| Issue |
Status/Date |
Level |
Summary |
|
 Postsecondary Governance and Structures--State Executives/State Agencies |
Issued 06/2012 |
Postsec. | Reorganization of the Council on Postsecondary Education
Executive Order 2012-419
Establishes the Council on Postsecondary Education as an organizational unit and administrative body attached to the office of the governor ...
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At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | Career Pathways
S.B. 38 - Career Pathways
Sections 1-2: Establishes legislative intent to provide rigorous academic and career and technical education programs that are relevant for ...
| More... |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | Assignment of Certified or Classified Staff to Alternative Education Programs
H.B. 168
Defines "alternative education program." Prohibits a superintendent from assigning an employee to an alternative education program in the di...
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Attendance--Compulsory |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | School Entrance and Lower Compusory School Ages
S.B. 24
Amends school entrance ages and compulsory school ages. Effective with the 2017-18 school year, kindergarten entrance age is 5 by August 1 a...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | Districts of Innovation, Schools of Innovation
H.B. 37
Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to define "district of innovation" and related terms. Authorizes the state board to approve distric...
| More... |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | District in a County in Which a Disaster Has Been Declared
H.B. 255
For the 2011-12 school year, directs the commissioner of education to waive up to 10 instructional days for a district in a county in which ...
| More... |
Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | Hiring the Superintendent's Spouse
H.B. 366
Allows a superintendent's spouse who has at least 8 years of service in school systems to be an employee in the district in which the superi...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | Student Concussions and Medical Exams
H.B. 281
Requires coaches to complete training on recognizing and treating concussions and head injuries. Requires the state board or its agency to d...
| More... |
High School |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | Governor's Scholars Program Administration
H.B. 278
Transfers the Governor's Scholars Program from the office of the governor to the education and workforce development cabinet. http://www.lrc...
| More... |
High School--College Readiness |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | Helping Students Meet College/Career-Readiness Standards
S.B. 38 - Helping Students Meet College/Career-Readiness Standards
Section 3: Directs the department of education, by January 2013, to communicate to all districts the minimum core content standards for post...
| More... |
High School--Graduation Requirements |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | Alternative High School Diploma for Students with Disabilities
S.B. 43
Directs the state board to promulgate administrative regulations for an alternative high school diploma for students with disabilities compl...
| More... |
Middle School |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | Task Force to Study Interscholastic Athletics at the Middle School Level
H.C.R. 155
Directs the Legislative Research Commission to establish a task force to study interscholastic athletics at the middle school level, and ass...
| More... |
P-3 Grades 1-3 |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | K-3 Response to Intervention System in Reading, Writing, Math and Behavior
H.B. 69 - K-3 Response to Intervention System in Reading, Writing, Math and Behavior
Defines "aphasia", "dyscalculia", "dysgraphia", "dyslexia", "phonemic awareness" and "scientifically based research". Directs the state boar...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
Postsec. | Asset Resolution Corporation
H.B. 362
Establishes the Asset Resolution Corporation to promote higher educational opportunities by providing debt resolution services for student l...
| More... |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
Postsec. | Regulation of For-Profit Postsecondary Educational Institutions
H.B. 308
Repeals and reenacts KRS 165A.340 to abolish the Kentucky Board for Proprietary Education and create the Kentucky Commission on Proprietary ...
| More... |
Postsecondary Students--Graduate/Professional |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
Postsec. | Advanced Practice Doctoral Programs at Comprehensive Universities.
S.B. 131
Allows the comprehensive universities to offer a combined maximum of 18 advanced practice doctoral programs with the approval of the council...
| More... |
Scheduling/School Calendar--Summer School |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | Summer Learning Camps
S.B. 95 - Summer Learning Camps
Outlines rationale for summer learning camps. Encourages development of a summer learning program for children from low-income families and ...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | Community Use of School Facilities and Property
S.B. 110
Permits a local board to authorize the use of school property by community members during non-school hours for recreation, sport, academic, ...
| More... |
Special Education |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | Definition of "Specific Learning Disability"
H.B. 69 - Definition of "Specific Learning Disability"
Amends definition of "specific learning disability" to bring into conformity with federal definition (i.e., specify that it may include cond...
| More... |
STEM |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | Funding to High School/Postsecondary STEM and Energy Fields Partnerships
S.B. 38 - Funding to High School/Postsecondary STEM and Energy Fields Partnerships
Section 9: Urges the council on postsecondary education is urged to provide additional funding to those postsecondary education institutions...
| More... |
Technology--Equitable Access |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | Task Force on Student Access to Technology
S.B. 95 - Task Force on Student Access to Technology
Directs the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Task Force on Student Access to Technology to develop a strategy and funding me...
| More... |
Civic Education |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
P-12 | Voting Information for 12th Grade Students
H.B. 192
Requires secondary schools to provide information to 12th grade students on how to register to vote, vote in an election using a ballot, and...
| More... |
Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
P-12 | Funds for Districts wtih Structurally Unsound School Buildings
H.B. 428
Directs the department of education to determine urgent and critical construction needs. Directs the department to provide a funding allocat...
| More... |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
P-12 | Campaign Contributions to School Board Candidates
H.B. 228
Increases the limit on campaign contributions to school board candidates from $100 for individuals and $200 for organizations to $1,000.
ht...
| More... |
Governance--Site-Based Management |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
P-12 | Filling Principal and Personnel Vacancies
S.B. 12
Directs the superintendent, when a principal is filling a personnel vacancy at the school, to provide additional applicants to the principal...
| More... |
Health |
Adopted 03/2011 |
P-12 | Students with Chronic Health Conditions
H.R. 187
Encourages the state department of education, the Kentucky Board of Nursing, the Kentucky Education Association, and the Kentucky School Boa...
| More... |
Leadership--District Superintendent--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
P-12 | Salaries for Administrators at Special Schools
H.B. 425 - Salaries for Administrators at Special Schools
Directs the Kentucky Department of Education, with the assistance of the Kentucky Personnel Cabinet, to adopt a salary schedule for administ...
| More... |
Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
P-12 | Certification for Active Duty Military Personnel and Their Spouses
H.B. 301
Specifies that any active duty military personnel must be kept in good standing by the administrative body with which he/she is licensed or ...
| More... |
Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
P-12 | Lost Instructional Days
H.B. 427 - Lost Instructional Days
Section 2: Permits the commissioner of education to grant up to the equivalent of 10 instructional days for school years 2010-11 and 2011-12...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Resident Tuition for Veterans
H.B. 425 - Resident Tuition for Veterans
Permits the governing board of a public university to adopt a tuition policy whereby any veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces or National Guard ...
| More... |
Postsecondary Students--Graduate/Professional |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
Postsec. | Ph.D. and Ed.D. Programs at Comprehensive Universities
S.B. 130
Permits a comprehensive university to provide up to three advanced practice doctoral programs, including an Ed.D. program. Directs the counc...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
P-12 | Staff Member to Accompany Students on Non-Athletic School Trips
H.B. 427 - School Trips
Requires a certified or classified staff member to accompany students on non-athletic school-sponsored or school-endorsed trips. Permits loc...
| More... |
Textbooks and Open Source |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
P-12 | Resolving Claims of Errors in State-Adopted Textbooks
H.B. 464
Requires the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations to establish procedures for reviewing and resolving claims...
| More... |
Attendance |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
P-12 | Interscholastic Athletics
H.B. 327
Requires the state board of education or any agency designated by the state board to manage interscholastic athletics to promulgate administ...
| More... |
Curriculum--Family Living Education |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
P-12 | Pediatric Abusive Head Trauma
H.B. 285
Encourages high schools to include a segment on prevention of pediatric abusive head trauma during a student's final year of study. Provides...
| More... |
Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
P-12 | Leasing Land to Build Schools
S.B. 114
Allows nonprofit entities (including school boards) to lease land from any government entity or agency for purposes of constructing a school...
| More... |
Health--Suicide Prevention |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
P-12 | Suicide Prevention in Secondary Schools
S.B. 65
Requires all high school and middle school principals, guidance counselors and teachers each school year to complete a minimum of two hours ...
| More... |
High School--Advanced Placement |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Transfer/Articulation from Associate's Degree to Four-Year Programs
H.B. 160
Encourages postsecondary institutions to limit bachelor degree programs to 120 credit hours and associate degree programs to 60 credit hours...
| More... |
Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
P-12 | Evaluation of District Superintendents
S.B. 178
Relates to evaluation of superintendents of schools. Distinguishes the evaluation requirements for the local superintendent from those for o...
| More... |
Private Schools |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
P-12 | Background Checks on Existing Teachers in Private Schools
H.B. 447
Permits private, parochial and church schools to require a national and state criminal background check on each certified teacher once every...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
P-12 | Efficient Design in School Buildings
S.B. 132
Defines "efficient school design". Enumerates the public benefits of schools constructed or renovated using efficient school design. Creates...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Personnel (Non-Teaching) |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
P-12 | Bonuses for Nationally-Certified Speech-Language Pathologists or Audiologists
H.B. 376
Provides that if legislative funds are appropriated for this purpose, a local board must provide an annual salary supplement to all speech-l...
