KY SB253 | 2016 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Engrossed on March 17 2016 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-03-18 - to Education (H)
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [PDF]
Status: Engrossed on March 17 2016 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-03-18 - to Education (H)
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [PDF]
Summary
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 160 to describe the intent of the General Assembly and the purposes of authorizing public charter schools; establish a charter school pilot project and identify charter school authorizers; define terms; describe the characteristics and the requirements of a charter school; establish the Kentucky Public Charter School Commission and identify membership selection and responsibilities of members; identify the requirements and the components of a charter school application; describe the responsibilities of authorizers; describe charter school renewal and revocation processes; identify the components of a charter school annual report; identify the requirements for student enrollment; 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 specify the charter school funding process; amend KRS 161.220 to include a qualified teacher employed by the of board of directors of public charter schools in the state-sponsored retirement system; amend KRS 78.510 to include charter schools in the definition of "county" so as to include noncertified employees of public charter schools in the state-sponsored retirement system; APPROPRIATION.
Title
AN ACT relating to charter schools and making an appropriation therefor.
Sponsors
Sen. Mike Wilson [R] | Sen. David Givens [R] | Sen. Dan Seum [R] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2016-03-18 | House | to Education (H) |
2016-03-17 | House | received in House |
2016-03-16 | Senate | passed 28-9 with floor amendment (1) |
2016-03-16 | Senate | floor amendment (2) withdrawn |
2016-03-16 | Senate | 3rd reading |
2016-03-14 | Senate | floor amendment (2) filed |
2016-03-14 | Senate | posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 16, 2016 |
2016-03-11 | Senate | floor amendment (1) filed |
2016-03-10 | Senate | reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules |
2016-03-09 | Senate | returned to Education (S) |
2016-03-09 | Senate | 1st reading |
2016-03-09 | Senate | taken from Education (S) |
2016-03-03 | Senate | to Education (S) |
2016-03-01 | Senate | introduced in Senate |