Education, Elementary And Secondary
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to sexual extortion. [SB-73]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 531 to establish the crime of sexual extortion as a felony; provide for enhancements to penalties; create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to establish a civil cause of action for sexual extortion; amend KRS 17.500 to include sexual extortion in the definition of "sex crime"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require superintendents of local school districts to notify students in grades four and above and parents and guardians of all students of the crime of sexual extortion; create a new section of KRS
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Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald A. Neal
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 9) on 03/12/2025
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AN ACT relating to materials, programs, or events alleged to be harmful to minors. [HB-207]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Amend KRS 158.192 to require the local board of education to allow parents and guardians an opportunity to orally recite passages from materials, programs, or events subject to appeal; require immediate removal of the material, program, or event if the board denies a parent or guardian the opportunity to orally recite passages.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Hart
To Primary And Secondary Education (h) on 02/04/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to teachers. [HB-205]
[Education ]
Amend KRS 161.030 to remove the authority of the Education Professional Standards Board to require successful completion of assessments prior to teacher certification; amend KRS 161.048 and 161.053 to conform.
Sponsored by: Rep. George A. Brown
To Primary And Secondary Education (h) on 02/04/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to concealed deadly weapons. [HB-204]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
Repeal KRS 237.115, which interprets the application of the license to carry concealed deadly weapon statute as permitting postsecondary facilities, local governments, and units of state government to limit concealed carry in governmental buildings; amend KRS 150.172, 237.110, and 527.020 to conform; amend KRS 237.110 to no longer prohibit the carrying of concealed deadly weapons in schools and specify that the prohibition of carrying concealed deadly weapons in airports is limited to areas controlled by the Transportation Security Administration;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Savannah Maddox
To Judiciary (h) on 02/04/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to school board elections. [HB-169]
[Education ]
[Elections ]
Amend KRS 160.200 to require the offices of boards of education to have a partisan primary or partisan election; amend KRS 160.210 to require school board candidates to have emblems of political party affiliation presented on the ballot; amend various KRS sections to conform; and repeal KRS 160.250 and 160.260, relating to election of local board of education members.
Sponsored by: Rep. John F. Hodgson
Floor Amendments (1) And (2-title) Filed on 02/28/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to undesignated glucagon. [HB-174]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 217 to define terms; permit health care practitioners to prescribe and dispense undesignated glucagon in the name of a school or to a trained individual; permit trained individuals to receive, possess, and administer undesignated glucagon during diabetic medical emergencies; permit schools to stock undesignated glucagon; provide for immunity from civil liability for any personal injury resulting from good faith actions to use undesignated glucagon to treat diabetic medical emergencies.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nancy J. Tate
To Health Services (h) on 02/04/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to Option 9 alternative teacher certification programs. [HB-170]
[Education ]
Amend KRS 161.048 to allow employment in substitute teaching to qualify as part of the required residency or paraprofessional component of an Option 9 alternative teacher certification program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Walker Wood Thomas
To Primary And Secondary Education (h) on 02/04/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to school lunches. [HB-167]
[Education ]
[Food ]
[Children and Youth ]
Amend KRS 160.345 to require a school council to adopt a policy requiring students to be assigned a lunch period of at least 30 minutes in length; amend KRS 158.153 to conform.
Sponsored by: Rep. George A. Brown
To Primary And Secondary Education (h) on 02/04/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to government services. [HB-182]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to define "state or local government"; prohibit a state or local government from using the word "free" in a description of a benefit, product, or service financed with public funds.
