Universities And Colleges
Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to public postsecondary education institutions. [HB-136]
Amend KRS 164.020 to prohibit the Council on Postsecondary Education from raising tuition for a postsecondary education institution more than 5% a year for resident students and 7% a year for nonresident students; provide a 4-year tuition freeze for an enrolled resident students; require an institution to notify a student before expiration of a tuition freeze; require any increase to tuition or fees to be approved before March 1 of the proceeding school year; amend KRS 164.131 to add 2 additional full-time student members to the University of Kentucky
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Hale
Introduced In House on 01/06/2023
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AN ACT relating to constitutional freedoms at public postsecondary education institutions. [HB-139]
Amend KRS 164.348 to define "institution," "public," and "staff"; require an institution to adopt a policy to not restrict off-campus speech; extend free speech protections to the public; provide that student religious and political organizations shall be afforded equal access to facilities; provide that authority vested with a student organization to distribute student organization funding shall be contingent on viewpoint-neutral distribution of those funds; reduce institution's authority to establish permit requirements; specify how an institution
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Bratcher
To State Government (h) on 02/21/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to paramedic education and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-127]
Create a new section of KRS 164.740 to 164.7891 to establish a coal-county paramedic scholarship to be administered by KHEAA; establish a fund in the State Treasury to be administered by KHEAA for providing coal-county paramedic scholarships; APPROPRIATION.
Sponsored by: Rep. John Blanton
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/23/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to urban youth agriculture education. [HB-96]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 247 to define terms; establish the Kentucky Urban Farming Youth Initiative to promote farming to youth in urban counties in at least one urban University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service office beginning August 1, 2023, and others by August 1, 2024; set each program term to 1 year in duration beginning in January; establish guidelines for participant eligibility.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 01/04/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to health mandates in educational settings and declaring an emergency. [HB-92]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require that a parent or guardian be permitted to opt a student of any public school requirement for medical devices and procedures, and treatments; provide that the parent or guardian shall not be required to submit any documentation or certification to opt out; provide that nothing in the section shall be interpreted to contradict KRS 158.035; create a new section of KRS Chapter164 to provide that postsecondary education institutions may not require individuals to use medical devices or submit to medical
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Sponsored by: Rep. Josh Calloway
Introduced In House on 01/04/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to electronic literary products. [SB-35]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 367 to delineate acceptable terms under which publishers of electronic literary products offering those products to the public shall offer those products to libraries; establish a penalty for noncompliance.
Sponsored by: Sen. Danny Carroll
To Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (s) on 01/05/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to public funds. [HB-26]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 48 to prohibit a public agency or any other entity created by an act of the General Assembly from using federal, state, and local tax dollars for lobbying purposes; define "lobbying," "public agency," and "public agent"; create a new section of KRS 6.601 to 6.849 to permit a person to file a complaint with the Legislative Ethics Commission if a public agency or other entity created by an act of the General Assembly is using federal, state, or local dollars for lobbying purposes; amend KRS 6.611 to include in the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Hart
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/23/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to dual credit scholarships. [HB-18]
Amend KRS 164.786 to increase the dual credit tuition rate ceiling amount; add eligibility for high school freshmen and sophomores; expand the scholarship to include two career and technical education courses in each year of high school and four general education or career and technical education courses in any combination over the junior and senior years; amend KRS 164.787 to delete the dual credit provisions from the Work Ready Kentucky Scholarship Program; effective July 1, 2024.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Recommitted To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/22/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to concealed deadly weapons. [SB-31]
Amend KRS 527.070 to modify the types of school facilities where weapons are prohibited; state that the prohibition of weapons on school grounds only applies when entrances to the school buildings display a sign indicating that unlawfully possessing a weapon in a school is a felony; remove the requirement that signs be prominently displayed indicating possessing a weapon in a school is prohibited; remove the provision that failure to post the signs indicating weapons are prohibited in schools shall not relieve a person of liability; amend KRS 150.172,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Adrienne Southworth
To Education (s) on 02/14/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to hazing. [SB-9]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 508 to define "hazing," "student," and "organization"; establish a Class D felony of hazing in the first degree; establish a Class A misdemeanor of hazing in the second degree; amend KRS 164.7874 to remove eligibility for a KEES scholarship if convicted of hazing; provide that the Act may be referred to as Lofton's Law.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Mills