| More... |
Special Populations--Corrections Education |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
Community College | Transfer of Employees from Two-Year System to Department of Corrections
H.B. 164
Effective July 2010, requires that Kentucky Community and Technical College System faculty and staff who provide educational services and su...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Alternative |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
P-12 | Alternative Certification for Teach for America Participants
S.B. 180
Establishes an alternative teacher certification option for Teach for America participants. Establishes criteria a candidate must meet to be...
| More... |
Assessment--Formative/Interim |
Signed into law 03/2010 |
P-12 | Adolescent Literacy
S.B. 163
Relates to adolescent reading skills. Expresses legislative intent that all middle and high school students have the skills necessary to rea...
| More... |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 03/2010 |
P-12 | Determination of District Boundaries for School Board Elections
S.B. 35
Establishes a deadline of January 1, 2011 for cities and school boards to submit to the county clerk a list of properties and boundaries and...
| More... |
Health--Suicide Prevention |
Signed into law 03/2010 |
P-12 | Suicide Prevention
H.B. 51
Requires the cabinet for health and family services to post suicide prevention awareness and training information on its Web page by August ...
| More... |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Signed into law 03/2010 |
Postsec. | Instructor Members of University Boards of Regents
H.B. 374
Relates to the election of a faculty representative to the boards of regents. Permits an instructor to vote and be selected as a representat...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 03/2010 |
P-12 | Bonuses for National Board-Certified Teachers in Kentucky Tech Programs
S.B. 89
Provides salary supplements to national board-certified teachers employed in Kentucky Tech schools or programs operated by the Education and...
| More... |
Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Signed into law 01/2010 |
P-12 | Interventions for Persistently Low-Achieving Schools and Advanced Placement
H.B. 176
Amends accountability provisions in KRS 160.346. Defines "persistently low-achieving school". Defines "school intervention" as a process cho...
| More... |
Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Emergency Rule Adoption 01/2010 |
P-12 | Low-Achieving Schools
703 KAR 5:180
Establishes the processes to be followed during a school leadership assessment and district leadership assessment after a school is identifi...
| More... |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Adopted 01/2010 |
P-12 | Recording Student Attendance
702 KAR 7:125
Adds section providing definitions of: "full day of attendance" (student in attendance at least 65% of regularly-scheduled school day), "tar...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Adopted 07/2009 |
Postsec. | Go Higher Grant Program
11 KAR 5:200
Requires that a recipient of the Go Higher Grant must not be in default on a federally-guaranteed student loan nor be liable for any overawa...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Adopted 07/2009 |
Postsec. | Scholarship Eligibility for Homeschooled Students
11 KAR 18:010
Provides a definition of "home school" and prescribes initial application procedures for home school students to participate in the Robert C...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
Adopted 07/2009 |
P-12 | School Buildings
702 KAR 4:160
Amends rules that establishing standards that school districts shall meet in operational performance, including construction of public schoo...
| More... |
Adult Basic Education |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
Postsec. | Combined Work/Postsecondary Education Program
H.B. 3A - Section 19
Establishes ""Metropolitan College" as a nonprofit consortium that includes educational institutions in the Commonwealth and the qualified t...
| More... |
Student Supports--Remediation |
Adopted 06/2009 |
Postsec. | Placement in Developmental Courses
13 KAR 2:020
Amends rules concerning standards for the assessment and placement of students in developmental programs. Allows student earning 20 on ACT r...
| More... |
Career/Technical Education |
Adopted 05/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Tuition and Fees
780 KAR 2:140
Repeals and re-establishes a refund policy for tuition charges for career and technology programs/classes in Kentucky TECH schools, and for ...
| More... |
Career/Technical Education |
Adopted 05/2009 |
P-12 | Compensation for Specified CTE Activities
780 KAR 3:020
Specifies dollar amounts to be paid certified or equivalent career/technical education staff for
(1) Administering the National Occupationa...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Adopted 04/2009 |
P-12 | Tests for Teacher Certification
16 KAR 6:010
Establishes the written examination prerequisites and the corresponding passing scores for teacher certification. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/kar/...
| More... |
Accountability |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
P-12 | Accountability System
S.B. 1 Section 4, 5 and 7
Repeals provisions relating to rewards for successful schools. Establishes provisions to recognize schools that would have been rewarded und...
| More... |
Accountability |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
P-12 | Transition to New Assessment and Accountability System
S.B. 1 Section 18
Provides that whereas it is imperative that schools, administrators, teachers, parents and policymakers maintain high expectations for stude...
| More... |
Assessment |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
P-12 | Interim Assessment System
S.B. 1 Section 19
Directs the the state board of education and the state department of education, prior to the development and implementation of a new state a...
| More... |
Assessment--Accommodations |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
P-12 | Assessment of Exceptional Students
S.B. 1 Section 20
Requires the state department of education and state board, as they revise the state assessment and accountability system for implementation...
| More... |
Assessment--College Entrance Exams |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
P-12 | State Assessment System
S.B. 1 Section 2(3), 6, 9 and 11
Repeals language referring to the Commonwealth Accountability Testing System (CATS). Directs the state board, using the revised content stan...
| More... |
Assessment--Formative/Interim |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Postsecondary Remediation and College Completion
S.B. 1 Section 21
Provides that the general assembly finds the continuing high rates of postsecondary remediation totally unacceptable and an unwarranted addi...
| More... |
Attendance |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
P-12 | Missed Days Due to Weather
H.B. 322
Allows a local board of education in a county identified as a federal disaster area because of Tropical Storm Ike and the severe weather sto...
| More... |
Attendance |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
P-12 | Children of Civilian Military Employees
S.B. 39
Relates to students of civilian military employees; provides students of civilian military employees the same rights as students of military...
| More... |
Attendance |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
P-12 | Excused School Absence
H.B. 124
Requires a school principal to give up to 10 days excused school absence for children of Armed Forces servicemembers if the parent is statio...
| More... |
Background Checks |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
P-12 | Background Check for Parent Members of School Councils
S.B. 148
Requires a criminal records check for parent members of school-based decision making councils. Allows members to serve prior to the report b...
| More... |
Curriculum--Language Arts--Writing/Spelling |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
P-12 | Transition in Writing Program
S.B. 1 Section 16
Provides that whereas writing is an essential skill for all public school students to master; and whereas the 2009-10 and 2010-11 school yea...
| More... |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
P-12 | Education and Workforce Development Cabinet
S.B. 78
Renames the Education Cabinet the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet; amends various statutes to conform; confirms Executive Order ...
| More... |
Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
P-12 | Use of Capital Outlay Funds
H.B. 295
Allows school districts to apply to the commissioner of education to use capital outlay funds to purchase land, modify an existing school, a...
| More... |
Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
P-12 | Adjustments in SEEK Funds
H.B. 408
Permits growth districts to request adjustments in the SEEK funds when average daily attendance in the current year for the 20-day school mo...
| More... |
Governance--Site-Based Management |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
P-12 | Local School Council Duties
S.B. 1 Section 12
Requires each school council to adopt policies related to mandated analysis of its program review findings and determining how it will addre...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
P-12 | Sports Safety
H.B. 383
Requires the Kentucky High School Athletics Association, with assistance from the department of education, to staff and coordinate a study o...
| More... |
High School--College Readiness |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
P-12 | Core Content Standards for Introductory College Courses
S.B. 1 Section 15
Within 30 days from the effective date of this Act, requires each postsecondary institution in the state to plan and implement a process to ...
| More... |
P-16 or P-20 |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
P-12 | Revision of State Standards
S.B. 1 Section 2(2) and 13
Directs the Kentucky Department of Education, in collaboration with the Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE), to implement a process to ...
| More... |
Public Involvement |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
P-12 | Community Education
H.B. 198
Relates to community education; deletes obsolete language; clarifies that state grant funds are to be used for local districts to employ one...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
P-12 | Improving Writing
S.B. 1 Section 17
Provides that whereas the quality of writing instruction is directly related to how well teachers are prepared in their teacher preparation ...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Professional Development |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
P-12 | Teacher Professional Development
S.B. 1 Section 8
Adds provision that teacher professional development programs must be based on teacher needs. Makes inclusion of specific components in teac...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
P-12 | Teacher Loan Forgiveness
H.B. 480
Adds provision that if funds are insufficient during any fiscal year, the higher education assistance authority must give priority considera...
| More... |
Textbooks and Open Source |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
P-12 | Textbook Purchases
S.B. 1 Section 22
Directs the state department of education to communicate to districts and schools that decisions about math textbook purchases may be delaye...
| More... |
Accountability--Reporting Results |
Adopted 02/2009 |
P-12 | School and District Report Cards
703 KAR 5:140
Amends rules regarding content and distribution of school and district report cards. Provides that as accurate, reliable data become availab...
| More... |
Assessment--Accommodations |
Adopted 02/2009 |
P-12 | Special Populations in the State-Required Assessment
703 KAR 5:070
Establishes procedures for the inclusion of special student populations in the State-required assessment and accountability programs. http:/...
| More... |
Assessment--Formative/Interim |
Adopted 02/2009 |
P-12 | Extended School Services
704 KAR 3:390
Establishes requirements for extended school services. Defines "A5 program" as an alternative program with no attendance boundaries, serving...
| More... |
Finance--District |
Adopted 01/2009 |
P-12 | Fidelity Bond
702 KAR 3:080
State law already requires each local board of education treasurer to be bonded in accordance with Kentucky Board of Education administrativ...
