Kentucky House Bill 2 (Prior Session Legislation)

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March 16 2011 - received in Senate
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [MS Word]

Amend KRS 159.010 to require compulsory attendance for children ages 6 to 17 by July 1, 2015, and for children ages 6 to 18 by July 1, 2016; continue dropout conferences until July 1, 2016; make technical corrections; amend KRS 159.020 to conform; create new sections of KRS Chapter 158 to clarify the purpose of alternative education programs; require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations establishing definitions, policies, and guidelines for student assignment and data collection protocols relative to alternative education programs; require local school districts to track the academic progress of students enrolled in alternative education programs; require the Kentucky Department of Education to file a data report by December 1, 2013, and annually thereafter, to the Interim Joint Committee on Education; require the use of experienced and certified teachers; prohibit assignment of inexperienced teachers to alternative education programs, except if the commissioner of education grants a waiver of the requirement; prohibit assignment of teachers and staff being disciplined to alternative education programs; require appropriate staff development; require districts to track expenditures and report them to the Kentucky Department of Education; amend KRS 158.812 to add language stating the intent of the General Assembly relative to career and technical education programs.

AN ACT relating to school dropout prevention.

Rep Wade Hurt	Rep Steele, Fitz	Rep Santoro, Sal	Rep Rollins, Carl
Rep Riner, Tom	Rep Riggs, Steven	Rep Richards, Jody	Rep Rand, Rick
Rep Overly, Sannie	Rep Nesler, Fred	Rep Nelson, Rick	Rep Stone, Wilson
Rep Stumbo, Greg	Rep Mike Nemes	Rep John Short	Rep Julie Raque Adams
Rep Terry Mills	Rep York, Jill	Rep Yonts, Brent	Rep Westrom, Susan
Rep Webb-Edgington, Alecia	Rep Wayne, Jim	Rep Thompson, Tommy	Rep Napier, Lonnie
Rep Miller, Charles	Rep Meeks, Reginald K.	Rep Damron, Robert R.	Rep Coursey, Will
Rep Clark, Larry	Rep Cherry, Mike	Rep Carney, John	Rep Butler, Dwight D.
Rep Burch, Thomas J.	Rep Bell, Johnny	Rep Belcher, Linda	Rep Adkins, Rocky
Rep Denham, Mitchel B. "Mike"	Rep Flood, Kelly	Rep McKee, Thomas	Rep Lee, Jimmie
Rep King, Martha Jane	Rep Jenkins, Joni L.	Rep Horlander, Dennis	Rep Hoover, Jeff
Rep Henderson, Richard	Rep Greer, Jeff	Rep Graham, Derrick W.	Rep Glenn, Jim
Rep Adams, Royce W.

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-03-16		received in Senate
2011-03-16		3rd reading, passed 87-13
2011-03-16		placed in the Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 16, 2011
2011-03-16		floor amendments (1) (2-title) (3) and (4) filed
2011-03-15		reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules
2011-03-14		posting waived
2011-03-14		returned to Education (H)
2011-03-14		1st reading
2011-03-14		taken from Education (H)
2011-03-14		to Education (H)
2011-03-14		introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/11SS/HB2.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/11SS/HB2/bill.doc