Kentucky House Bill 424 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: Introduced on January 30 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-01-30 - to Committee on Committees (H)
Pending: House Committee On Committees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amend KRS 157.3175 to require school districts provide a full-day preschool education program for eligible three and four-year-olds; establish eligibility for the program; require that preschool for three year old children continue to be funded through a grant process and preschool programs for four-year-old children be funded under KRS 157.310 to 157.440; require preschool programs to operate on the school district calendar; require transportation be provided; amend KRS 158.031 to include preschool education programs for four-year-old children in the primary school program; amend KRS 157.320 to remove the definition of "kindergarten full-time equivalent pupil in average daily attendance"; amend KRS 157.360 to remove a reference to the kindergarten full-time equivalent; amend KRS 158.030 to include a preschool education program for four-year-old children in the definition of "common school"; remove language allowing kindergarten to operate for less than six hours on a school day; amend KRS 158.060 and 160.1596 to conform.

AN ACT relating to preschool and kindergarten education.

Rep. Josie Raymond [D]

Rep. Beverly Chester-Burton [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-30	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2024-01-30	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb424.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb424/orig_bill.pdf