| More... |
Scheduling/School Calendar |
Adopted 01/2009 |
P-12 | Approval of Innovative Alternative School Calendars
702 KAR 7:130
Specifies that the commissioner of education will approve a district's request for approval of an innovative alternative school calendar pro...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
Adopted 01/2009 |
P-12 | Teacher Scholarships
11 KAR 8:030 and :040
Adds provisions relating to default on a repayment obligation under the teacher scholarship program....
| More... |
Business Involvement |
Issued 12/2008 |
P-12 | Commission on Philanthropy
E.O. 2008-1273
Establishes the state Commission on Philanthropy to explore new opportunities for creative solutions to the state's systemic challenges. Pro...
| More... |
Leadership |
Adopted 10/2008 |
P-12 | Professional Certificate for Instructional Leadership
16 KAR 3:050
Amends school principal certification requirements. Deletes pre-existing prerequisites. States that new prerequisites include:
(1) a master'...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Adopted 09/2008 |
P-12 | Standards for Admission to Educator Preparation
16 KAR 5:020
Amends the standards for admission to an educator preparation. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/kar/016/005/020.htm...
| More... |
Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12 | Teacher Retirement System Trustees and Teacher Sick Leave
H.B. 1A
Establishes new retirement requirements and benefit multipliers for Kentucky Employees' Retirement System retirement plans. Requires the est...
| More... |
Scheduling/School Calendar |
Adopted 06/2008 |
P-12 | Approval of Innovative Alternative School Calendars
702 KAR 7:130
Establishes uniform procedures for approval of innovative alternative school calendars. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/kar/702/007/130reg.htm...
| More... |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 04/2008 |
P-12 | Status Offenders
H.B. 384
Defines "nonoffender" as a child alleged to be dependent, neglected, or abused and who has not been otherwise charged with a status or publi...
| More... |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 04/2008 |
P-12 | Instruction on the Holocaust and Genocide
H.J.R. 6
Establishes the Ernie Marx Resolution. Directs the department of education to review Holocaust and genocide curricula developed by other sta...
| More... |
Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 04/2008 |
P-12 | Capital Outlay Funds
H.B. 514
Relates to use of local district capital outlay funds. Authorizes a district to submit a request to the commissioner of education to use cap...
| More... |
Governance--Site-Based Management |
Signed into law 04/2008 |
P-12 | Appointment of Principal Vacancies
S.B. 86
Existing law requires the school council to fill principal vacancies by selecting the new principal from individuals recommended by the loca...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 04/2008 |
P-12 | Dental Screenings
H.B. 186
Beginning with the 2010-2011 school year, requires a screening by a dentist, physician or registered nurse and a student dental health certi...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 04/2008 |
P-12 | Health Services in a Family Resource or Youth Services Center
H.B. 640
As funding becomes available, authorizes a supplemental grant program to fund the employment of a licensed physician or nurse to provide hea...
| More... |
P-3 |
Signed into law 04/2008 |
P-12 | Family Resource and Youth Services Centers
S.B. 192
Provides that family resource and youth services centers must provide services to enhance a student's ability to succeed in school. Provides...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 04/2008 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Tuition Grants and In-State Tuition for Nonresidents
H.B. 694
Includes in the list of schools in which a student can enroll and receive a tuition grant an approved out-of-state postsecondary education i...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 04/2008 |
Postsec.,
Community College | KEES Eligibility
S.B. 75
Relates to Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarship (KEES) eligibility. Defines on track to graduate as having completed the proportion o...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 04/2008 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Scholarship Eligibility for Students on Active Duty
S.B. 2 - Section 24
Requires the higher education assistance authority to extend the expiration of a student's eight academic terms and five-year eligibility fo...
| More... |
Postsecondary Participation--Admissions Requirements |
Signed into law 04/2008 |
P-12,
Postsec. | STEM
S.B. 2
Defines "Advanced science and mathematics" as Advanced Placement (AP) biology, calculus, chemistry, computer science, environmental science,...
| More... |
Religion |
Signed into law 04/2008 |
P-12 | Transportation of Nonpublic School Students
H.B. 655
By September 30 of each year, requires the secretary of the transportation cabinet to report to the general assembly's interim committee on ...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 04/2008 |
P-12 | School Safety
H.B. 91
Requires any school or local board employee who knows or has cause to believe that a student has been the victim of a violation of any felon...
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Students--Mobility |
Signed into law 04/2008 |
P-12 | Interstate Commission on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
S.B. 68
Removes barriers for educational success imposed on children of military families because of frequent moves and deployment; specifies course...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 04/2008 |
P-12 | Teacher Certification, Loan Forgiveness, and Additional Endorsements
S.B. 64
Creates a certification incentive fund to provide grants for eligible recipients to conduct summer institutes. Specifies that the priority f...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 04/2008 |
P-12 | Alternative Certification for Veterans
H.B. 607
Relates to alternative teacher certification. Allows a five-year statement of eligibility for teaching to be issued to a veteran who has com...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
Signed into law 04/2008 |
P-12 | Employment of Retired Teachers
H.B. 470
Authorizes the department of education to employ retired members in full-time or part-time nonteaching positions, including to serve on scho...
| More... |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Contract Between Postsecondary Institution and a Business
S.B. 130
Relates to employee interest in contracts between a public postsecondary education institution and a business; permits a governing board of ...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 | Use of Cell Phone by School Bus Driver
H.B. 230
Defines the term cellular telephone; prohibits the use of cellular telephones by a school bus driver; establishes the fine for using cellula...
| More... |
State Longitudinal Data Systems |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 | Student Record Transfer
H.B. 145
Provides that for purposes of establishing a student's status as a truant, the student's attendance record is cumulative for an entire schoo...
| More... |
Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 | Exemption from High School Athletics Age Requirement
H.B. 380
Exempts a student who qualifies for exception children services and had an individual education program developed, was retained in the prima...
| More... |
Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
P-12 | No Pass No Drive
H.B. 32
Deletes the requirement that a local school district operate an alternative education program prior to the revocation of a student's operato...
| More... |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Economic Development and Postsecondary Education Centers
H.B. 468
Relates to economic development; declares an emergency; establishes the criteria for eligible companies that locate a project adjacent to a ...
| More... |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
P-12 | School Board Member Reimbursements and Deductions
H.B. 50
Increases the maximum amount of annual expenses for which local school board members can be reimbursed for meetings from $2,000 to $3,000 pe...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
P-12 | Crohn's Disease Awareness
H.C.R. 141
Urges the state department of education to work with local school systems to ensure that educators are aware of the impact that living with ...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Tuition Waiver to Spouse or Child of Certain Veterans
H.B. 128
Waives the public higher education or vocational tuition of a spouse or child of a deceased or permanently and totally disabled veteran and ...
| More... |
Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation |
Adopted 10/2006 |
P-12 | Effective Instructional Leadership Act
704 KAR 3:325
Establishes rules regarding effective Instructional Leadership Act. Regards criteria for the program. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/kar/704/003/325....
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Induction Programs and Mentoring |
Adopted 10/2006 |
P-12 | Kentucky Teacher Internship Program
16 KAR 7:010
Establishes rules regarding the requirements for the Kentucky Teacher Internship Program. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/kar/016/007/010reg.htm...
| More... |
No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress |
Emergency Rule Adoption 08/2006 |
P-12 | Formula for Determining Adequate Yearly Progress
703 KAR 5:020
Establishes rules regarding a single assessment system with two accountability dimensions: one addressing the requirements of KRS 158.6455 t...
| More... |
Accountability--Reporting Results |
Adopted 06/2006 |
P-12 | School and District Report Cards
703 KAR 5:140
Establishes rules regarding the standards for a school and district report card. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/kar/703/005/140.htm...
| More... |
Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities |
Adopted 06/2006 |
P-12 | Designation of Agent to Manage High School Athletics
702 KAR 7:065
Establishes rules designating an agent for high school athletics. Addresses the financial planning and review processes for the agent. Incor...
| More... |
Accountability |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12 | Annual Research Agenda for the Office of Education Accountability
H.B. 581
Requires, on or before December 1 of each year, that the Education Assessment and Accountability Review Subcommittee adopt an annual researc...
| More... |
Accountability--Reporting Results |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12,
Postsec. | High School and College Readiness Assessments
S.B. 130
Section 1:
Requires the state assessment system, by the 2007-2008 school year, to include:
1. A high school readiness examination to assess ...
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Accountability--School Improvement |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12 | Assistance to Underperforming Schools
H.C.R. 214
Directs the Interim Joint Committee on Education to complete a study on how to effectively provide assistance to schools not meeting establi...
| More... |
Assessment |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12 | End-of-Course Exams
H.B. 197
Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define core courses. Requires the Kentucky Department of Education to begin developing standard...
| More... |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12 | Kentucky Youth Development Coordinating Council
S.J.R. 184
Encourages the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to establish the Kentucky Youth Development Coordinating Council; establishes membersh...
| More... |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12 | Teacher Drug Testing
H.B. 341 Section 4
Requires a teacher who has been disciplined for illegal use of controlled substances to submit to random or periodic drug testing for up to ...
| More... |
Attendance--Truancy |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12 | Truancy
H.B. 479
Relates to pupil attendance policies; permits an assistant to the director of pupil personnel to perform the required duties of the director...
