Kentucky House Bill 550 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on March 1 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-03-02 - to Education (H)
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to recognize the importance of the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe academies in providing training and mentorship for at-risk students; identify the requirements of the Division of Military Affairs, resident school districts, and nonresident school districts relating to the ChalleNGe academy and academy students; amend KRS 159.030 to exempt from compulsory attendance requirements a student enrolled in a nonresident district and attending a ChalleNGe academy; create a new section of KRS Chapter 157 to include students enrolled in a nonresident district and attending ChalleNGe academies in the student count used for determining SEEK funding and allow funding generated by the students to be transmitted to the academy; require a local district to accept secondary credits earned by a student at a nonresident district while attending a ChallenNGe academy and apply them towards graduation requirements, as appropriate; amend KRS 157.350 to allow ChalleNGe academies to receive SEEK funding for nonresident students.

AN ACT relating to educational programs for at-risk students operated by the Kentucky National Guard.

Rep. Will Coursey [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-02	House	to Education (H)
2016-03-01	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB550.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB550/bill.pdf