB-253]
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Amend KRS 164.769 to remove repayment obligations from the teacher scholarship program; amend scholorship terms; provide that the scholarship amount shall not exceed the highest in-state tuition rate for a teacher preparation program at a Kentucky public university; amend KRS 164.786 to add eligibility for high school freshmen and sophomores to the dual credit scholarship program; require an approved dual credit course to be in the statewide general education core; permit up to 20 dual credit courses in a teacher and learning career pathway; provide
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jimmy Higdon
To Appropriations & Revenue (s) on 02/20/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to local school board student representatives. [HB-626]
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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to require each local school board to include at least one student representative; require each local school board to adopt a school board student representative policy; set minimum requirements for the school board student representative policy.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Grossl
To Primary And Secondary Education (h) on 02/26/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to student-athletes and declaring an emergency. [SB-3]
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Amend KRS 164.6941 to define terms; amend KRS 164.6943 to allow the limitation of earning compensation through a NIL agreement through an institutional agreement between the student-athlete and the institution or affiliated organization; permit an institution or association to require compensation be consistent with the prevailing range of compensation; amend KRS 164.6945 to conform and authorize a student-athlete to receive compensation from an institution or its affiliated corporation through a written institutional agreement; authorize an institution
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Sponsored by: Sen. George Maxwell Wise
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 10) on 03/13/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to education. [SB-207]
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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to establish a procedure for a local board of education to submit a waiver request to the Kentucky Board of Education to waive a statute or administrative regulation; set the terms and limitations of a waivers; authorize the identification of schools of innovation and establish parameters for the status; establish procedures for the renewal of approved waivers; provide the conditions and procedure for rescinding waivers by the state board; authorize the promulgation of administrative regulations to adopt necessary
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Sponsored by: Sen. Steve West
Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 113) on 03/27/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to public schools. [SB-5]
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Amend KRS 160.346 to include identification as a state intervention school when a school enters comprehensive support and improvement status and does not make annual improvement for two years or does not exit the status after three years; create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to define "state intervention school"; require the identification of state intervention schools with the 2027-2028 school year; establish the procedures for identification; require the commissioner of education to take management of the state intervention school and develop
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Sponsored by: Sen. Steve West
Taken From Education (s) on 02/28/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the governance of the Kentucky School for the Deaf. [SB-214]
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[Children and Youth ]
Amend KRS 167.017 to set timelines for appointment of a search committee for the superintendent of the Kentucky School for the Deaf and appointment of the superintendent; require prioritization of candidates that will be locally available and commit to full-time duties as superintendent; preclude Department of Education employees or Board of Education members from being appointed as superintendent within one year of employment or membership.
Sponsored by: Sen. Amanda Mays Bledsoe
To Education (s) on 02/20/2025