| More... |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12 | Kentucky Workforce Investment Board
S.B. 57
Relates to reorganization; designates the Kentucky Workforce Investment Board as the sole state agency responsible for the administration of...
| More... |
Civic Education |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12 | U.S. Constitution, Democratic Processes and Civic Engagement
H.J.R. 145
Directs the Council on Postsecondary Education, the Kentucky Board of Education, and others to examine the current level of skills and knowl...
| More... |
Civic Education |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12 | Veterans Day Programs
S.B. 47
Requires all public schools to hold Veterans Day programs. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/RECORD/06RS/SB47/bill.doc...
| More... |
Governance |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Education Cabinets and Councils
S.B. 105
Relates to reorganization; renames Education, Arts, and Humanities Cabinet as the Education Cabinet; creates new offices in the Education Ca...
| More... |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12 | School Board Election Nominating Petitions
H.B. 361
Requires two petitioners for a candidate's nominating petition for election to a board of education. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/RECORD/06RS/HB361...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12 | Meningitis Disease and Vaccine
H.B. 475
Requires a school district to provide information on meningococcal meningitis disease and its vaccine to parents and guardians of students i...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12 | Health Education
H.B. 589
Encourages public schools to include age-appropriate education on the risks associated with exposure to ultraviolet rays within the existing...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Hepatitis C Education and Awareness
H.B. 540
Requires the Department of Public Health to develop a statewide education, awareness and information program on hepatitis C, which may be in...
| More... |
Leadership |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12 | Redesigning Leadership Preparation and Professional Development Programs
H.J.R. 14
Directs the executive director of the Education Professional Standards Board with the cooperation of the commissioner of education and the p...
| More... |
Parent/Family |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12 | Support for Caregiving Grandparents
H.B. 45
Creates the KinCare Support Program, a centralized statewide service program to provide grandparents caring for minor grandchildren with inf...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12 | Lockdown Procedures
H.B. 206
Requires lockdown procedures to be established for school buildings; requires students, staff, and parents to be made aware of lockdown proc...
| More... |
School Safety--Expulsion/Suspension |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12 | Behavior Which Constitutes a Threat
H.B. 688
Relates to expelled or suspended students. Defines "behavior which constitutes a threat" (and as such, allows a board to place a student in ...
| More... |
State Longitudinal Data Systems |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12 | Data Security Study
H.B. 341 Section 1 - 3
Requires the department of education to conduct a study of the requirements for data security and a notification process when a breach of da...
| More... |
Attendance |
Signed into law 03/2006 |
P-12 | Advancing Kindergarten-Age Students to First Grade
S.B. 35
Clarifies that a school district may advance a child through the primary program if he or she is at least five but less than six years old; ...
| More... |
Background Checks |
Signed into law 03/2006 |
P-12 | Rank I Rating
H.B. 125
Prohibits the Education Professional Standards Board from awarding a a Rank I rating to a teacher who used national board certification to q...
| More... |
P-3 Teaching Quality/Professional Development |
Adopted 03/2006 |
P-12 | Early Childhood Development Scholarship Program
11 KAR 16:001 and 16:010
Establishes definitions and rules regarding the applicant selection process for the Early Childhood Development Scholarship Program.
11 KAR ...
| More... |
Special Education |
Signed into law 03/2006 |
P-12 | Telecommunications Equipment for the Deaf
S.B. 88
Relates to telecommunications equipment for the deaf; relates to telecommunications devices for the deaf; changes the term telecommunication...
| More... |
Students |
Signed into law 03/2006 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Students Called to Active Duty
H.B. 80
Relates to students called to military active duty; requires that a student called to federal military active duty shall receive credit for ...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 03/2006 |
P-12 | Income and Benefits of Teacher Victim of Assault
S.B. 51
Provides that there shall be no loss of income or benefits to a teacher or school employee for work time lost because of personal injury inc...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 03/2006 |
P-12 | Teachers Called to Active Military Duty
H.B. 79
Adds a member of the state National Guard or a Reserve component ordered to active duty by the President of the United States to the list of...
| More... |
Special Education |
Adopted 02/2006 |
P-12 | Awarding High School Diplomas to Students with Disabilities
704 KAR 3:305 (section 7)
Clarifies provisions relating to awarding of high school diplomas to students with disabilities. States that if the severity of an exceptio...
| More... |
Special Populations--Gifted and Talented |
Adopted 02/2006 |
P-12 | High School Graduation Requirements
704 KAR 3:305 (section 2 and 4)
Section 2: Effective with the Class of 2012: Requires 3rd unit of math to be completed in Algebra II and bars student from receiving math cr...
| More... |
Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance |
Adopted 02/2006 |
P-12 | Individual Learning Plans
704 KAR 3:305 (section 3)
Requires districts to implement an advising and guidance process throughout the middle and high schools to provide support for the developme...
| More... |
Accountability--Rewards |
Adopted 11/2005 |
P-12 | District Accountability Rewards and Sanctions
703 KAR 5:130
Establishes a local school district accountability program. Establishes eligibility for district rewards, and procedures for determining ass...
| More... |
No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress |
Adopted 11/2005 |
P-12 | Accountability Rewards and Consequences
703 KAR 5:020
Amends rules which establish a system for identifying and rewarding successful schools and appropriate consequences for schools failing to m...
| More... |
Accountability--School Improvement |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Role of Colleges and Universities in Achieving State Educational Goals
H.B. 93 (Section 1, paragraph 7)
Requires colleges and universities to:
(a) Utilize institution-wide resources to work with elementary and secondary educators and other ent...
| More... |
Accountability--School Improvement |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
P-12 | Role of Department of Education in Achieving State Educational Goals
H.B. 93 (Section 1, paragraph 4)
Mandates that the Kentucky Department of Education provide assistance to schools and teachers, including publicizing professional developmen...
| More... |
Adult Basic Education |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Committee for Mathematics Achievement
H.B. 93 (Section 2)
Defines terms, including "mathematics coach," "mathematics diagnostic assessment," "mathematics intervention program," "mathematics leader,"...
| More... |
Assessment |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Student Achievement Improvement
H.B. 93 (Section 1, multiple provisions)
Sets forth legislative intent related to early diagnosis of and intervention for elementary students struggling in reading and mathematics, ...
| More... |
Assessment |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
P-12 | Mathematics Achievement Fund
H.B. 93 (Section 3)
Creates the mathematics achievement fund to provide developmentally appropriate diagnostic assessment and intervention services to students,...
| More... |
Assessment--Formative/Interim |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
P-12 | Teacher' Professional Growth Fund
H.B. 93 (Sections 5 and 6)
Specifies that the teachers' professional growth fund is to provide teachers with high quality professional development in content knowledge...
| More... |
Assessment--Formative/Interim |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
P-12,
Postsec. | The Center for Mathematics
H.B. 93 (Section 4)
Creates the Center for Mathematics to make available professional development for teachers in reliable, research-based diagnostic assessment...
| More... |
Assessment--Formative/Interim |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
P-12 | Reading Diagnostic and Intervention Program
S.B. 19
This act is to be cited as the "Read to Achieve Act of 2005." Relates to reading; makes an appropriation therefor; describes the general ass...
| More... |
Attendance |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
P-12 | Nonresident Student Contracts
H.B. 197
Relates to nonresident student contracts; allows two local school districts to enter into a nonresident student contract for more than one y...
| More... |
Attendance |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
P-12 | Habitual Truancy
H.B. 72
Establishes that any student enrolled in a public school who is over 18 but not 21 years of age and who has been absent from school without ...
| More... |
Background Checks |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
P-12 | School District Criminal Background Checks
H.B. 88
Permits a school district superintendent to require a national criminal history background check for a certificated job applicant who has re...
| More... |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
P-12 | Health and Nutrition in Schools
S.B. 172
Beginning with the 2006-2007 school year, requires each school to limit access to no more than one day each week to retail fast foods in the...
| More... |
Curriculum--Mathematics |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Role of the Council of Postsecondary Education in Achieving State Educational Goals
H.B. 93 (Section 1, paragraph 5)
Specifies that, for the state to achieve its student achievement goals, the Council on Postsecondary Education, in cooperation with the Educ...
| More... |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
P-12 | Legislative Task Force
H.C.R. 55
Creates a legislative task force to examine the effect of school calendars on Kentucky's tourism industry and the potential effect that chan...
| More... |
Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
P-12 | Reading and Literacy Proficiency
S.J.R. 92
Directs the department of education to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the professional development, training and resources needed in ea...
| More... |
Finance--District |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
P-12 | School District Efficiency and Effectiveness Review
H.B. 267
Provision of budget bill. Directs the Office of Education Accountability to conduct an inventory and assessment of indicators that may be us...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
P-12 | Administration of Emergency Medication
H.B. 88 § 2
Requires every public and private and parochial school to have on duty during the entire school day at least one school employee who has met...
| More... |
High School |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
P-12 | Awarding of High School Diplomas to Veterans
H.B. 60
Requires a local board of education to award an authentic high school diploma to an honorably discharged veteran who did not complete high s...
| More... |
High School |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
P-12 | Vietnam Veterans
H.B. 230
Relates to Vietnam veterans; requires a local board of education to award a high school diploma to an honorably discharged veteran who was e...
