AN ACT relating to teachers and making an appropriation therefor.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to define terms; establish a student loan forgiveness program for STEM teachers employed at a public school district within a federally designated promise zone; authorize the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority to promulgate administrative regulations to administer the program; create the STEM teacher promise zone scholarship fund; APPROPRIATION.

  ALL BILL STATUS

2/12/2020 - (H) recommitted to committee House Appropriations & Revenue (H)

2/12/2020 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

2/11/2020 - (H) FIRST READING w/ HCS 1, to Regular Calendar

2/11/2020 - (H) Reported Favorably w/ HCS 1

2/11/2020 - House Education (H), (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/5/2020 - (H) posted in committee House Education (H)

1/7/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education (H)

1/7/2020 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)

7/2/2019 - Pre-Filed

AN ACT relating to public charter schools.

Amend KRS 156.095 and KRS 158.4416 to remove references to public charter schools; repeal KRS 160.1590, 160.1591, 160.1592, 160.1593, 160.1594, 160.1595, 160.1596, 160.1597, 160.1598, 160.1599, and 161.141.

  ALL BILL STATUS

1/7/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education (H)

1/7/2020 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)

7/9/2019 - Pre-Filed

AN ACT relating to bullying.

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.

  ALL BILL STATUS

1/7/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education (H)

1/7/2020 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)

7/22/2019 - Pre-Filed

AN ACT relating to school bus safety and making an appropriation therefor.

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 designee prior to utilizing school bus stop arm cameras; provide an emergency exception to the stop arm requirement; permit school districts with a population density equal to or less than 100% of the state average to apply for special permission to suspend the stop arm requirement for up to five years; establish requirements for school districts granted special permission to suspend the stop arm requirement; require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations; create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to establish annual on-site compliance inspections for school districts and penalties for noncompliance; create a new section of KRS Chapter 174 to define "'owner," "school bus stop arm camera", and "third-party designee"; require the Transportation Cabinet or third-party designee to review images for violations of KRS 189.370(1) recorded by school bus stop arm cameras after July 1, 2021, and issue civil citations for violations; establish civil penalties for a violation of KRS 189.370 recorded by a school bus stop arm camera after July 1, 2021; require the Transportation Cabinet to adopt a uniform civil citation form and establish the form's minimum contents; establish notification requirements; require a recipient of a uniform civil citation to pay civil penalty or submit proof of a criminal citation or appeal the uniform civil citation to the Transportation Cabinet within 30 days; grant the Transportation Cabinet appellate powers and authority; establish potential defenses the Transportation Cabinet may consider for uniform civil citations; allow for suspension of registration for failure to pay a fine, require third- party designee to notify the Transportation Cabinet of the need to release a suspension within 1 business day of payment; appropriate 80 percent of funds collected by the Transportation Cabinet for a uniform civil citation to the school district; allow a third-party designee to keep up to 80 percent of funds but no more than $160 per civil penalty collected by a third party designee; appropriate 10 percent of all funds collected from a uniform civil citation to the Kentucky Department of Education; appropriate 10 percent of all funds collected from a uniform civil citation to the Transportation Cabinet; appropriate any remaining funds collected by a third party designee to the local school district; provide that a uniform civil citation shall not result in points against a driving record; require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations necessary to effectuate the purpose of administering stop arm camera use, enforcement, and calibration; amend KRS 189.990 to appropriate 80 percent of funds collected from criminal fines levied by law enforcement for violation of KRS 189.370 to the local school district, 10 percent to the Kentucky Department of Education, and 10 percent to local law enforcement.

  ALL BILL STATUS

2/10/2020 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Appropriations & Revenue (S)

2/7/2020 - received in Senate

2/6/2020 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 86-5 with Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendment (1)

2/6/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/ HCS 1, HFA 1

2/5/2020 - floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute

2/5/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/ HCS 1

2/4/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/ HCS 1

2/3/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 4, 2020

1/29/2020 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

1/28/2020 - (H) FIRST READING w/ HCS 1, to Regular Calendar

1/28/2020 - (H) Reported Favorably w/ HCS 1

1/28/2020 - House Transportation (H), (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

1/10/2020 - (H) posted in committee House Transportation (H)

1/7/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Transportation (H)

1/7/2020 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)

8/1/2019 - Pre-Filed

  NEWS STORIES

2/9/2020 - Bill would install cameras on school bus arms to catch illegal passers

2/6/2020 - Bill would install cameras on school bus arms to catch illegal passers

1/9/2020 - Bill would require all districts to add cameras to school bus stop arms

AN ACT relating to arts education.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require schools to offer all students instruction in the visual and performing arts, submit an annual report to the Department of Education, and implement school policies regarding visual and performing arts instruction; require the Department of Education to develop visual and performing arts program standards, guidelines on model programs, and strategies and initiatives for meeting the requirements of the section; require the Department of Education to provide resources, assessment tools, and a reporting checklist to schools; require the Department of Education to report to the Interim Joint Committee on Education by December 1, 2021, on the status of schools meeting the requirements of this section; amend KRS 158.6453 to require the school profile report to be included in the school report card and require the visual and performing arts program data to be included in the school profile report; amend KRS 160.345 and 158.153 to conform; cite the Act as the Arts Education Equity Act.

  ALL BILL STATUS

2/18/2020 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Education (S)

2/14/2020 - received in Senate

2/13/2020 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 73-16 with Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendment (1)

2/13/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/ HCS 1, HFA 1

2/12/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; HCS 1, HFA 1

2/11/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/ HCS 1, HFA 1

2/10/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/ HCS 1, HFA 1

2/7/2020 - floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute

2/7/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/ HCS 1

2/6/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/ HCS 1

2/5/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/ HCS 1

2/4/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/ HCS 1

2/3/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/ HCS 1

1/31/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/ HCS 1

1/30/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, January 31, 2020

1/29/2020 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

1/28/2020 - (H) FIRST READING w/ HCS 1, to Regular Calendar

1/28/2020 - (H) Reported Favorably w/ HCS 1

1/28/2020 - House Education (H), (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

1/21/2020 - (H) posted in committee House Education (H)

1/7/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education (H)

1/7/2020 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)

8/20/2019 - Pre-Filed

AN ACT relating to full-day kindergarten.

Amend KRS 158.060 to remove language that allows for half-day kindergarten programs; amend KRS 157.320, 157.360, and 158.030 to conform.

