Kentucky House Bill 85 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-01-07 - to Education (H)
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [MS Word]

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 160 to describe the intent of the General Assembly and the purposes of authorizing public charter schools; define terms; establish the Kentucky Public Charter School Commission and identify membership selection and responsibilities of members; outline the requirements and limitations on the establishment of charter schools including identification of charter school authorizers; describe responsibilities of authorizers; describe charter school application, renewal, and revocation processes; establish the Kentucky Public Charter School Commission trust fund and identify uses of the fund; create a new section of KRS Chapter 159 to identify student enrollment and withdrawal requirements to be followed by a charter school; create a new section of KRS Chapter 161 to identify employment conditions for charter school staff; create a new section of KRS Chapter 157 to require local, state, and federal funds to be distributed to charter schools using formulas and allocation processes used in public schools; amend KRS 161.220 to include a teacher employed by a board of directors of a public charter school as a member within the state retirement system; amend KRS 161.220 to include employees of boards of directors of public charter schools in the state-sponsored retirement system; amend KRS 78.510 to include noncertified employees of public charter schools in the state-sponsored retirement system.

AN ACT relating to charter schools and making an appropriation therefor.

Rep. Brad Montell [R]	Rep. Robert Benvenuti [R]	Rep. Adam Koenig [R]	Rep. Tim Moore [R]
Rep. David Osborne [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-01-07	House	to Education (H)
2014-01-07	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB85.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB85/bill.doc
Supplement	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB85/LM.doc