| More... |
Leadership |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
P-12 | Instructional Leadership
H.B. 301
Effective July 2006, requires an instructional leader to complete an intensive annual training program of a minimum of 21 hours a year and a...
| More... |
Leadership |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
P-12 | Roles of School Councils, Local Boards and Superintendents in Achieving State Education Goals
H.B. 93 (Section 1, paragraphs 8-10)
(8) School councils at all school levels are encouraged to identify and allocate resources to qualified teachers to become coaches or mentor...
| More... |
Leadership |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
P-12 | Education Professional Standards
H.B. 183
Allows a one-year certificate to be granted an individual bearing all other qualifications except the assessments and selected as an assista...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
Postsec. | Educational Excellence Scholarship
H.B. 460
Relates to the Educational Excellence Scholarship Program; moves the administrative responsibility of the Education Excellence Scholarship P...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
Postsec. | Postsecondary Education Prepaid Tuition Trust Fund
H.B. 184
Amends provisions of the Commonwealth Postsecondary Education Prepaid Tuition Trust Fund. http://lrc.ky.gov/RECORD/05RS/HB184.htm...
| More... |
Postsecondary Finance |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
Postsec. | Higher Education Student Loan Corporation
H.B. 161
Increases the bonding authority of the Higher Education Student Loan Corporation from one billion, 950 million to five billion dollars. http...
| More... |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Open Meetings and Open Records Information
H.B. 77
Requires the attorney general to distribute Open Meetings and Open Records Act information to local government officials, superintendents of...
| More... |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
Postsec. | University of Kentucky Board of Trustees
S.B. 124
Relates to the Board of Trustees of the University of Kentucky; permits one of the ten members of the University of Kentucky Board of Truste...
| More... |
Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Kentucky Community and Technical College System
H.B. 239
Clarifies definition of "Kentucky Community and Technical College System" to mean the system composed of public community and technical coll...
| More... |
Scheduling/School Calendar |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
P-12 | Elections
S.B. 7
Includes the day of primary elections as a day in which schools are closed. http://lrc.ky.gov/RECORD/05RS/SB7.htm...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
P-12 | School Facility Construction Commission (SFCC) Review
H.B. 267 (Facility Component)
Directs the Office of Education Accountability to conduct a review of the SFCC's ability to provide local school districts with necessary de...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
P-12 | School Bus Transportation
H.B. 133
Establishes a new school bus endorsement for commercial driver's licenses; sets forth qualifications; exempts current license holders with s...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
P-12 | Toll Roads
S.B. 115
Relates to toll roads; makes school district vehicles being operated in an official capacity eligible for a nonpaying toll-road identificati...
| More... |
Special Populations--Gifted and Talented |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
P-12 | Governor's Scholar Program
S.B. 134
Authorizes Governor's Scholars Program, Inc. to manage and operate the Governor's Scholars Program and hire, fire, and manage personnel, inc...
| More... |
Technology--Devices/Software/Hardware |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
P-12 | Data Research Initiative
H.B. 267 (Data Research Initiative Provision)
Creates the Kentucky data research initiative, a partnership between elementary and secondary schools and postsecondary education research i...
| More... |
P-3 |
Emergency Rule Adoption 07/2004 |
P-12 | Early Intervention Program Primary Service Coordination
911 KAR 2:140
Sets forth the provisions of Primary Service coordination as it relates to First Steps, KY's Early Intervention Program. http://www.chs.ky.g...
| More... |
P-3 |
Emergency Rule Adoption 06/2004 |
P-12 | Early Intervention Program Assessment and Service Plann
911 KAR 2:130
Establishes the provisions of assessment and the Individualized Family Service Plans used in First Steps, KY's Early Intervention Program. h...
| More... |
P-3 |
Emergency Rule Adoption 06/2004 |
P-12 | Early Intervention Program Personnel Qualifications
911 KAR 2:150
Sets forth the provisions of personnel qualifications as they relate to First Steps, KY's Early Intervention Program. http://www.chs.ky.gov/...
| More... |
P-3 |
Emergency Rule Adoption 06/2004 |
P-12 | Early Intervention Program Point of Entry
911 KAR 2:110
Sets forth the point of entry provisions pertaining to First Steps, KY's Early Intervention Program. http://www.chs.ky.gov/publichealth/firs...
| More... |
P-3 |
Emergency Rule Adoption 06/2004 |
P-12 | Early Intervention Program Evaluation and Eligibility
911 KAR 2:120
Establishes the evaluation and eligibility requirements for First Steps, KY's Early Intervention Program. http://www.chs.ky.gov/publichealth...
| More... |
Accountability |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
P-12 | School Accountability
H.B. 176
Amends KRS 158.6455 to require that a student be enrolled in a specific school for at least 100 days prior to the beginning of the statewide...
| More... |
Assessment |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
P-12 | Study of Commonwealth Accountability Testing System (CATS)
S.J.R. 156
Direct the Office of Education Accountability to conduct a study of the Commonwealth Accountability Testing System and to provide Education ...
| More... |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
P-12 | Student Dropouts
H.B. 178
Amends KRS 158.145 to require that all students who drop out of school be counted in the annual state dropout index. Amends KRS 158.6455 to...
| More... |
Attendance |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
P-12 | Excused Absences from School
S.B. 80
Requires a school principal to give a student an excused absence of up to ten days to pursue an educational enhancement opportunity of signi...
| More... |
Attendance |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
P-12 | Children With Disabilities
H.B. 10
Provides that an exemption from compulsory attendance student may be granted to 1) a child certified by specified professionals to have a ch...
| More... |
Civic Education |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
P-12 | Civic Education Program
S.J.R. 80
Urges the establishment of a committee to evaluate existing school civic literacy programs, determine a strategy for enhancing long-term civ...
| More... |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
P-12 | Official Kentucky Military School
S.J.R. 83
Designates Millersburg Military Institute as the official Kentucky military school. http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/RECORD/04RS/SJ83/bill.doc...
| More... |
Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
P-12 | School Finance
H.B. 163
Amends KRS 160.615 to require payments and returns to be submitted to the Revenue Cabinet rather than the school districts.
Creates new sec...
| More... |
Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
P-12 | Local Taxation
H.B. 458
Amend KRS 67.750 to revise the definitions of "employee," "gross receipts," and "internal revenue code"; define "sales revenue" and add scho...
| More... |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
P-12 | School Board Elections
H.B. 398
Provides that unless a number of candidates equal to or greater than the number of positions to be filled file petitions for nomination for ...
| More... |
Leadership |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
P-12 | Education Professional Standards Board
H.B. 152
Updates language relating to a superintendent's certificate and the role of the Education Professional Standards Board; clarifies timelines,...
| More... |
No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
P-12 | School Councils
S.B. 111
Requires a scholastic audit team, when auditing a school that for two successive accountability cycles has failed to meet its goal, to inclu...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
Postsec. | Tuition Fees
H.B. 460
Allows a tuition waiver to any student under the age of 23 who is a dependent of a veteran and is enrolled in a state-supported university, ...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Undocumented Immigrants |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
Postsec. | Tuition for Postsecondary Education
S.B. 200
Amend KRS 164.020 to require the Council on Postsecondary Education in defining in-state residency to include a student who met the residenc...
| More... |
Scheduling/School Calendar |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
P-12 | Completion of Contract/Accrual of Service Credit During Emergency Days
S.B. 28
Requires school districts that missed school days due to emergencies, including weather-related emergencies, to consider certified and class...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
P-12 | Traffic Offense Fines Doubled in School Zone
S.B. 85
Amend KRS 189.394, regarding fines for speeding, to double fines for speeding in a school zone where the speed limit has been lowered and fl...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
P-12 | Notification of Principals
S.B. 52
Eliminates the requirement that the principal of a public school be notified when a child is found guilty of an offense that classifies the ...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
P-12 | Sick Leave for School Employees
H.B. 309
Requires local school boards to award a minimum ten days sick leave during the school year to all full time employees; includes full time em...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
P-12 | School Bus Standards
S.B. 124
Amends KRS 156.153 to require that school bus standards and specifications be set by the Kentucky Department of Education rather than by the...
| More... |
Special Education |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
P-12 | Statute of Limitations on IDEA Violation Administrative Hearings
S.B. 115
Requires that a request for an administrative hearing alleging a violation of the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act be com...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Alternative Certification
H.B. 152
Specifies that there are persons who should be recruited to teach in Kentucky's public schools because they have academic majors, strong ver...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
P-12 | Certified Employees Called To Active Military
H.B. 551
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 161 to identify benefits for certified staff called to active duty, permit a board of education to provi...
| More... |
Civic Education |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 | Veterans Day
H.B. 303
Requires all public high schools to observe Veterans Day as established in this section. Requires a class period on Veterans Day or on one o...
| More... |
Curriculum |
Adopted 03/2003 |
P-12 | Advanced Placement
704 KAR 3:510
Establishes rules regarding the criteria a school shall meet in order to designate a course an advanced placement course, including content ...
| More... |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 | Integration of Arts and Foreign Languages into Elementary School Curriculum
S.B. 154
Requires the department to create a program to promote the integration of the arts and foreign languages into the elementary school program....
| More... |
Governance |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 | Kentucky Board of Education Member Requirements
S.B. 152
Clarifies the specific qualifications for members of the State Board of Education regarding age, education, business or political ties, rela...