  ALL BILL STATUS

1/7/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education (H)

1/7/2020 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)

8/23/2019 - Pre-Filed

AN ACT relating to 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 during state management to only those specific items found through the management audit; amend KRS 156.029 to require the Kentucky Board of Education to include two at-large members who are current or retired elementary or secondary teachers; amend KRS 156.040 to clarify that a state board member cannot hold any elective federal, state, county, or city office.

  ALL BILL STATUS

1/7/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education (H)

1/7/2020 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)

9/9/2019 - Pre-Filed

AN ACT relating to bus safety.

Amend KRS 186.560 to allow 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.

  ALL BILL STATUS

1/7/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Transportation (H)

1/7/2020 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)

9/25/2019 - Pre-Filed

AN ACT relating to gang violence.

Amend KRS 506.120 to remove language related to "criminal gang syndicate;" repeal KRS 506.135 relating to definitions, KRS 506.140 relating to criminal gang recruitment, KRS 506.150 relating to criminal gang activity or recruitment, 506.160, relating to minimum service of sentence for defendant acting as a member of a criminal gang, KRS 506.170 relating to enhancement of penalty for conviction for criminal gang-related felonies, KRS 506.180 relating to cause of action by victim of criminal gang incident, and KRS 506.190 relating to criminal gang-related property subject to forfeiture; amend KRS 532.080 to conform.

  ALL BILL STATUS

1/7/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

1/7/2020 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)

9/25/2019 - Pre-Filed

AN ACT relating to intimidation of a sports official.

Amend KRS 518.090 to make assault of a sports official a Class D felony; create a new section of KRS Chapter 518 to establish the offense of intimidation of a sports official as a Class A misdemeanor; state that the restrictions of KRS 6.945(1) do not apply.

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/17/2020 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary (S)

3/12/2020 - received in Senate

3/11/2020 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 92-4 with Committee Substitute (1), floor amendment (3), and committee amendment (1-title)

3/11/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/ HCA 1t, HCS 1, HFA 1, 2, and 3

3/10/2020 - floor amendment (3) filed to Committee Substitute

3/10/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/ HCA 1t, HCS 1, HFA 1 and 2

3/9/2020 - floor amendments (1) and (2) filed to Committee Substitute

3/9/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/ HCA 1t, HCS 1

3/6/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/ HCA 1t, HCS 1

3/5/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 6, 2020

3/5/2020 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

3/4/2020 - (H) FIRST READING w/ HCS 1, HCA 1t, to Regular Calendar

3/4/2020 - (H) Reported Favorably w/ HCS 1, HCA 2t

3/4/2020 - House Judiciary (H), (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

1/10/2020 - (H) posted in committee House Judiciary (H)

1/7/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

1/7/2020 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)

1/7/2020 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)

10/1/2019 - Pre-Filed

  NEWS STORIES

3/12/2020 - Kentucky House Passes Bill Making It A Crime To Intimidate Referees

1/9/2020 - ‘They are scared.’ Ky. bill aimed at stopping intimidation, assaults on sport officials.

AN ACT relating to school 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.

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/17/2020 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Education (S)

3/11/2020 - received in Senate

3/10/2020 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 48-41

3/10/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

3/9/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

3/6/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

3/5/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

3/4/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

3/3/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

3/2/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 3, 2020

2/26/2020 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

2/25/2020 - (H) FIRST READING to Regular Calendar

2/25/2020 - (H) Reported Favorably

2/25/2020 - House Education (H), (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

1/30/2020 - (H) posted in committee House Education (H)

1/7/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education (H)

1/7/2020 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)

11/12/2019 - Pre-Filed

AN ACT relating to student privacy and declaring a emergency.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 158 to ensure that student privacy exists in school restrooms, locker rooms, and showers; require students born male to use only those facilities designated to be used by males and students born female to use only those facilities designated to be used by females; require schools to provide the best available accommodation to students who assert that their gender is different from their biological sex; identify consequences for using facilities designated for the opposite biological sex; identify the Act as the Kentucky Student Privacy Act; EMERGENCY.

  ALL BILL STATUS

2/21/2020 - (H) posted in committee House Education (H)

1/7/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education (H)

1/7/2020 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)

12/5/2019 - Pre-Filed

  NEWS STORIES

1/10/2020 - KY state rep refuses to bow to tiny minority

1/6/2020 - Five things to watch as another Kentucky legislative session begins in Frankfort

AN ACT relating to solitary confinement of juveniles.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 15A to limit use of solitary confinement for juveniles and require reporting of data on its use.

  ALL BILL STATUS

1/7/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

1/7/2020 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)

12/9/2019 - Pre-Filed

AN ACT relating to school building projects.

Amend KRS 162.070 to increase the minimum amount for advertising and bidding school building projects from $7,500 to $30,000.

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/19/2020 - received in Senate w/ Letter, to Rules

3/19/2020 - House Refused to Concur in Senate floor amendment (1)

3/19/2020 - Missing Action! for Thursday, March 19, 2020

3/19/2020 - received in House w/ Letter, to Rules

3/18/2020 - (S) THIRD READING, passed 31-0 with floor amendment (1)

3/18/2020 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/ SFA 1

3/17/2020 - (S) Passed Over and retained in the Orders of the Day

3/17/2020 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/ SFA 1

3/12/2020 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 17, 2020

3/11/2020 - floor amendment (1) filed

3/6/2020 - (S) SECOND READING, to Rules

3/5/2020 - (S) FIRST READING to Regular

3/5/2020 - (S) Reported Favorably

3/5/2020 - Senate Education (S), (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/5/2020 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Education (S)

2/4/2020 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Education (S)

2/3/2020 - received in Senate

1/31/2020 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 85-1

1/31/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

1/30/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, January 31, 2020

1/29/2020 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

1/28/2020 - (H) FIRST READING to Regular Calendar

1/28/2020 - (H) Reported Favorably

1/28/2020 - House Education (H), (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

1/21/2020 - (H) posted in committee House Education (H)

1/7/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education (H)

1/7/2020 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)

12/9/2019 - Pre-Filed

AN ACT relating to education.

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.

  ALL BILL STATUS

2/3/2020 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Education (S)

1/30/2020 - received in Senate

1/29/2020 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 91-0 with floor amendments (1) and (2)

1/29/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/ HFA 1, HFA 2

1/28/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/ HFA 1, HFA 2

1/27/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, January 28, 2020

1/24/2020 - floor amendment (2) filed

1/22/2020 - floor amendment (1) filed

1/21/2020 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

1/17/2020 - (H) FIRST READING to Regular Calendar

1/17/2020 - (H) Reported Favorably

1/16/2020 - House Education (H), (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

1/13/2020 - (H) posted in committee House Education (H)

1/9/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education (H)

1/7/2020 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to education.

