| KY | HB385 | Intro | Amend KRS 156.160 to require a conclusive vision examination upon a child's initial enrollment in kindergarten and a vision examination upon a child's initial enrollment in a public preschool program, a Head Start program or grade six.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-17
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| KY | HR126 | Intro | Encourage Kentucky institutions such as colleges, universities, and hospitals to create tuition benefit, loan forgiveness, or other incentivizing programs in order to improve health care in critical care access and health professional shortage areas.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-12
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| KY | HCR52 | Intro | Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Kentucky Preschool Program Task Force to study preschool programs; require findings and recommendations to be reported by November 30, 2020.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-09
To House Education Committee |
| KY | HB632 | Intro | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to make legislative findings; establish definitions; provide additional free speech protections for student reporters; place limitations on additional protections; provide protection for student media advisors;...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-04
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| KY | HB569 | Intro | Amend KRS 157.320 to replace the use of "average daily attendance" with "average daily enrollment" for funding purposes under the Support Education Excellence in Kentucky fund; amend various other sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes to conform.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-04
To House Education Committee |
| KY | HB636 | Intro | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 157 to establish a full-day kindergarten grant fund; create a new section of KRS Chapter 157 to require the Kentucky Department of Education to administer the grant fund and define eligibility for funds; amend KRS ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-04
To House Education Committee |
| KY | HB545 | Intro | Amend KRS 156.070 to allow a middle school student attending a school outside the student's attendance area for enrollment in a specific academic program to participate on a sports team of the high school the student would attend for continued partic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-04
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| KY | HB597 | Intro | Amend KRS 156.690 to insert gender-neutral language.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-04
To House Education Committee |
| KY | HB598 | Intro | Amend KRS 156.690 to insert gender-neutral language.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-04
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| KY | HB624 | Intro | Amend KRS 156.502 to include a definition of "medication" and "sunscreen"; require local boards of education to adopt policy allowing students to carry and self-administer sunscreen; provide that the policy may permit school employees to voluntarily ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-04
To House Education Committee |
| KY | HB633 | Intro | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to limit a postsecondary educational institution or an organization with authority over intercollegiate athletics from preventing a student athlete from earning compensation as a result of the use of the studen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-04
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| KY | HB599 | Intro | Amend KRS 162.062 to delete requirements for the number of school water filling stations and water fountains; amend KRS 158.162 to allow a district to update its district facilities plan to meet school building safety requirements without convening t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-04
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| KY | HB514 | Intro | Amend KRS 158.6453 to direct each local district to establish a high score for a student to obtain on a college admissions examination to request an exemption from taking a statewide college admissions examination.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-02
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| KY | HB518 | Intro | Amend KRS 157.196 to require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations ensuring exceptional children have equal access to full range of programs offered by schools, state agencies, or political subdivisions of the state...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-02
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| KY | SB156 | Engross | Create a new section of KRS 158.810 to 158.818 directing the Kentucky Department of Education to develop a plan to transition all state-operated secondary vocational education centers to local school districts by July 1, 2024; require the Commissione...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-28
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| KY | HB488 | Intro | Amend KRS 158.791 to set forth the intent of the General Assembly with regard to reading instruction, supports, and interventions; define the Department of Education's role in assisting local school districts with regard to reading instruction, suppo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-27
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| KY | HB429 | Intro | Amend KRS 158.6453 to require a pre-college admissions exam to be administered in the fall of grade 10 instead of a college admissions exam; allow a student to retake the college admissions exam in the fall of grade 12; require the Kentucky Departmen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-21
To House Education Committee |
| KY | HB455 | Intro | Amend KRS 164.370 to require each governing board of a public postsecondary education institution to adopt a student code of conduct that includes disciplinary procedures; set minimum requirements for the disciplinary procedures; require the institut...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-21
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| KY | HB132 | Intro | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 158 to ensure that student privacy exists in school restrooms, locker rooms, and showers; require students born male to use only those facilities designated to be used by males and students born female to use only t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-21
To House Education Committee |
| KY | HB281 | Intro | Amend KRS 156.675 to require the Kentucky Department of Education to develop informational materials on the public health risks and potential harms of sexually explicit Internet content; require each public school to distribute the informational mate...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-21