| More... |
Governance--Site-Based Management |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 | School Council Member Training
S.B. 134
Specifies that experienced school council members, who are already required to complete three clock hours of training in school-based decisi...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 | Primary Care Centers In Schools
H.B. 328
Authorizes a not-for-profit primary care center which is a participant in the State Patient Access and Care System of the Department for Med...
| More... |
Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 | Interlocal Cooperation Agreements
S.B. 133
Includes any county or independent school district in the definition of "public agency" as related to interlocal cooperation agreements. htt...
| More... |
Leadership |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 | Directors of Pupil Personnel in School Districts
H.B. 224
Allows a local superintendent to waive the requirement that a director of pupil personnel in a district devote his or her entire time to the...
| More... |
P-3 Ensuring Quality |
Adopted 03/2003 |
P-12 | Probationary Certificate/Teachers of Children
16 KAR 2:140
Allows that if no certified early childhood education teacher is available, the superintendent may ask that a one-year probationary interdis...
| More... |
P-3 Ensuring Quality |
Adopted 03/2003 |
P-12 | Interdisciplinary Early Childhood Education Teacher Certificate
16 KAR 2:040
Establishes rules regarding the professional certificate for interdisciplinary early childhood education, birth to primary, the teacher stan...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
Postsec. | Reviewing the Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarship Program
H.C.R. 141
In response to concerns about program effectiveness and fairness, directs the Interim Joint Committee on Education to study the five-year-ol...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
Postsec. | Student Financial Assistance
S.B. 130
Relates to the Higher Education Student Loan Corporation, KHESLC; changes the definitions of eligible borrower, institution and lender to in...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
Postsec. | Student Financial Aid
H.B. 40
Deletes references that prohibit the use of student financial aid funds, including Education Excellence Scholarship funds, for students who ...
| More... |
Postsecondary Institutions--For-Profit/Proprietary |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
Postsec. | Proprietary Education Board
S.B. 179
Moves State Board for Proprietary Education to be attached to the Finance and Administration Cabinet, Department for Administration, Divisio...
| More... |
Scheduling/School Calendar |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 | School Make-Up Days
S.B. 132
Allows the state commissioner of education to approve five disaster days for a school district that was closed at least ten days due to disa...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 | Missing Child Information
S.B. 156
Requires the Kentucky Missing Child Information Center to provide the state registrar and the commissioner of education with names of all mi...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 | Safety Education
H.B. 398
Establishes a Safety Education Fund to be administered by the Commission on Fire Protection Personnel Standards and Education to initiate ed...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 | School Buses
S.B. 132
Increases the stopping distance for school buses at railroad crossings to a range of fifteen to fifty feet from the nearest track....
| More... |
Special Education |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
Postsec. | Postsecondary Education Materials for Disabled
S.B. 85
Requires publishers to provide printed and nonprinted postsecondary instructional materials in an electronic format at no cost to a postseco...
| More... |
State Policymaking |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 | Legislative Representatives to the SREB
H.B. 252
Specifies that the Kentucky representatives of the Southern Regional Education Board's Legislative Advisory Council must include three membe...
| More... |
Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 | Eligibility for Emergency Substitute Teaching Certificate
H.B. 252
Creates new section allowing any individual who has a bachelor's degree in any subject area from a regionally or nationally accredited posts...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 | National Board Certification Incentive Trust Fund Payments
H.B. 252
Specifies that the Kentucky Education Professional Standards Board may allocate funds only to districts or teachers for purposes for which o...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
Adopted 03/2003 |
P-12 | Written Examination Prerequisites/Teacher Certification
16 KAR 6:010
Establishes rules regarding the written examination prerequisites for teacher certification, including the required tests, the minimum accep...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Induction Programs and Mentoring |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 | Pilot Teacher Internship Program
S.B. 95
Authorizes the education professional standards board to conduct a two-year internship pilot program for new teachers between July 1, 2003 a...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
Adopted 03/2003 |
P-12 | Employment of KTRS Retiree/Full-Time Position
702 KAR 1:150
Establishes rules regarding the procedures for local school districts to follow to determine whether other qualified applicants are availabl...
| More... |
P-3 |
Emergency Rule Adoption 01/2003 |
P-12 | Kentucky Early Intervention Program Coverage and Payment
911 KAR 2:200E
Establishes emergency rules pertaining to coverage and payment for Kentucky Early Intervention Program services. http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/...
| More... |
P-3 |
Adopted 01/2003 |
P-12 | Coverage/Payment/Kentucky Early Intervention Program
911 KAR 2:200
Establishes rules regarding the provisions relating to early intervention services for which payment shall be made on behalf of eligible rec...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Emergency Rule Adoption 01/2003 |
P-12 | Teachers' National Certification Incentive Trust Fund
16 KAR 1:040E
Establishes emergency rules regarding the eligibility requirements and application procedures for administration of the Teachers' National C...
| More... |
P-3 |
Emergency Rule Adoption 12/2002 |
P-12 | Early Intervention Program Assessment/Service Planning
911 KAR 2:130E
Establishes emergency rules pertaining to early intervention program assessment and service planning. http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/kar/911/002...
| More... |
No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services |
Active 10/2002 |
P-12 | Supplemental Education Services
N/A
Supplemental Education Services RFP; closing date 10/15/02: (http://www.kde.state.ky.us/osis/resources/ssRFP.asp - page expires 10/15/02)...
| More... |
Student Supports--Remediation |
09/2002 |
P-12 | Criteria for Selecting Supplemental Services Providers
N/A
Kentucky's Education Department approved criteria for selecting supplemental-services providers for students
in low-performing schools. Amon...
| More... |
No Child Left Behind |
Active 06/2002 |
P-12 | 2002 Consolidated Plan
N/A
2002 Consolidated Plan (dated 6/10/92): http://www.kde.state.ky.us/osis/resources/armando.asp...
| More... |
Accountability |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 | Teacher Quality Duties of the Office of Education Accountability
S.B. 166
Makes it explicit that the Office of Education Accountability has a responsibility to periodically review personnel policies and practices r...
| More... |
Accountability |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 | Membership and Rules of Education Assessment and Accountability Subcommittee
H.B. 292
Requires the membership of the Education assessment and accountability subcommittee include 4 members from each chamber, including at least ...
| More... |
Assessment |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 | Deadline for Reporting State Assessment Results
H.B. 621
Changes the time frame for reporting state assessment results from September 15 to 150 days following the first day the assessment can be ad...
| More... |
Background Checks |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 | Voluntary Background Checks at Nonpublic Schools
H.B. 595
Permits nonpublic schools that have voluntarily been certified by the Board of Education to conduct national and state criminal background c...
| More... |
Background Checks |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 | School Bus Driver's License Requirements
H.B. 189
Requires all new applicants and persons initially renewing a commercial drivers license (CDL) to undergo a criminal background check; allows...
| More... |
Background Checks |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 | School Bus Driver's Licenses and Training Schools
H.B. 190
Relates to commercial driver licenses and commercial driver training schools; requires all persons applying for a license to operate a CDL d...
| More... |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 | Kentucky Division of Career and Technical Education
S.B. 147
Changes name of Division of Secondary Vocational Education within state department of education to Division of Career and Technical Educatio...
| More... |
Civic Education |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 | Election Officers and Excused Absence for Election Day Served
H.B. 251
Provides that minors who are seventeen years old and who will become eighteen years old on or before the day of the regular election may ser...
| More... |
Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed. |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 | Economic Education
H.J.R. 25
Directs the Department of Education to implement the recommendations of the Interim Joint Committee on Education related to economic educati...
| More... |
Finance--Taxes/Revenues--Alternative Revenues |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 | Proceeds of Coal Sale to Educational Organizations
H.B. 405
Provides that a mining permit is not required of a landowner if coal extraction is related to construction, and the coal or proceeds of a co...
| More... |
Governance--Site-Based Management |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 | Principal Hiring by School Councils
H.B. 55
Allows building principal applicants considered by school-based decision making councils until September 15 to provide evidence that they ar...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 | Vision Screening of Young Children
S.B. 207
Vision screening examinations must be performed and submitted to the public school, public preschool, or Head Start program a child enters b...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 | Education School Nurse Consultant
H.B. 126
Establishes a full-time position of education school nurse consultant within the Department of Education; specifies data collection and repo...
| More... |
High School |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 | Diplomas for Honorably Discharged WWII Veterans
H.B. 45
Directs the local board of education to award high school diplomas to honorably discharged veterans of World War II who were enrolled in, bu...
| More... |
International Benchmarking |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 | International Education Encouraged
S.C.R. 142
Urges the Board of Education to encourage educators, students and education policymakers to participate in international educational exchang...
| More... |
Postsecondary |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
Postsec. | Tuition Assistance for Foster and Adopted Children
H.B. 202
Amends existing law to specify that tuition waiver for foster and adopted children applies to undergraduate programs and may include part-ti...
| More... |
Postsecondary |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
Postsec. | Body Armor for security departments
H.B. 338
Act amends law to include university safety and security departments in list of those to receive proceeds of firearm sales to buy body armor...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarships
H.B. 59
Relates to the Kentucky educational excellence scholarship awards; permits a student who is a Kentucky resident but attends high school out-...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
Postsec. | Kentucky Higher Education Student Loan Corporation
H.B. 131
The act increases the amount of bonds the Kentucky Higher Education Student Loan Corporation may issue from $950,000,000 to $1,950,000.000....