Amend KRS 157.360 to reduce maximum class sizes by three.

  ALL BILL STATUS

1/9/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education (H)

1/7/2020 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to juvenile competency in status and public offenses.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 610 to create a minimum age of criminal responsibility of 12 years of age; establish rules relating to the court's treatment of developmental immaturity, mental illness, and intellectual disability; amend various sections to conform.

  ALL BILL STATUS

1/10/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

1/8/2020 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to sex offender registrants.

Amend KRS 17.545 to prohibit sex offender registrants from living within 1,000 feet of a publicly leased playground and from being on the grounds of a publicly leased playground.

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/17/2020 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/12/2020 - delivered to Governor

3/12/2020 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

3/12/2020 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

3/11/2020 - received in House

3/11/2020 - (S) THIRD READING, passed 36-0

3/11/2020 - (S) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day

3/10/2020 - (S) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 11, 2020

3/6/2020 - (S) SECOND READING, to Rules

3/5/2020 - (S) FIRST READING to Consent

3/5/2020 - (S) Reported Favorably to Consent

3/5/2020 - Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S), (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

1/31/2020 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)

1/29/2020 - received in Senate

1/28/2020 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 86-9 with floor amendment (1)

1/28/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/ HFA 1

1/27/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/ HFA 1

1/24/2020 - floor amendment (1) filed

1/24/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; for Friday, January 24, 2020

1/23/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, January 24, 2020

1/23/2020 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

1/22/2020 - (H) FIRST READING to Regular Calendar

1/22/2020 - (H) Reported Favorably

1/22/2020 - House Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection (H), (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

1/15/2020 - (H) posted in committee House Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection (H)

1/10/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection (H)

1/8/2020 - Introduced

  NEWS STORIES

1/24/2020 - Proposed bill would prohibit sex offenders from living near publicly leased playgrounds in Kentucky

AN ACT relating to mental healthcare for unaccompanied youth.

Amend KRS 214.185 to establish that any qualified mental health professional may provide outpatient mental health counseling to any child who is age 16 or older and is an unaccompanied youth.

  ALL BILL STATUS

1/31/2020 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Health & Welfare (S)

1/29/2020 - received in Senate

1/28/2020 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 95-0

1/28/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

1/27/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, January 28, 2020

1/24/2020 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

1/23/2020 - (H) FIRST READING to Regular Calendar

1/23/2020 - (H) Reported Favorably

1/23/2020 - House Health and Family Services (H), (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

1/21/2020 - (H) posted in committee House Health and Family Services (H)

1/10/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Health and Family Services (H)

1/8/2020 - Introduced

  NEWS STORIES

2/22/2020 - Mental Health Bill Aims to Help Homeless Youth

AN ACT relating to educational requirements.

Amend KRS 160.1596 to prevent requiring public charter school authorizer to receive training until after receipt of a charter application.

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/19/2020 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Education (S)

3/19/2020 - received in Senate

3/18/2020 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 83-2 with floor amendments (1) and (2-title)

3/18/2020 - (H) PLACED IN THE ORDERS OF THE DAY; w/ HFA 1, HFA 2t

3/18/2020 - (H) PLACED IN THE ORDERS OF THE DAY

3/18/2020 - (H) Taken From Committee Appropriations and Revenue (H)

3/17/2020 - (H) recommitted to committee House Appropriations & Revenue (H)

3/17/2020 - Taken from the Orders of the Day

3/13/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/ HFA 1 and 2t

3/12/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/ HFA 1 and 2t

3/11/2020 - floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed

3/11/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

3/10/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

3/9/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

3/6/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

3/5/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

3/4/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

3/3/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

3/2/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

2/28/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

2/27/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

2/26/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

2/25/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

2/24/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

2/21/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

2/19/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

2/19/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

2/18/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

2/14/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

2/13/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

2/12/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

2/11/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

2/10/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

2/7/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

2/6/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

2/5/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

2/4/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

2/3/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 4, 2020

1/29/2020 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

1/28/2020 - (H) FIRST READING to Regular Calendar

1/28/2020 - (H) Reported Favorably

1/28/2020 - House Education (H), (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

1/21/2020 - (H) posted in committee House Education (H)

1/10/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education (H)

1/8/2020 - Introduced

  NEWS STORIES

1/28/2020 - Bill advances to let KY school boards skip charter school training

AN ACT relating to student criminal history background checks.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to prohibit public postsecondary institutions from inquiring about a prospective student's criminal history prior to admission, except for certain types of offenses; allow an institution to inquire about a student's criminal history after admission, for the purposes of providing support services and informing decisions regarding a student's participation in campus activities, organizations, and residency; allow an institution to inquire about a student's criminal history prior to admission into a professional degree program, but prohibit denial of admission based solely on criminal history; require institutions to provide counseling regarding occupational licensing requirements to a professional degree student who has a criminal history.

  ALL BILL STATUS

1/15/2020 - (H) WITHDRAWN

1/13/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education (H)

1/9/2020 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to student health.

Amend KRS 160.645 to require at least 25 minutes of student physical activity each school day; expand requirement to include students up to grade 8; and prioritize free play activities taking place outdoors.

  ALL BILL STATUS

1/23/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education (H)

1/21/2020 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to health education.

Repeal and reenact KRS 158.1415 to require each school district to provide comprehensive sex education instruction to all public school students; establish minimum requirements for the comprehensive sex education instruction; establish minimum requirements for the comprehensive sexual education curricula and instructional materials; prohibit a school or school district from restricting the ability of an instructor to answer a question related to comprehensive sex education; require that a school make comprehensive sex education curricula and instructional materials available upon the request of a parent or guardian and establish a procedure for a parent or guardian to opt a student out of comprehensive sexual education instruction; require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations necessary to implement, administer, and enforce this section; require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations requiring that each school district submit a report on comprehensive sex education in the district biennially; require the Kentucky Department of Education to maintain a list of recommended comprehensive sex education curricula and instructional materials; permit a parent or guardian to file an action in Circuit Court to enforce these provisions.