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| KY | HB459 | Intro | Amend KRS 156.070 to require the Kentucky Board of Education or agency designated by the board of education to manage interscholastic athletics to promulgate administrative regulations or bylaws requiring schools that participate in interscholastic a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-21
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| KY | HB396 | Intro | Amend KRS 160.352 to require greater minority representation on a screening committee in a school district with a student minority population of 50% or greater.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-10
To House Education Committee |
| KY | HB381 | Intro | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to establish the school resource officer and school counselor fund; amend KRS 132.020 to create a property tax to be collected and deposited into the school resource officer and school counselor fund; amend KRS...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-06
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| KY | HB296 | Intro | Repeal and reenact KRS 158.1415 to require each school district to provide comprehensive sex education instruction to all public school students; establish minimum requirements for the comprehensive sex education instruction; establish minimum requir...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-23
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| KY | HB303 | Intro | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 prohibiting any public or private postsecondary institution from inquiring about a student's criminal history on the institution's admissions application.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-23
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| KY | HB295 | Intro | Amend KRS 160.345 to require at least 25 minutes of student physical activity each school day; expand requirement to include students up to grade 8; and prioritize free play activities taking place outdoors.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-23
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| KY | HB274 | Intro | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require the Transportation Cabinet to develop in cooperation with the Department of Education, a risk reduction program for school bus operators; outline requirements of the program; outline school district ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-21
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| KY | HB263 | Intro | Amend KRS 158.849 to establish goal of increasing participation in computer science courses by underrepresented groups; require the Department of Education to submit an annual report on public school students participating in computer science courses...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-17
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| KY | HB243 | Intro | Amend KRS 156.162 to replace courses on the Hebrew Scriptures, Old Testament of the Bible, or New Testament of the Bible with courses on the various religious texts of the many religions practiced in the Commonwealth; amend KRS 158.197 to conform.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-15
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| KY | HB233 | Intro | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to prohibit public postsecondary institutions from inquiring about a prospective student's criminal history prior to admission, except for certain types of offenses; allow an institution to inquire about a stud...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-13
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| KY | HB200 | Intro | Amend KRS 157.360 to reduce maximum class sizes by three.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-09
To House Education Committee |
| KY | HR13 | Intro | Urge the Kentucky Department of Education to create a task force to consider ways to improve diversity in STEAM education.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-07
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| KY | HB166 | Intro | Amend KRS 160.280 to require local school board members to be offered health insurance at the same rates offered to district employees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-07
To House Education Committee |
| KY | HB165 | Intro | Amend KRS 158.060 to require teachers to be provided a minimum of 120 minutes per week for nonteaching activities; specify types of teacher-directed activities to be completed during nonteaching time.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-07
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| KY | HB41 | Intro | Amend KRS 158.060 to remove language that allows for half-day kindergarten programs; amend KRS 157.320, 157.360, and 158.030 to conform.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-07
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| KY | HB50 | Intro | Amend KRS 158.785, relating to the management of local school districts, to include criteria to review when completing a management audit; require the chief state school officer to provide a local district with written deficiencies found through the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-07
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| KY | HB25 | Intro | Amend KRS 156.095 and KRS 158.4416 to remove references to public charter schools; repeal KRS 160.1590, 160.1591, 160.1592, 160.1593, 160.1594, 160.1595, 160.1596, 160.1597, 160.1598, 160.1599, and 161.141.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-07
To House Education Committee |
| KY | HB9 | Intro | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require African history instruction in certain middle and high school world history and civilization courses; require Native American history instruction in certain middle and high school United States histo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-07
To House Education Committee |
| KY | HB30 | Intro | Amend KRS 158.148 to include incidents that occur at non-school-sponsored events or through the use of technology in the definition of bullying; require a school district's code of acceptable behavior to include notification procedures for parents in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-07
To House Education Committee |
| KY | HB90 | Intro | Amend KRS 164.785 to delete the requirement that postsecondary institutions participating in the Kentucky Tuition Grant be accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools or be reviewed and approved by the Council on Postsecondary Educ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-07
To House Education Committee |
| KY | HB96 | Intro | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 requiring schools to offer the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) test annually to students in grades 10 through 12, offer counseling based on the ASVAB test results, and allow up to four excuse...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-07
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