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12,
Postsec. | College Access Program Grants
H.B. 684
Permits students enrolled in an equivalent undergraduate program as defined by the Council on Postsecondary Education to qualify for college...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Denial of Professional Licenses for Student Loan Defaulters
H.B. 296
Relates to student loans; requires for initial issuance and renewal of a professional license that an applicant who has received financial a...
| More... |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
Postsec. | KY Higher Education Assistance Authority and the KY Higher Education Student Loan Corporation
H.B. 505
Amend current law to increase the amount of compensation for board member of the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority to $100/day ...
| More... |
Scheduling/School Calendar |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 | School Closings for Primary Elections
H.B. 529
Permits school closings for primary elections....
| More... |
Scheduling/School Calendar--Extended Day Programs |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 | Waivers for Extended Day/Week/Year Programs
H.B. 626
Authorizes the commissioner of education to approve district requests for grant waivers that would allow the district to use grants for exte...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
Postsec. | Fire Prevention Fund
H.B. 829
Creates the "Michael Minger fire prevention fund" with funds collected from civil fines; uses the funds to educate students and campus perso...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 | Assault of School Employee or Volunteer
S.B. 80
Renders third degree assault any incidence of recklessly, with a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument, or intentionally causing or attempti...
| More... |
Special Education |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 | Textbooks for Visually Impaired Students
S.B. 243
States intent to ensure to the degree feasible that all students with reading accommodations have textbooks and instructional materials in a...
| More... |
Special Populations--Corrections Education |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 | Educational Services for Incarcerated Youth
H.B. 145
Shortens the detention period of a child charged with a public offense; relates to inspection of juvenile detention facilities; relates to t...
| More... |
State Policymaking |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 | Reorganization of Kentucky Department of Education
S.B. 147
Reorganizes the Kentucky Department of Education by reassigning duties, resources, and staff, renaming and realigning organizational units a...
| More... |
Student Achievement |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 | Closing the Achievement Gap
S.B. 168
Requires the Department of Education, by 11/01 of each year, to provide each school council, or the principal if a school council does not e...
| More... |
Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 | Study Group Established for High School Basketball Tournaments
H.B. 593
Establishes a study group composed of educators, private citizens, and two legislators to review the current format and scheduling of the bo...
| More... |
Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 | Nonpublic School Representation on Athletics Oversight Board
S.B. 210
State Board of Education must require an agency or organization designated to manage interscholastic athletics to adopt bylaws establishing ...
| More... |
Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 | Medical Examinations for High School Athletes
S.B. 142
Local boards of education must require an annual medical examination performed by a physician, physician assistant, advanced registered nurs...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 | Provisional Teacher Certification and Kentucky Professional Standards Board
S.B. 192
Permits the Education Professional Standards Board to issue a conditional one-year certificate to a teacher who has completed teacher prepar...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 | Teacher Sick Leave Benefits
H.B. 56
Relates to school employees sick leave benefits to include foster care in the definition of immediate family....
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 | Teacher Compensation
H.B. 402
Relates to teachers; grants a percentage increase in compensation at least equal to the cost-of-living adjustment that is provided state gov...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 | Retirement System Eligibility
H.B. 637
Includes persons whose positions require certification or a four-year postsecondary degree and who provide part-time and substitute services...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 | Teacher Tribunal Membership and Training
S.B. 211
Permits retired teachers and administrators to be appointed to serve on teacher tribunals. Establishes that tribunal members are to be sele...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 | Formation of Future Educators Clubs
H.J.R. 188
Urges local school districts, postsecondary education institutions, the Kentucky Department of Education, and other education entities to pr...
| More... |
Civic Education |
Signed into law 03/2002 |
P-12 | Excused Absence for Participation in Burial Honor Guard Program
H.B. 231
Establishes a burial honor guard program for veteran's funerals; establishes the veterans' service organization burial honor guard trust fun...
| More... |
Finance--Taxes/Revenues--Alternative Revenues |
Signed into law 03/2002 |
P-12 |
H.B. 254
Creates a special Parent-Teacher Association license plate....
| More... |
Governance |
Signed into law 03/2002 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Independent College Representation on State Postsecondary Council
H.B. 191
Includes a representative of the State's independent colleges and universities as a member on the Council on Postsecondary Education; requir...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 03/2002 |
P-12 | Students May Self-Administer Asthma Medication
H.B. 353
Permits public and private school students to self- administered asthma medications when the school receives written authorization from the ...
| More... |
High School |
Signed into law 03/2002 |
P-12 |
H.B. 110
Requires high schools to provide access to campuses and to student directory information for official recruiting representatives of various ...
| More... |
Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
Signed into law 03/2002 |
P-12 | Advanced Placement Courses and the Kentucky Virtual High School
S.B. 74
Relates to college preparatory educational programs; requires the Kentucky Department of Education to develop a core advanced placement curr...
| More... |
Postsecondary |
Signed into law 03/2002 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Tobacco Research and Development Center Established
S.B. 86
Relates to tobacco research; establishes the Tobacco Research and Development Center to be overseen by the Tobacco Research and Development ...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 03/2002 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Kentucky Education Excellence Scholarship Eligibility
H.B. 330
Relates to the Kentucky Education Excellence Scholarship Program; requires enrollment in a Kentucky high school for at least 140 days of the...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 03/2002 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
H.B. 112
Adds definitions regarding college tuition waiver programs for deceased veterans' dependents; authorizes promulgation of administrative regu...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 03/2002 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
H.B. 115
Provides tuition waivers for children of veterans who acquire a disability as a direct result of the veteran's service....
| More... |
Postsecondary Students--Disabled |
Signed into law 03/2002 |
Postsec. | Developmental Disabilities Council Membership
S.B. 131
Replaces the membership of the Council on Postsecondary Education on the Developmental Disabilities Council with a single member of a nongov...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 03/2002 |
P-12 | Uniform Teacher Salary Reduction Notice Periods for School Districts
H.B. 332
Eliminates specific dates for notification of reductions in teacher salaries or responsibilities in order to create uniform notice periods f...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 02/2002 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
H.B. 386
Relates to Kentucky's Postsecondary Education Prepaid Tuition Program; permits the board to develop and maintain a scholarship program for f...
| More... |
Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 02/2002 |
P-12 | Credentials for Classified School Position
H.B. 282
Adds high school certificate of completion as an acceptable credential to meet qualification as a classified school employee. http://www.lrc...
| More... |
Background Checks |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Criminal Records Checks for Volunteers
H.B. 204
Relates to criminal records checks; provides that any criminal records checks for school volunteers are valid for five years unless school b...
| More... |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Study of Advanced Placement Program
S.C.R. 2
Directs a study of the Advanced Placement Program in Kentucky's high schools; directs the co-chairs of the Interim Joint Committee to Educat...
| More... |
Curriculum--Mathematics |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Professional Development for Middle School Math Teachers
H.B. 66
Retains priority for funding to improve middle school mathematics teachers' content knowledge; permits the Department of Education to approv...
| More... |
Scheduling/School Calendar |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | School Calendar Requirements
S.B. 108
Requires that school districts adopt a school calendar designating opening and closing dates and instructional days and permitting the sched...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Suspension of Special Education Students
S.B. 64
Relates to exceptional children and youth; clarifies a change in educational placement occurs if, due to a suspension, an exceptional child ...
| More... |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 03/2001 |
P-12 | Career and Technical Education
H.B. 185
Defines the purposes of career and technical education; relates to school district funding for area centers and departments; requires a repo...
| More... |
Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 03/2001 |
P-12 | School Construction Revenues
H.B. 173
Relates to school facilities construction; provides that "available local revenue" for school building construction shall no longer include ...
| More... |
P-16 or P-20 |
Signed into law 03/2001 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Defines P-16 Councils and Provides Grants
H.B. 17
Relates to education councils; defines "P-16 council" or "council of partners"; specifies that the Council on Postsecondary Education admini...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 03/2001 |
Postsec. | Participation in KY Education Excellence Scholarships by Congressional Page or Foreign Exchange Students
S.B. 71
Relates to the inclusion of students enrolled in a Congressional Page School or in a foreign exchange high school program under the Kentucky...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 03/2001 |
Postsec. | Tuition Waivers for Foster and Adopted Children
H.B. 62
Requires public postsecondary institutions to waive tuition and mandatory fees for a foster or adopted child who is a full-time student to t...
| More... |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Signed into law 03/2001 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Governor Appointments to Board of Regents
H.B. 300
Relates to gubernatorial appointments to university boards of regents; modifies residency requirements for gubernatorial appointees to unive...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--State Prof. Standards Bds. |
Signed into law 03/2001 |
P-12 | Reorganization and responsibilities of Education Professional Standards Board
H.B. 78
Relates to the reorganization of the Education Professional Education Standards Board; authorizes the Board to be one of accrediting authori...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 03/2001 |
P-12 | Participation in Teachers' Retirement
H.B. 88
Relates to reorganization; provides that certain employees of the Workforce Development Cabinet, Department of Adult Education and Literacy,...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Induction Programs and Mentoring |
Signed into law 06/2000 |
P-12 | Teaching Quality
S.B. 77
Requires statewide teacher recruitment plan; requires state department to establish teacher academies in core disciplines; makes funds avail...
| More... |
Accountability |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12 | Oversight
S.B. 280
Requires the Assessment and Accountability Review Subcommittee to advise and monitor the Office of Education Accountability....
| More... |
Adult Basic Education |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Adult Education and Literacy Programs
S.B. 1
Relates to adult education and literacy programs; requires the Department for Adult Education and Literacy to enter into long-term agreement...
| More... |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12 | Dropout Prevention
H.B. 77
Requires the Kentucky Department of Education to establish and implement a comprehensive statewide strategy to provide assistance to local d...
| More... |
Background Checks |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12 | Background Checks for Volunteers
H.B. 136
Requires state criminal records checks of adult volunteers in public schools who have contact with students on a regularly scheduled or cont...
| More... |
Business Involvement |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
Postsec. | Programs/Commissions
H.B. 572
Establishes the Kentucky Innovation Commission to provide ongoing advice, direction and policy recommendations to the governor and general a...
| More... |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12 | Economics Education
H.C.R. 82
Directs the Interim Joint Committee on Education to study the issue of the instruction of the principles of economics and the need for promo...
| More... |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12 | Ten Commandments and Other Historical documents
S.J.R. 57
Requests the Kentucky Board Of Education to encourage teachers and school administrators to post and teach from historic displays of origina...
