Kentucky Senate Bill 68 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 3)
Status: Passed on March 25 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-03-25 - signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 86)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Amend KRS 158.645 to change the required learning capacities of Kentucky public school students; amend KRS 158.6451 to provide that schools shall expect a high level of academic achievement and shall develop students' ability to think critically and independently; amend KRS 156.010 to include career and technical education; amend KRS 160.345 to remove the reporting requirement relating to physical activity of students; amend KRS 157.065 to remove the reporting requirement relating to participation in breakfast programs; amend KRS 424.250 to reflect that school boards are tax levying authorities and do not file budgets with the county clerk; require district budgets to be published in the same manner as school financial reports; repeal KRS 157.061 and 158.856.

AN ACT relating to education.

Sen. Steve Rawlings [R]

Sen. Lindsey Tichenor [R]

Sen. Gex Williams [R]

2025-03-14 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3572 (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-03-14 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 281 (Y: 90 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 10) [PASS]
2025-03-06 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading W/scs1 sfa1 RSN# 3438 (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-03-25	Senate	signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 86)
2025-03-14	Senate	delivered to Governor
2025-03-14	Senate	enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
2025-03-14	Senate	enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
2025-03-14	Senate	passed 37-0
2025-03-14	Senate	Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1)
2025-03-14	Senate	posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1)
2025-03-14	Senate	to Rules (S)
2025-03-14	Senate	received in Senate
2025-03-14	House	3rd reading, passed 90-0 with Committee Substitute (1)
2025-03-14	House	placed in the Orders of the Day
2025-03-14	House	taken from Rules
2025-03-12	House	reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1)
2025-03-11	House	to Primary and Secondary Education (H)
2025-03-11	House	returned to Committee on Committees (H)
2025-03-11	House	1st reading
2025-03-11	House	taken from Committee on Committees (H)
2025-03-06	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2025-03-06	House	received in House
2025-03-06	Senate	3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1)
2025-03-05	Senate	floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
2025-03-05	Senate	2nd reading, to Rules
2025-03-04	Senate	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 06, 2025
2025-03-04	Senate	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
2025-02-04	Senate	to Education (S)
2025-01-09	Senate	to Committee on Committees (S)
2025-01-09	Senate	introduced in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/sb68.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/sb68/orig_bill.pdf
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/sb68/bill.pdf
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/25RS/documents/0086.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/SB68/SCS1.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/SB68/SFA1.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/SB68/HCS1.pdf
Roll Call	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/sb68/vote_history.pdf