  ALL BILL STATUS

1/23/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education (H)

1/21/2020 - Introduced

  NEWS STORIES

2/11/2020 - Doctors weigh in on controversial sex education bill

1/29/2020 - Kentucky bill would require sex education classes, beginning in kindergarten

1/22/2020 - Democratic lawmakers want K-12 Kentucky students to receive comprehensive sex education

AN ACT relating to children.

Amend KRS 158.448 to require the Kentucky Department of Education(KDE) to develop processes to promote more expeditious enrollment of students in foster care who are transferring to a new school or district, and the sharing of information among schools, school districts, the Cabinet for Health and Family Services(CHFS), and a child’s caseworker; amend KRS 159.170 require that KDE allow a school district’s foster care liaison to directly obtain a student’s records without requiring staff at the former district to release them first; create a new section of KRS Chapter 199 to provide that educational records released from a school to CHFS, a private agency, or a child’s caseworker, shall be limited to the purpose of serving the needs of the student and shall only be released to persons authorized by statute to receive the records; amend KRS 199.640 to require child-placing agencies to have written policies and procedures to explain their outreach activities undertaken to develop cooperative relationships with local school districts and allow the agencies to release information to authorized school staff where a child is enrolling; amend KRS 199.660 to require child-placing agencies to notify CHFS and each other through a registry when a foster family home is closed and require child-placing agencies to ensure that their homes understand and actively support the educational needs of their children through training and support; amend KRS 199.801 to conform; amend KRS 199.802 to require that the child’s caseworker shall accompany the child to the new school to enroll the child or contact the school via telephone during the day of enrollment and provide as much information as is known; require a new enrolling school to immediately obtain all school records of an enrolling foster child without needing to first request a release from prior district; require all educational records to be shared with CHFS and the child’s caseworker on a confidential basis; allow CHFS, private agencies, and the caseworker to share information with the school and teachers as to a child’s unique needs.

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/27/2020 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/19/2020 - delivered to Governor

3/19/2020 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

3/19/2020 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

3/19/2020 - received in House

3/18/2020 - (S) THIRD READING, passed 31-0

3/18/2020 - (S) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 18, 2020

3/17/2020 - (S) SECOND READING, to Rules

3/12/2020 - (S) FIRST READING to Consent

3/12/2020 - (S) Reported Favorably

3/12/2020 - Senate Education (S), (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/18/2020 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Education (S)

2/14/2020 - received in Senate

2/13/2020 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 91-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendment (1)

2/13/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/ HCS 1, HFA 1

2/12/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 13, 2020

2/12/2020 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

2/11/2020 - floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute

2/11/2020 - (H) FIRST READING w/ HCS 1, to Regular Calendar

2/11/2020 - (H) Reported Favorably w/ HCS 1

2/11/2020 - House Education (H), (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/4/2020 - House Education (H), (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

1/30/2020 - (H) posted in committee House Education (H)

1/27/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education (H)

1/23/2020 - Introduced

  NEWS STORIES

2/13/2020 - Foster care education bill passes through House unanimously

AN ACT relating to teacher certification.

Amend KRS 161.030 to allow retired teacher certificate renewal based on completion of professional development.

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/18/2020 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)

3/17/2020 - received in Senate

3/12/2020 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 95-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendment (1)

3/12/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/ HCS 1, HFA 1

3/11/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 12, 2020

3/9/2020 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

3/6/2020 - floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute

3/6/2020 - (H) FIRST READING w/ HCS 1, to Regular Calendar

3/6/2020 - (H) Reported Favorably w/ HCS 1

2/21/2020 - (H) posted in committee House Education (H)

1/30/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education (H)

1/28/2020 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to appropriations measures providing funding and establishing conditions for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and its various officers, cabinets, departments, boards, commissions, institutions, subdivisions, agencies, and other state-supported activities.

The State/Executive Branch Budget: Detail Part I, Operating Budget; appropriate to General Government: 2019-2020: $21,535,000, 2020-2021: $1,793,871,500, 2021-2022: $1,813,688,900; appropriate to the Economic Development Cabinet: 2020-2021: $33,195,900, 2021-2022: $36,055,300; appropriate to the Department of Education: 2020-2021: $5,183,508,800, 2021-2022: $5,228,565,200; appropriate to the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet: 2020-2021: $615,595,100, 2021-2022: $617,246,200; appropriate to the Energy and Environment Cabinet: 2019-2020: $700,000, 2020-2021: $272,541,300, 2021-2022: $253,649,300; appropriate to the Finance and Administration Cabinet: 2019-2020: $2,800,000, 2020-2021: $1,000,424,300, 2021-2022: $972,192,200; appropriate to the Health and Family Services Cabinet: 2020-2021: $15,007,584,100, 2021-2022: $15,285,043,300; appropriate to the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet: 2019-2020: $17,216,900, 2020-2021: $1,345,687,300, 2021-2022: $1,369,130,400; appropriate to the Labor Cabinet: 2020-2021: $202,693,700, 2021-2022: $204,407,600; appropriate to the Personnel Cabinet: 2020-2021: $64,171,200, 2021-2022: $64,610,500; appropriate to Postsecondary Education: 2019-2020: $497,400, 2020-2021: $8,536,480,700, 2021-2022: $8,930,169,100; appropriate to the Public Protection Cabinet: 2020-2021: $129,067,100, 2021-2022: $129,301,700; appropriate to the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet: 2019-2020: $2,700,000, 2020-2021: $275,773,400, 2021-2022: $281,291,000; appropriate to the Budget Reserve Trust Fund: 2020-2021: $10,000,000, 2021-2022: $0; not included in the appropriation amounts are capital project amounts as follows: 2019-2020: $7,500,000, 2020-2021: $6,537,358,500, 2021-2022: $249,695,600; 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; detail Part VI, General Fund Budget Reduction Plan; detail Part VII, General Fund Surplus Expenditure Plan; detail Part VIII, Road Fund Budget Reduction Plan; detail Part IX, Road Fund Surplus Expenditure Plan; detail Part X, Phase I Tobacco Settlement; and detail Part XI, Executive Branch Budget Summary.

