Education, Elementary And Secondary
Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to corporal punishment in schools. [HB-22]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Create a new section of KRS 158.440 to 158.449 to define "corporal punishment"; prohibit a person employed by a school district from using corporal physical discipline; amend KRS 158.444 to remove corporal punishment as a form of discipline in a school; amend KRS 503.110 to remove the exception that permitted the use of physical force by a teacher against a minor.
Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick W. Graham
Floor Amendment (2) Filed on 03/18/2020
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AN ACT relating to bullying. [HB-30]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
[Cybersecurity ]
Amend KRS 158.148 to include incidents that occur at non-school-sponsored events or through the use of technology in the definition of bullying; require a school district's code of acceptable behavior to include notification procedures for parents in situations of alleged bullying; require the school district's code of acceptable behavior to include procedures for restoring a student's sense of safety.
Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick W. Graham
Introduced In House on 01/07/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to school bus safety and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-34]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Crime ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to define "owner," "recorded images," "school bus stop arm camera," and "third party designee"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to require each local school district to install and maintain school bus stop arm cameras on daily route school buses by August 1, 2023; allow districts to contract for purchase and maintenance of cameras; allow districts to contract for the processing of an alleged violation of KRS 189.370(1); require school districts to establish procedures or contract with a third-party
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Sponsored by: Rep. Danny R. Bentley
To Appropriations & Revenue (s) on 02/10/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to education. [HB-200]
[Education ]
Amend KRS 157.360 to reduce maximum class sizes by three.
Sponsored by: Rep. Reginald K. Meeks
To Education (h) on 01/09/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to reporting dependency, neglect, or abuse. [SB-35]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
[Education ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Amend KRS 620.030 to establish that an investigation of child dependency, neglect, or abuse shall not be conducted by school personnel or other persons before a report is made; amend KRS 620.029 to conform; and amend KRS 620.040 to conform and to establish that no investigation of child dependency, neglect, or abuse shall be conducted by school personnel or other persons before the report is made.
Sponsored by: Sen. Danny Carroll
To Health & Welfare (s) on 01/08/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to education. [HB-190]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
Amend KRS 158.148 to require that the code of acceptable behavior and discipline include appropriate reporting and escalation requirements of incidents of bullying, time requirements for investigation and response of incidents of bullying, and procedures for appeal and review of each incident of bullying.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin D. Bratcher
To Education (s) on 02/03/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to high school students pursuing military careers. [HB-96]
[Education ]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
[National Security ]
[Children and Youth ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 requiring schools to offer the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) test annually to students in grades 10 through 12, offer counseling based on the ASVAB test results, and allow up to four excused absences to meet with a recruiter of the Armed Forces of the United States or Kentucky National Guard; amend KRS 159.035 to allow excused absences for students who meet with a military recruiter, receive ASVAB counseling, or pursue enlistment.
Sponsored by: Rep. Rob Rothenburger
Introduced In House on 01/07/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to voter registration. [HB-101]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Education ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Amend KRS 116.045 to permit a process of voter preregistration for persons at the minimum age of 16 years; require the State Board of Elections to promulgate administrative regulations to provide for preregistration and subsequent registration confirmation; amend KRS 116.046 to direct schools and the county clerk to inform students and school personnel, not less than once each school year, about the availability of preregistration and registration forms; direct the State Board of Education to implement programs of public education, not less than
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Sponsored by: Rep. George A. Brown
Introduced In House on 01/07/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to student health and safety. [SB-42]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require any student identification badge issued to a public middle or high school student to contain the contact information for national crisis hotlines specializing in domestic violence, sexual assault, and suicide; apply the requirement to public charter schools; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to publish recommendations for at least one national crisis hotline in each specialized area; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to require any student identification badge issued by a
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Sponsored by: Sen. George Maxwell Wise
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 54) on 03/27/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to school construction. [HB-93]
[Education ]
[Construction ]
Amend KRS 162.065 to require the Kentucky Board of Education to include "construction management-at-risk" as a project delivery method option for school construction projects.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ruth Ann Palumbo
To Education (s) on 03/17/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the publication of local government legal advertisements. [HB-195]
[Media and Advertising ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Create a new section of KRS 424.110 to 424.370 to give local governments the option to post required advertisements online on a notice Web site operated by local government in lieu of newspaper publication, so long as a one-time advertisement is published in an actual newspaper; specify requirements for advertisements published on the notice Web site and in an actual newspaper; specify rights of public and duties of local government; set out consequences of local government's failure to publish as required by law; provide penalty.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jerry T. Miller
Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 87) on 04/14/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to public school building renovations and declaring an emergency. [SB-57]
[Education ]
[Construction ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Amend KRS 162.062 to remove the applicability to plans for the renovation of existing public school buildings.
Sponsored by: Sen. Danny Carroll
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 22) on 03/17/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION urging the Kentucky Department of Education to create a task force to consider ways to improve diversity in STEAM areas of education. [HR-13]
[Education ]
[Science ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Urge the Kentucky Department of Education to create a task force to consider ways to improve diversity in STEAM education.
Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick W. Graham
Introduced In House on 01/07/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to bus safety. [HB-61]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Amend KRS 186.560 to require the Transportation Cabinet to revoke the license of any operator of a motor vehicle for a period of 90 days, upon receiving record of his or her conviction of illegally passing a school or church bus as outlined in KRS 189.370; amend KRS 189.370 to conform.
Sponsored by: Rep. Regina Bunch
Introduced In House on 01/07/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to boards of education. [HB-166]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
Amend KRS 160.280 to require local school board members to be offered health insurance at the same rates offered to district employees.
Sponsored by: Rep. George A. Brown
Introduced In House on 01/07/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarships. [HB-146]
[Education ]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
[Children and Youth ]
Amend KRS 164.7879 to allow a student who attends an out of state high school or Department of Defense school due to a parent's military transfer to earn a KEES award.
Sponsored by: Rep. Melinda Gibbons Prunty
2nd Reading, To Rules on 03/19/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to education. [HB-50]
[Education ]
Amend KRS 158.785, relating to the management of local school districts, to include criteria to review when completing a management audit; require the chief state school officer to provide a local district with written deficiencies found through the management audit and corrective actions and a time frame for completion in order to exit assistance; specify that a district can only be a "state managed district" after at least two years of unsuccessful assistance, criminal malfeasance, or insolvency; restrict the chief state school officer's authority
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Sponsored by: Rep. Joni L. Jenkins
Introduced In House on 01/07/2020