Kentucky Senate Bill 138 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: Introduced on February 8 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-15 - recommitted to Education (S)
Pending: Senate Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations to establish an elective social studies course on the Hebrew Scriptures, Old Testament of the Bible, the New Testament, or a combination of the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament of the Bible; require that the course provide to students knowledge of biblical content, characters, poetry, and narratives that are prerequisites to understanding contemporary society and culture, including literature, art, music, mores, oratory, and public policy; permit students to use various translations of the Bible for the course; amend KRS 158.197 to permit a school council to offer an elective social studies course on the Hebrew Scriptures, Old Testament of the Bible, the New Testament, or a combination of the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament of the Bible.

AN ACT relating to Bible literacy courses in the public schools.

Sen. Robin Webb [D]	Sen. Danny Carroll [R]	Sen. C.B. Embry [R]	Sen. Stephen Meredith [R]
Sen. Whitney Westerfield [R]	Sen. Mike Wilson [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-15	Senate	recommitted to Education (S)
2017-02-17	Senate	2nd reading, to Rules
2017-02-16	Senate	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
2017-02-09	Senate	to Education (S)
2017-02-08	Senate	introduced in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB138.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/SB138/bill.pdf