  ALL BILL STATUS

4/15/2020 - delivered to Secretary of State

4/15/2020 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

4/15/2020 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

4/15/2020 - received in House w/ Letter

4/15/2020 - veto overridden in Senate (27-7)

4/15/2020 - (S) Consideration of Governor's Veto for Wednesday, April 15, 2020

4/15/2020 - received in Senate w/ Letter

4/15/2020 - veto overridden in House (57-33)

4/15/2020 - (H) Consideration of Governor's Veto for Wednesday, April 15, 2020

4/14/2020 - veto message received in House, to Rules

4/13/2020 - line items vetoed

4/1/2020 - delivered to Governor

4/1/2020 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

4/1/2020 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

4/1/2020 - (H) Passed 80-10 w/ FCCR

4/1/2020 - Free Conference Committee report adopted in House

4/1/2020 - posted for passage for consideration of Free Conference Committee Report

4/1/2020 - received in House, to Rules

4/1/2020 - (S) Passed 34-0 w/ FCCR

4/1/2020 - Free Conference Committee report adopted in Senate

4/1/2020 - posted for passage for consideration of Free Conference Committee Report on April 1, 2020

4/1/2020 - Missing Action! Agreed

4/1/2020 - Missing Action!

4/1/2020 - Missing Action!

4/1/2020 - Missing Action! Cannot Agree

3/26/2020 - Missing Action!

3/26/2020 - Senate Refused to Recede from Committee Substitute (1)

3/26/2020 - posted for passage for receding from Senate Committee Substitute (1) on Thursday, March 26, 2020.

3/23/2020 - , (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

3/19/2020 - received in Senate w/ Letter, to Rules

3/19/2020 - House Refused to Concur in Senate Committee Substitute (1)

3/19/2020 - Missing Action! for Thursday, March 19, 2020

3/19/2020 - received in House w/ Letter, to Rules

3/19/2020 - (S) THIRD READING, passed 24-7 with Committee Substitute (1)

3/19/2020 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 19, 2020

3/19/2020 - (S) Reported Favorably w/ SCS 1 and HCA 1(t), to Rules

3/18/2020 - (S) Returned to Committee Senate Appropriations & Revenue (S)

3/18/2020 - (S) SECOND READING

3/18/2020 - (S) Taken From Committee Appropriations & Revenue (S)

3/18/2020 - Senate Appropriations & Revenue (S), (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

3/17/2020 - (S) Returned to Committee Senate Appropriations & Revenue (S)

3/17/2020 - (S) FIRST READING

3/17/2020 - (S) Taken From Committee Appropriations & Revenue (S)

3/11/2020 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Appropriations & Revenue (S)

3/9/2020 - received in Senate

3/6/2020 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 86-10 with Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title)

3/6/2020 - floor amendments (1) (2) and (3) filed to Committee Substitute (1)

3/6/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/ HCA 1t, HCS 1

3/5/2020 - (H) PLACED IN THE ORDERS OF THE DAY

3/5/2020 - Taken from Rules

3/5/2020 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

3/5/2020 - (H) Reported Favorably w/ HCS 1, HCA 1t

3/5/2020 - House Appropriations & Revenue (H), (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

3/3/2020 - (H) Returned to Committee House Appropriations & Revenue (H)

3/3/2020 - (H) FIRST READING

3/3/2020 - (H) Taken From Committee House Appropriations & Revenue (H)

2/5/2020 - (H) posted in committee House Appropriations & Revenue (H)

1/29/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Appropriations & Revenue (H)

1/28/2020 - Introduced

  NEWS STORIES

4/18/2020 - Kentucky Politics Distilled: Legislature Wraps Up With Veto Overrides

4/16/2020 - Kentucky Legislature Overrides Beshear's Budget Vetoes

4/2/2020 - Tax breaks for coal, alcohol and farms found in hastily passed Kentucky revenue bill

4/1/2020 - No pay raises. Kentucky lawmakers prepare one-year state budget with no new spending.

4/1/2020 - Kentucky General Assembly passes one-year state budget, despite near-empty House chamber

3/25/2020 - Kentucky lawmakers agree to fully fund teachers' pensions without caveats in budget talks

3/19/2020 - Senate approves state budget that could take $1.13 billion from teacher pensions

3/18/2020 - Kentucky Senate Budget Calls For Teacher Pension Changes

3/10/2020 - House budget cuts state aid to Kentucky libraries. Some might have to close.

3/9/2020 - Senate to get House 2-year budget to fund executive branch, modifying Gov. Beshear’s proposal

3/9/2020 - Proposed Asian Carp Funding Reduction Erased By Kentucky House Committee

3/7/2020 - 'Probably More Similarities Than Differences': House Budget Receives Bipartisan Kudos

3/6/2020 - Kentucky House Passes Its Version Of New 2-Year State Budget

3/6/2020 - Kentucky House passes budget with cuts to Gov. Beshear's proposal for teacher raises, more social workers

AN ACT making appropriations for the operations, maintenance, and support of the Legislative Branch of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

The Legislative Branch Budget: appropriate from the General Fund $73,936,000 for fiscal year 2020-2021 and $75,938,700 for fiscal year 2021-2022; appropriate from Restricted Funds $75,000 for fiscal year 2020-2021 and $175,000 for fiscal year 2021-2022, with appropriations allocated as follows: General Assembly 2020-2021 $20,898,400 2021-2022 $21,852,100 Legislative Research Commission 2020-2021 $53,112,600 2021-2022 $54,261,600.

  ALL BILL STATUS

4/13/2020 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

4/1/2020 - delivered to Governor

4/1/2020 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

4/1/2020 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

4/1/2020 - (H) Passed 86-4

4/1/2020 - House Concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)

4/1/2020 - Missing Action! for Wednesday, April 1, 2020

4/1/2020 - received in House w/ Letter, to Rules

4/1/2020 - (S) THIRD READING, passed 33-0 with Committee Substitute (1)

4/1/2020 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, April 1, 2020

4/1/2020 - (S) Reported Favorably w/ SCS 1, to Rules

4/1/2020 - Senate Appropriations & Revenue (S), (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

3/18/2020 - (S) Returned to Committee Senate Appropriations & Revenue (S)

3/18/2020 - (S) SECOND READING

3/18/2020 - (S) Taken From Committee Senate Appropriations & Revenue (S)

3/17/2020 - (S) Returned to Committee Senate Appropriations & Revenue (S)

3/17/2020 - (S) FIRST READING

3/17/2020 - (S) Taken From Committee Senate Appropriations and Revenue (S)

3/11/2020 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Appropriations & Revenue (S)

3/9/2020 - received in Senate

3/6/2020 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 84-3 with Committee Substitute (1)

3/6/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/ HCS 1

3/5/2020 - placed in the Orders of the Day

3/5/2020 - taken from Rules

3/5/2020 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

3/5/2020 - (H) Reported Favorably w/ HCS 1

3/5/2020 - House Appropriations & Revenue (H), (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

3/3/2020 - (H) Returned to Committee House Appropriations & Revenue (H)

3/3/2020 - (H) FIRST READING

3/3/2020 - (H) Taken From Committee House Appropriations & Revenue (H)

2/5/2020 - (H) posted in committee House Appropriations & Revenue (H)

1/29/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Appropriations & Revenue (H)

1/28/2020 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to vision examinations.

