| KY | HB590 | Engross | Amend KRS 161.048 to require 6 or more years of honorable service for a veteran of the Armed Forces to receive certification through the Education Professional Standards Board's alternative certification program; amend KRS 161.155 to allow the transf...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-27
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| KY | HCR113 | Engross | Urge Kentucky's community and technical colleges, state universities, private colleges, accredited educational facilities, and trade schools to work in cooperation and partnership with private industry, trade groups, and organizations to examine the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-22
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| KY | HB604 | Engross | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require each school to employ at least one mental health professional for every 1,500 students; require the department of education of make available a toolkit to assist school districts in developing a trau...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-21
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| KY | HB40 | Engross | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 designating the last Wednesday in September of each year as A Day of Prayer for Kentucky's Students.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-19
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| KY | SB69 | Intro | Amend KRS 161.770 to specify that a board of education must comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, and any other applicable federal law in placing a teacher or superin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-06
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| KY | HB278 | Engross | Amend KRS 158.162 to require, as funds are available, the school council or, if none exists, the principal to obtain a portable automated external defibrillator; require a minimum of three employees be trained on its usage; require the school council...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-06
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| KY | SB267 | Intro | Amend KRS 160.352 to permit a local board of education in a school district with a student minority population of 50 percent or greater to appoint three at-large members to the screening committee.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-05
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| KY | SB247 | Intro | Amend KRS 99.600 to authorize a consolidated local government to allow a district board of education to be included in its assessment or reassessment moratorium program; require the consolidated local government to notify the administrating agency, i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-05
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| KY | SB271 | Intro | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 157 to create a dyslexia trust fund to be administered by the Kentucky Department of Education to finance grants to school districts for support of students identified with characteristics of dyslexia; require a re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-05
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| KY | SB270 | Intro | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define "dyslexia" and "evidence-based"; require the Department of Education to make available a dyslexia toolkit that includes guidance on the instruction of students displaying characteristics of dyslexia; ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-05
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| KY | SB254 | Intro | Amend KRS 157.224 to require the Kentucky Board of Education to consider a school district's special education application for funding insufficient and to withhold add-on funds from the district if they fail to appropriately implement and operate spe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-05
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| KY | SB257 | Intro | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to establish the Charter Schools Advisory Council; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to establish the State Advisory Council for Exceptional Children; amend KRS 156.029 to revise the Kentucky Board of Edu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-05
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| KY | SB214 | Intro | Amend KRS 156.690 to insert gender-neutral language.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-02-28
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| KY | SB168 | Intro | Amend KRS 158.105 to add gender-neutral language.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-02-21
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| KY | SB178 | Intro | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require science-based content and age-appropriate and medically accurate standards for human sexuality education; permit a parent or guardian to excuse a child from the educational program and permit the par...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-02-21
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| KY | SB159 | Intro | Amend KRS 156.690 to insert gender-neutral language.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-02-16
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| KY | SB162 | Intro | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to allow school districts to implement a safety response program using less-than-lethal weapons; define "less-than-lethal ammunition" and "less-than-lethal weapon"; require school employees to be trained for pa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-02-16
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| KY | SB156 | Intro | Amend KRS 156.690 to insert gender-neutral language.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-02-16
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| KY | SB157 | Intro | Amend KRS 156.690 to insert gender-neutral language.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-02-16
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| KY | SB158 | Intro | Amend KRS 156.690 to insert gender-neutral language.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-02-16
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| KY | HB55 | Engross | Amend KRS 156.160 to require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations to require physical and health education instruction in drug abuse prevention and the connection between abuse and addiction to other drugs; require...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-02-02
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| KY | SB103 | Intro | Amend KRS 520.070 to include school marshals as persons exempt from the prohibition against possession of a firearm on school property if authorized by a local school board or governing body of a private or parochial school; create a new section of K...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-24
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| KY | SB105 | Intro | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to forbid a licensing agency from considering the nonpayment of student loans when issuing, renewing, revoking, or suspending any license; amend KRS 164.769 and 164A.240 to conform; repeal KRS 164.772.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-24
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| KY | SB74 | Intro | Amend KRS 161.095 to prohibit the Education Professional Standards Board (EPSB) from imposing conditions for a teacher to maintain his or her certification; amend KRS 161.1211 to prohibit the EPSB from requiring a Rank III teacher to obtain a Rank II...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-10
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| KY | SB51 | Intro | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 438 to define terms; prohibit use of tobacco products by students, school personnel, and visitors in schools, school vehicles, properties, and activities; require policies to be in place by the 2019-2020 school yea...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-04
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| KY | SB55 | Intro | Amend KRS 160.345 to allow a local board to require an annual report of activities from a school council; specify the alignment of council policy with local board policy; specify that local board members may attend council meetings; permit a superint...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-04
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| KY | SB32 | Intro | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require the Department of Education to develop academic standards for a financial literacy program to be implemented by each public high school; require the financial literacy program to be completed for hig...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-03
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| KY | SB36 | Intro | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish a separate income tax credit for tuition assistance based on contributions made to a qualified scholarship-granting organization; create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to provide goals and report...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-03
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| KY | SB39 | Intro | Amend KRS 156.070 to permit the Kentucky Board of Education to establish age-appropriate education programs pertaining to the recognition of child physical, sexual, and emotional abuse and neglect and how to report suspected abuse; create a short tit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-03
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