KY SB8 | 2015 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 6 2015 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-09 - to Education (H)
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #3) [MS Word]
Status: Engrossed on February 6 2015 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-09 - to Education (H)
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #3) [MS Word]
Summary
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; APPROPRIATION.
Title
AN ACT relating to charter schools and making an appropriation therefor.
Sponsors
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2015-02-09 | House | to Education (H) |
2015-02-06 | House | received in House |
2015-02-06 | Senate | passed 23-12 with committee amendment (1) |
2015-02-05 | Senate | passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day |
2015-02-05 | Senate | 3rd reading |
2015-02-05 | Senate | posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 5, 2015 |
2015-02-05 | Senate | reported favorably, to Rules with committee amendment (1) |
2015-02-04 | Senate | returned to Education (S) |
2015-02-04 | Senate | 2nd reading |
2015-02-04 | Senate | taken from Education (S) |
2015-02-03 | Senate | to Education (S) |
2015-02-03 | Senate | returned to Committee on Committees (S) |
2015-02-03 | Senate | 1st reading |
2015-02-03 | Senate | taken from Committee on Committees (S) |
2015-02-03 | Senate | to Committee on Committees (S) |
2015-02-03 | Senate | introduced in Senate |