Amend KRS 156.160 to require a conclusive vision examination upon a child's initial enrollment in kindergarten and a vision examination upon a child's initial enrollment in a public preschool program, a Head Start program or grade six.

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/18/2020 - House Education (H), (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

3/17/2020 - (H) posted in committee House Education (H)

2/7/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education (H)

2/5/2020 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to playgrounds.

Amend KRS 97.010 to require certain local government playground projects to include wheelchair access ramps, wheelchair-friendly surfaces and at least one (1) wheelchair swing, except where the contract for a playground project was signed prior to the effective date of this Act and for playground projects wholly using private funds.

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/9/2020 - (H) recommitted to committee House Agriculture (H)

3/5/2020 - floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute

3/5/2020 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

3/4/2020 - (H) FIRST READING w/ HCS 1, to Regular Calendar

3/4/2020 - (H) Reported Favorably w/ HCS 1

3/4/2020 - House Local Government (H), (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/13/2020 - (H) posted in committee House Local Government (H)

2/10/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Local Government (H)

2/6/2020 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to radon testing and mitigation and making an appropriation therefor.

Create a new section of KRS 199.892 to 199.8996 to require licensed child-care centers to be tested for radon at least once every five years as part of their initial licensure and license renewal; require the most current report to be posted in a public place within the child-care center; amend KRS 211.9105 to establish new duties for the Radon Program Advisory Committee related to financial assistance for child-care centers and schools for radon testing and mitigation; amend KRS 211.9113 to require an insurance policy for a radon laboratory; amend KRS 211.9125 to establish when an administrative hearing is conducted related to radon testing and mitigation providers; amend KRS 211.9131 to specify licensure requirements for a radon laboratory; amend KRS 211.9133 to include grants and state and federal moneys as a part of the radon mitigation and control fund; APPROPRIATION.

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/26/2020 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Health & Welfare (S)

3/19/2020 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 80-4 with Committee Substitute (1)

3/19/2020 - received in Senate

3/19/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day; w/ HCS 1

3/18/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 19, 2020

3/17/2020 - Taken from the Regular Orders of the Day, to Rules

3/13/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/ HCS 1

3/12/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/ HCS 1

3/11/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 12, 2020

3/6/2020 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

3/5/2020 - (H) FIRST READING w/ HCS 1, to Regular Calendar

3/5/2020 - (H) Reported Favorably w/ HCS 1

3/5/2020 - House Health and Family Services (H), (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

3/3/2020 - (H) posted in committee House Health and Family Services (H)

2/12/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Health and Family Services (H)

2/10/2020 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to student mental health assessments and making an appropriation therefor.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require each school district to utilize a mental health assessment as needed for students and contract with a student mental health assessment provider; require the Kentucky Department of Education to disburse funds appropriated by the General Assembly to school districts for the contract cost subject to a maximum amount determined by the department; appropriate $4 million in each year of the 2020-2022 biennium; APPROPRIATION.

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/10/2020 - (H) recommitted to committee House Appropriations & Revenue (H)

3/9/2020 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

3/6/2020 - (H) FIRST READING w/ HCS 1, HCA 1t, to Regular Calendar

3/6/2020 - (H) Reported Favorably w/ HCS 1, HCA 1t

2/21/2020 - (H) posted in committee House Education (H)

2/20/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education (H)

2/18/2020 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to early literacy education.

Amend KRS 158.791 to set forth the intent of the General Assembly with regard to reading instruction, supports, and interventions; define the Department of Education's role in assisting local school districts with regard to reading instruction, supports, and interventions; require the department to collaborate with designated agencies on reading programing, materials, and activities; amend KRS 158.305 to replace references to "response to intervention" systems with "multi-tiered system of supports"; require school districts to submit evidence of implementation of a multi-tiered system of supports by October 1 of each year; require department to provide technical assistance and training on multi-tiered system of supports upon the request of a school district; require the department to develop and maintain lists of approved universal screeners, diagnostic assessments, and comprehensive reading programs; require a local board of education to adopt and implement a reading universal screener and reading diagnostic assessment by January 1, 2021; permit a local school district to adopt a common comprehensive reading program for K-3; require all K-3 teachers to be trained in any reading diagnostic assessment and universal screener adopted by a local board; establish requirements for the administration of reading universal screeners by grade-level; define and establish the requirements for a reading improvement plan; require the department to establish reading teacher academies or coaching models by September 1, 2021, if funds are appropriated; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to require postsecondary institutions offering early childhood or elementary teacher preparation programs to include designated instruction; require the EPSB to maintain a list of approved reading teacher preparation tests; require all new teachers seeking certification in Interdisciplinary Early Childhood Education or Elementary School to take an approved reading teacher preparation test; amend KRS 164.0207 to rename the Reading Diagnostic and Intervention Grant Steering Committee the Read to Succeed Council; amend KRS 156.553 and 158.070 to conform; delegate the Act as "the Read to Succeed Act."

  ALL BILL STATUS

2/27/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education (H)

2/25/2020 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to special education.

Amend KRS 157.196 to require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations ensuring exceptional children have equal access to full range of programs offered by schools, state agencies, or political subdivisions of the state; amend KRS 157.224 to include specific types of educational programs that equal access must be provided to exceptional children; amend KRS 157.200 to include "twice exceptional student" in the definition of "exceptional children and youth".

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/2/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education (H)

2/27/2020 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to kindergarten and making an appropriation therefor.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 157 to establish a full-day kindergarten grant fund; create a new section of KRS Chapter 157 to require the Kentucky Department of Education to administer the grant fund and define eligibility for funds; amend KRS 157.320, 157.360,158.031, and 158.060 to require districts to provide full-day kindergarten and SEEK to include funds for full-day kindergarten beginning July 1, 2026; APPROPRIATION.

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/4/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education (H)

3/2/2020 - Introduced

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION directing the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Kentucky Preschool Program Task Force.

Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Kentucky Preschool Program Task Force to study preschool programs; require findings and recommendations to be reported by November 30, 2020.

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/9/2020 - (H) posted in committee House Education (H)

1/24/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education (H)

1/22/2020 - Introduced

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing the Teacher Perpetration in Literacy and Numeracy for Primary Grades Task Force.

Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Teacher Preparation in Literacy and Numeracy for Primary Grades Task Force to study Kentucky's teacher preparation programs and professional development opportunities; require findings and recommendations to be reported by December 1, 2020.

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/26/2020 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Education (S)

3/19/2020 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 82-2

3/19/2020 - received in Senate

3/19/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day

3/18/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 19, 2020

3/17/2020 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

3/12/2020 - (H) FIRST READING to Regular Calendar

3/12/2020 - (H) Reported Favorably

3/11/2020 - House Education (H), (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

3/9/2020 - (H) posted in committee House Education (H)

3/2/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education (H)

2/27/2020 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to school safety and declaring an emergency.

amend KRS 158.441 to clarify the definition of "school resource officer"; amend KRS 158.4412 to allow the superintendent to specify any individual to serve as the district's school safety coordinator; amend KRS 158.4414 to clarify which facilities are required to have school resource officers and to require that school resource officers are armed with a firearm; amend KRS 158.4416 to specify that the goal is to have at least one school counselor per public school and to have at least one school counselor or school-based mental health services provider for every 250 students; amend KRS 61.902 to specify that the commission of a special law enforcement officer employed as a school resource officer shall be for four years; amend KRS 156.095 to specify that the Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training is to prepare an active shooter training video in consultation with the Department of Education; amend KRS 158.162 to include exceptions to locked classroom doors; amend KRS 508.078 to clarify when a person is guilty of terroristic threatening; amend KRS 16.128, 1.315, 70.062, and 95.970 to conform.

  ALL BILL STATUS

2/21/2020 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

2/10/2020 - delivered to Governor

2/10/2020 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

2/10/2020 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

2/10/2020 - received in Senate

2/7/2020 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 78-8

2/7/2020 - floor amendments (2) and (3) defeated

2/7/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/ HFA 1, HFA 2, HFA 3

2/6/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/ HFA 1, HFA 2, HFA 3

2/5/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 6, 2020

2/5/2020 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

2/4/2020 - floor amendments (1), (2) and (3) filed

2/4/2020 - (H) FIRST READING to Regular Calendar

2/4/2020 - (H) Reported Favorably

2/4/2020 - House Education (H), (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

1/30/2020 - (H) posted in committee House Education (H)

1/29/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education (H)

1/27/2020 - received in House

1/27/2020 - (S) THIRD READING, passed 34-1

1/27/2020 - floor amendment (1) defeated

1/27/2020 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/ SFA 1

1/24/2020 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, January, 27, 2020

1/23/2020 - floor amendment (1) filed

1/23/2020 - (S) Reported Favorably, to Rules

1/23/2020 - Senate Education (S), (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

1/16/2020 - (S) Returned to Committee Senate Enrollment (S)

1/16/2020 - (S) SECOND READING

1/16/2020 - (S) Taken From Committee Senate Education (S)

1/15/2020 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Education (S)

1/15/2020 - (S) Returned to Committee Senate Committee on Committees (S)

1/15/2020 - (S) FIRST READING

1/15/2020 - (S) Taken From Committee Senate Committee on Committees (S)

1/13/2020 - Introduced

  NEWS STORIES

2/21/2020 - Gov. Andy Beshear signs bill requiring school resource officers to carry guns

2/21/2020 - Beshear signs into law bill requiring Kentucky school police to carry guns

2/21/2020 - Gov. Beshear Signs Bill Into Law Requiring All School Resource Officers To Carry Guns

2/7/2020 - Bill to give guns to Kentucky school police officers goes to Beshear

2/7/2020 - Bill requiring armed school officers clears legislature

2/7/2020 - ‘Evil exists in this world.’ KY House sends bill arming school officers to governor.

2/4/2020 - House Education Committee passes 2 bills aimed at keeping Kentucky students safe

2/4/2020 - Bill requiring armed school officers clears House committee

1/27/2020 - Bill requiring armed school officers clears Kentucky Senate

1/27/2020 - Kentucky School Resource Officers Are One Step Closer to Being Armed

1/23/2020 - Bill requiring armed Kentucky school resource officers passes Senate committee

1/16/2020 - KY Lawmakers Hear Update on School Safety Bill Implementation

1/16/2020 - Bill to implement Kentucky school safety plan

1/16/2020 - Proposal would require Kentucky school resource officers to be armed

1/14/2020 - School police would be required to carry guns under Kentucky Republican's proposed bill

1/13/2020 - Kentucky Lawmakers Want To Arm School Resource Officers

AN ACT relating to child welfare

Amend KRS 194A.062 to require front-line staff to submit to national and state fingerprint-supported background checks; amend KRS 199.8966 to define the term "staff member" and to require national and state fingerprint-supported background checks of staff members of child-placing agencies in Kentucky in addition to staff members of child-caring facilities.

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/27/2020 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/19/2020 - delivered to Governor

3/19/2020 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

3/19/2020 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

3/19/2020 - received in Senate

3/19/2020 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 72-12

3/19/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day

3/18/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 19, 2020

3/17/2020 - Taken from the Regular Orders of the Day, to Rules

3/13/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

3/12/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

3/11/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

3/10/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

3/9/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

3/6/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

3/5/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

3/4/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 5, 2020

2/28/2020 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

2/27/2020 - (H) FIRST READING to Regular Calendar

2/27/2020 - (H) Reported Favorably

2/27/2020 - House Health and Family Services (H), (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/18/2020 - (H) posted in committee House Health and Family Services (H)

2/10/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Health and Family Services (H)

2/6/2020 - received in House

2/6/2020 - (S) THIRD READING, passed 35-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendments (1) and (2)

2/6/2020 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 6, 2020

2/3/2020 - floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute

1/31/2020 - floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute

1/30/2020 - (S) SECOND READING, to Rules

1/29/2020 - (S) Reported Favorably /w SCS 1

1/29/2020 - (S) FIRST READING /w SCS 1, to Regular

1/29/2020 - Senate Health & Welfare (S), (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

1/15/2020 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Health & Welfare (S)

1/8/2020 - Introduced

  NEWS STORIES

1/29/2020 - Senate Committee Passes Child Welfare Background Check Bill

AN ACT relating to student health and 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 public or private postsecondary institution or other institution that offers a postsecondary degree, certificate, or license to contain the contact information for national crisis hotlines specializing in domestic assault, sexual assault, and suicide.