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 110) on 03/27/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Innovative Teacher Education Grant Program, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. [HB-33]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to establish the Innovative Teacher Education Grant Program for school years 2024 through 2026; require the Council on Postsecondary Education to administer the grant program; require the council to create a process for awarding grants; require the council to report to the Interim Joint Committee on Education by December 1, 2025, an evaluation of implementation; establish requirements for Kentucky colleges and universities to participate in the program; provide that the Act may be cited as the Innovative Teacher
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Sponsored by: Rep. James Tipton
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/23/2023
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to redistricting. [SB-355]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 5 to define terms; establish the Kentucky Committee on Legislative Redistricting, which shall be composed of state university faculty appointed by presidents of Kentucky's state universities; require the Kentucky Committee on Legislative Redistricting to develop redistricting plans for state legislative and United States congressional districts; require the Kentucky Committee on Legislative Redistricting to submit the redistricting plans to the Legislative Research Commission, which shall refer the plans to the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Dennis Parrett
To State & Local Government (s) on 03/07/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to students enrolled at Kentucky State University and making an appropriation therefor. [SB-200]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to provide a tuition waiver at Kentucky public institutions for transfer students who were enrolled at Kentucky State University during the 2021-2022 academic year; define eligibility requirements; require the cost of the waivers to be paid for from the general fund surplus account or the budget reserve trust fund; sunset provisions on June 30, 2028; APPROPRIATION.
Sponsored by: Sen. Christian McDaniel
To Appropriations & Revenue (s) on 03/07/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to veterans. [SB-376]
Amend KRS 154.12-330 to give preference to veterans in the issuance of small business loans; create new section of KRS Chapter 151B to require monthly veteran workforce reports; create new sections of Subchapter 2 of KRS Chapter 154 to require annual job training reports by the Kentucky Commission on Military Affairs; create a new section of KRS Chapter 154 to require a report on occupational licenses by the Kentucky Commission on Military Affairs; create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to require the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure to review
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Sponsored by: Sen. David Yates
To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (s) on 03/07/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to concealed deadly weapons. [SB-295]
Amend KRS 527.070 to modify the types of school facilities where weapons are prohibited; state that the prohibition of weapons on school grounds only applies when entrances to the school buildings display a sign indicating that unlawfully possessing a weapon in a school is a felony; remove the requirement that signs be prominently displayed indicating possessing a weapon in a school is prohibited; remove the provision that failure to post the signs indicating weapons are prohibited in schools shall not relieve a person of liability; amend KRS 150.172,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Adrienne Southworth
To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (s) on 03/03/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION honoring the centennial anniversary of Murray State University. [SR-166]
Recognize the 100th anniversary of Murray State University.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Mills
Adopted By Voice Vote on 03/08/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to educational opportunities and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-9]
Amend KRS 160.1590 to include definitions for "district of location", "private postsecondary institution", "proportionate per pupil basis", "proportionate per pupil transported basis"; change the definition of "authorizer" to include public and private postsecondary institution, the Kentucky Public Charter School Commission, the Kentucky Board of Education, and certain nonprofit entities; remove definitions for "achievement academy", "regional achievement academy", "regional achievement zone", and "start-up public charter school; amend KRS 160.1591
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 213) on 04/14/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Collaborative Center for Literacy Development. [HB-702]
Amend KRS 164.0207 to require the establishment of annual goals and performance objectives for the Collaborative Center for Literacy Development; direct the Kentucky Department of Education and Council on Postsecondary Education to make annual recommendations for the center; require the Council on Postsecondary Education to develop a process by January 1, 2023, for approving a location for the center for five-year periods.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Tipton
Introduced In House on 03/01/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky State University board of regents and declaring an emergency. [SB-265]
Direct the Governor to replace the Kentucky State University board of regents by April 1, 2022; direct the Governor's Postsecondary Education Nominating Committee to submit 16 nominations to the Governor by March 26, 2022; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Givens
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 30) on 03/25/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to urban youth agriculture education. [HB-737]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 247 to define terms; establish the Kentucky Urban Farming Youth Initiative to promote farming to youth in urban counties in at least one urban University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service office beginning August 1, 2022, and others by August 1, 2023; set each program term to 1 year in duration beginning in January; establish guidelines for participant eligibility.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nima Kulkarni
Introduced In House on 03/01/2022