Sponsored by: Rep. Deanna L. Frazier Gordon
Floor Amendment (2) Filed on 03/13/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to contributions made to a Kentucky qualified expense program. [HB-189]
[Taxes ]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Create a new section to KRS Chapter 141 to provide employers a tax credit for contributions to an employee's Kentucky Educational Savings Plan Trust account or STABLE Kentucky account; amend KRS 141.0205 to specify ordering of the credit; amend KRS 131.190 to allow the Department of Revenue to report on the credit.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert B. Duvall
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/04/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to public school curriculum. [HB-156]
[Education ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to require the Kentucky Department of Education to develop a guide for instructional materials collections adopted by the State Instructional Materials Commission that details the academic standards addressed by the materials, how the instructional materials are connected to specific learning targets aligned to the standards, sample questions, skills, and products students should be able to answer or demonstrate to meet the academic standards, and a curriculum guide for using the educational materials; amend
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Sponsored by: Rep. Timothy Truett
To Primary And Secondary Education (h) on 02/04/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to independent school districts. [HB-162]
[Education ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 160 to establish a process for the creation of new independent school districts; define terms; establish a petition process for voters of a qualifying city to place the question of creating a new independent district and local board of education on the ballot; specify the requirements for the question and the board of education provisional election; establish the initial terms of office for the interim board of education; establish the transition of authorities from the originating district board of education to
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Sponsored by: Rep. James A. Tipton
To Primary And Secondary Education (h) on 02/04/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to dual credit scholarships. [HB-193]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Student Loans ]
Amend KRS 164.786 to require an "approved dual credit course" to be in the statewide general education core; provide that scholarships shall be awarded in order of application date; delete the requirement for 50 percent return of funds upon unsuccessful course completion; revise scholarship to include career and technical dual credit courses contained in KRS 164.787; amend KRS 164.787 to conform.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kim King
Signed By Governor (acts Ch.44) on 03/19/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to teachers. [HB-168]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Funding ]
Amend KRS 158.060 to require teachers to be compensated for noninstructional planning time within their school day during which they are required to supervise or instruct students; amend KRS 164.787 to expand the program eligibility of the Work Ready Kentucky Scholarship Program to include a program that leads to a bachelor's degree in education in a critical shortage area.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tina Bojanowski
Withdrawn on 02/12/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to public school facilities. [HB-163]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 162 to define terms; require at least 95% of restroom facilities in a specified school building be designated for a specific biological sex; amend KRS 156.160 to conform.
Sponsored by: Rep. Matt Lockett
To Primary And Secondary Education (h) on 02/04/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to advanced educational opportunities. [HB-190]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Amend KRS 158.6453 to define "advanced coursework"; require each local board of education develop an accelerated learning plan for students with identified strengths; direct local board of education to adopt policies for advanced coursework in designated subject areas; establish a reporting requirement for the Kentucky Department of Education related to the number of accelerated learning courses offered, the demographics of eligible students, the number of students placed in those courses, and the number of students not placed in those courses;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Robert B. Duvall
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 148) on 04/01/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to education. [SB-68]
[Education ]
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 independently; amend KRS 156.010 to include career and technical education; amend KRS 160.345 to remove the reporting requirement relating to physical activity of students; amend KRS 157.065 to remove the reporting requirement relating to participation in breakfast programs; amend KRS 424.250 to reflect
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Sponsored by: Sen. Steve Rawlings
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 86) on 03/25/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to local school boards. [SB-66]
[Education ]
[Ethics ]
[Children and Youth ]
Amend KRS 160.180 to remove the definition of "relative"; remove prohibition for local school board eligibility for individuals directly or indirectly interested in sales for which school funds are expended; prohibit employees of the board from being eligible for local school board membership; remove prohibition that a local school board candidate have no relative employed by the district; provide that board members may be removed from office after election for becoming an employee of the board, failure to abstain from board votes in which they
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Sponsored by: Sen. Donald Douglas
To Education (s) on 02/04/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to funding health care services from increased penalties for speeding violations. [SB-57]
[Healthcare ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Funding ]
[Public Health ]
[Education ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
Amend KRS 189.010 to define "super speeder"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to assess a fee of $200 to any person convicted as a super speeder; assess a fee of $50 and require the suspension of driving privileges for not making a timely payment of fee imposed; require that money from fees be deposited into the Kentucky trauma care system fund, the emergency medical services education grant fund, the school AED fund, and the Bentley rural hospital preservation fund; require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations
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Sponsored by: Sen. Danny Carroll
Received In House on 02/27/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to home and hospital instruction. [HB-132]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Children and Youth ]
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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Timothy Truett
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 27) on 03/18/2025