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/27/2020 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/19/2020 - delivered to Governor

3/19/2020 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

3/19/2020 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

3/19/2020 - received in Senate

3/19/2020 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 79-5

3/19/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day

3/18/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 19, 2020

3/17/2020 - Taken from the Regular Orders of the Day, to Rules

3/13/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

3/12/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

3/11/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

3/10/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 11, 2020

3/4/2020 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

3/3/2020 - (H) FIRST READING to Regular Calendar

3/3/2020 - (H) Reported Favorably

3/3/2020 - House Education (H), (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/21/2020 - (H) posted in committee House Education (H)

2/10/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education (H)

2/6/2020 - received in House

2/6/2020 - (S) THIRD READING, passed 35-1

2/6/2020 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

2/5/2020 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 6, 2020

1/31/2020 - (S) SECOND READING, to Rules

1/30/2020 - (S) FIRST READING to Regular

1/30/2020 - (S) Reported Favorably

1/30/2020 - Senate Education (S), (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

1/8/2020 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Education (S)

1/7/2020 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)

10/23/2019 - Pre-Filed

  NEWS STORIES

3/3/2020 - Suicides of Ky. superintendent’s daughter, Lexington student motivate lawmakers to act

1/30/2020 - Senate Committee Passes Student Crisis Contact Bill

1/17/2020 - Proposed Kentucky Bill Would Give Students Easier Access to Emergency Numbers

AN ACT relating to public school building renovations and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 162.062 to remove the applicability to plans for the renovation of existing public school buildings.

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/17/2020 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/12/2020 - delivered to Governor

3/12/2020 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

3/12/2020 - received in Senate

3/12/2020 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

3/11/2020 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 90-5

3/11/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

3/10/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

3/9/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

3/6/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

3/5/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 6, 2020

3/4/2020 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

3/3/2020 - (H) FIRST READING to Regular Calendar

3/3/2020 - (H) Reported Favorably

3/3/2020 - House Education (H), (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/21/2020 - (H) posted in committee House Education (H)

1/31/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education (H)

1/29/2020 - received in House

1/28/2020 - (S) THIRD READING, passed 35-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title)

1/28/2020 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/ SCA 1t, SCS 1

1/27/2020 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, January 28, 2020

1/24/2020 - (S) SECOND READING, to Rules

1/23/2020 - (S) FIRST READING w/ SCS 1 and SCA 1t, to Consent

1/23/2020 - (S) Reported Favorably w/ SCS 1, SCA 1t

1/23/2020 - Senate Education (S), (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

1/8/2020 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Education (S)

1/7/2020 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to child abuse education.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 requiring each public school to provide developmentally appropriate instruction on child abuse and child sexual abuse to students in all grades; require the Department of Education to develop child abuse and child sexual abuse instructional resources for use by schools; cite the Act as Jenna Quinn's Law.

  ALL BILL STATUS

1/13/2020 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Education (S)

1/9/2020 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to school background checks.

Amend KRS 160.380, relating to the employment of school personnel, to define "administrative findings of child abuse or neglect" to mean a substantiated finding of child abuse or neglect that is upheld on appeal or not appealed; amend the definition of "clear CA/N check" to include administrative findings instead of substantiated findings; remove the requirement that an existing school district employee self-report a substantiated finding of child abuse or neglect to the superintendent.

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/24/2020 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/17/2020 - delivered to Governor

3/17/2020 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

3/17/2020 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

3/17/2020 - received in Senate

3/12/2020 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 94-0

3/12/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

3/11/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

3/10/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 11, 2020

3/9/2020 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

3/6/2020 - (H) FIRST READING to Regular Calendar

3/6/2020 - (H) Reported Favorably

2/21/2020 - (H) posted in committee House Education (H)

1/31/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education (H)

1/29/2020 - received in House

1/28/2020 - (S) THIRD READING, passed 35-0 with Committee Substitute (1)

1/28/2020 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/ SCS 1

1/27/2020 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, January 28, 2020

1/23/2020 - (S) SECOND READING, to Rules

1/22/2020 - (S) Reported Favorably

1/22/2020 - (S) FIRST READING w/ scs 1, to Regular

1/22/2020 - Senate Health & Welfare (S), (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

1/13/2020 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Health & Welfare (S)

1/9/2020 - Introduced

  NEWS STORIES

1/28/2020 - Bill Moving Through Legislature Clarifying School Abuse and Neglect

AN ACT relating to elementary and secondary teachers and principals.

Amend KRS 161.1211 to allow national board certification to qualify a teacher for Rank II status; change Rank I requirements to reflect the change.

  ALL BILL STATUS

4/24/2020 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

4/15/2020 - delivered to Governor

4/15/2020 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

4/15/2020 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

4/15/2020 - received in Senate

4/14/2020 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 85-2

4/14/2020 - (H) PLACED IN THE ORDERS OF THE DAY

4/1/2020 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

3/26/2020 - (H) FIRST READING to Regular Calendar

3/26/2020 - (H) Reported Favorably

3/26/2020 - (H) Posting Waived

3/26/2020 - House Education (H), (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

3/17/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education (H)

3/11/2020 - received in House

3/11/2020 - (S) THIRD READING, passed 33-0 with Committee Substitute (1) committee amendment (1-title)

3/11/2020 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/ SCA 1t, SCS 1

3/10/2020 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 11, 2020

3/6/2020 - (S) SECOND READING, to Rules

3/5/2020 - (S) FIRST READING w/ SCS 1 and SCA 1(t), to Consent

3/5/2020 - (S) Reported Favorably w/ SCS1 and SCA 1(t)

3/5/2020 - Senate Education (S), (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/18/2020 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Education (S)

2/13/2020 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to hearing screenings for students

Amend KRS 156.160 to require a hearing screening when a child first enrolls in school.

  ALL BILL STATUS

2/27/2020 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Education (S)

2/25/2020 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to early childhood education.

Amend KRS 157.3175 to require school districts to provide full-day preschool, require all four year olds residing in the school district be eligible; amend KRS 158.060 to remove half-day allowance for kindergarten; amend KRS 157.320 to remove kindergarten full-time equivalent definition; amend KRS 157.360, and 158.030 to conform.

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/6/2020 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Education (S)

3/4/2020 - Introduced