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Curriculum--Mathematics |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12 | Professional Development Fund
S.B. 77
Creates the Middle School Mathematics Professional Development Fund to provide moneys to teachers of middle school mathematics for tuition r...
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Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12 | Economic Development
H.J.R. 142
Directs the Cabinet for Economic Development, the Department of Education, and the Transportation Cabinet to work together to create a unifi...
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Finance |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12 | Tobacco Settlement
H.B. 583
Provides for the distribution of money received from the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement; establishes the Rural Development Fund, the Ea...
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Finance |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12 | Annual Audits
H.B. 689
Requires the Auditor of Public Accounts to be responsible for an annual audit of the funds in each school district cooperative, school distr...
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Governance--Site-Based Management |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12 | School-Based Decisionmaking
S.B. 76
Deletes the requirement that teacher representatives on school-based decision making councils be Kentucky residents, allows a school distric...
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Health |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12 | Vaccinations
H.B. 564
Requires immunization certificates for hepatitis B for sixth grade school children; provides that the requirement will sunset following the ...
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Leadership |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12 | Finance Officers
H.B. 668
Requires the local school superintendent to appoint a finance officer who shall be responsible financial management for that district; requi...
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Leadership |
Vetoed 04/2000 |
P-12 | Employees
S.B. 287
Permits the spouse of a principal to work in the principal's school if the district contains elementary schools, 1 middle school and 1 high ...
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Leadership |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12 | Superintendent Contracts
H.B. 420
Permits a local board to enter into a contract with a superintendent of schools for a term of no more than 3 years that is extended annually...
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P-3 |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12 | Office of Early Childhood Development
H.B. 240
Relates to reorganization; creates the Office of Early Childhood Development within the Office of the Governor....
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P-3 |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12 | Early Childhood Development Authority
H.B. 706
Establishes the Early Childhood Development Authority in the Office of the Governor to manage expenditures of the early childhood developmen...
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Postsecondary Accountability--Accreditation |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
Postsec. | Defines College
H.B. 44
Relates to the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority; expands the definition of college to include postsecondary educational instit...
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Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Community College Boards
S.B. 259
Adds a staff member to the board of directors for community colleges; requires that the staff member must be classified or mid-management em...
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Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Community College Boards
S.B. 259
Adds a staff member to the board of directors for community colleges; requires that the staff member must be classified or mid-management em...
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School Safety |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12 | Earthquake Emergency Drills
S.B. 229
Relates to the earthquake emergency procedure system in schools; includes preparedness for tornadoes in the procedures; requires a designate...
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Student Supports--Remediation |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Committee to Study the Adequate Preparation of Students
H.C.R. 88
Directs the Education, Assessment, and Accountability Review Subcommittee to study the issues of adequate preparation of students for promot...
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Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12 | Sick Leave Banks
H.B. 373
Permits a district to establish a sick leave bank for school employees in addition to teachers; provides for both teachers and employees to ...
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Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12 | Sick Leave
H.B. 675
Requires school boards that provide a sick-leave program to certified employees to also provide a sick-leave program for noncertified employ...
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Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12 | Retired Teachers May Return to Work
H.B. 519
Relates to teachers' retirement act; defines critical shortage area as a lack of certified teachers in particular subject matters, in grade ...
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Technology |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12 | Governor's Office of Technology
H.B. 842
Creates the Governor's Office of Technology; creates the Kentucky Information Technology Advisory Council; abolishes the Department of Infor...
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Technology--Devices/Software/Hardware |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12 | Kentucky Information Highway
H.B. 901
Relates to entities authorized to utilize the services of the Kentucky Information Highway, to grant access and use, on the same terms as st...
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Textbooks and Open Source |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12 | Textbooks
S.B. 91
Requires the 6 groups for instructional textbooks and programs be arranged by content if possible for all K-12 subject areas; requires the S...
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Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Governor's Council on Vocational Education
H.B. 610
Establishes the Governor's Council on Vocational Education; establishes the Kentucky Job Training Coordinating Council; replaces the Kentuck...
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Civic Education |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Character Education
H.B. 157
Adds core values and qualities of good character to make moral and ethical decisions in life to the capacities students shall be allowed and...
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Civic Education |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Flag Etiquette/Instruction
H.B. 506
Relates to requiring instruction in flag etiquette in schools; requires the Kentucky Board Of Education to develop a program of instruction ...
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Curriculum |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 |
H.B. 254
Relates to geography education; establishes the Kentucky Geographic Education Board and the Kentucky Geography Education Trust Fund; permits...
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Finance--District |
*****To GOVERNOR 03/2000 |
P-12 | Finance Officer
H.B. 668
Requires the local school superintendent to appoint a finance officer who shall be responsible financial management for that district; requi...
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Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Construction
H.B. 249
Relates to procurement; increases the cost of construction projects and purchases for which state agencies, institutions of higher education...
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Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Waivers
H.B. 884
Authorizes the Kentucky Board of Education, at the request of a local school district superintendent, to waive reporting and paperwork requi...
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Governance--Site-Based Management |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | School Councils
S.B. 265
Requires that a parent member on a school council not be an employee or a relative of an employee of the school in which the parent serves; ...
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P-16 or P-20 |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Early Feedback in Mathematics
H.B. 178
Establishes the Kentucky Early Mathematics Testing Program, located at a public university, to provide information to high school sophomores...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
Postsec. | Prepaid Tuition Trust Fund
H.B. 180
Creates the Commonwealth Postsecondary Education Prepaid Tuition Trust Fund to be governed by a board of directors and administered by a div...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Kentucky Education Savings Plan Trust
H.B. 462
Relates to Education Finance; deletes endowment trust held by the Kentucky Educational Savings Plan Trust; deletes definition of endowment t...
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Postsecondary Students--Disabled |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
Postsec. | Safe Facilities for Students with Disabilities
H.B. 321
Requires that each postsecondary education institution with residence facilities have housing and security policies that assure disabled stu...
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Religion |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Ten Commandments
H.B. 662
Requires a liability insurer to pay according to the terms of the policy an insured who is sued for posting the Ten Commandments in a public...
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Scheduling/School Calendar |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
H.B. 347
Requires schools to be closed on the third Monday of January in observance of the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.; permits districts to ...
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School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Safe Transportation Systems
H.J.R. 101
Directs the Department of Education to promote strategies to assist school districts in providing a safe transportation system; directs the ...
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School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Libraries
H.B. 324
Requires each public elementary and secondary school to establish and maintain a school library media center that is staffed by a certified ...
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Service-Learning |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Community Volunteerism
S.B. 233
Transfers the Kentucky Commission on Community Volunteerism and Service from the Council on Postsecondary Education to the Office of the Sec...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Alternative Certification for Veterans
H.B. 76
Creates an alternative teaching certification at K-12 and vocational institutions for veterans with at least 6 years on active duty, dischar...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Reciprocity
H.B. 290
Relates to certified professional counselors; includes licensed professional counseling boards; allows for reciprocity of certification with...
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Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Forfeiture of Retirement
H.B. 737
Provides that for persons fired after 8/1/2000, who participate in State Employees Retirement System, County Employees Retirement System, St...
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Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Pay-for-Performance |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Teacher Quality
H.B. 25
Establishes the intent of the General Assembly to reach a goal that there be at least one national board certified teacher in every public s...
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Teaching Quality--Professional Development |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Tuition-Free Courses for Teachers
S.B. 240
Permits teachers and employees in the state and locally operated secondary area technology centers to earn up to six college credits per ter...
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Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Signed into law 02/2000 |
P-12 | Department of Education Reorganization
H.B. 79
Reorganizes departments within the Department of Education....
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Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Signed into law 02/2000 |
Postsec. | Reorganization
H.B. 91
Reorganizesthe Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority into 6 separate divisions including: Student and Administrative Services,Infor...
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School Safety |
Signed into law 02/2000 |
P-12 | Paging Devices
H.B. 266
Requires a local board of education to develop a policy regarding the possession and use of personal telecommunications devices by a student...
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Special Education |
Signed into law 02/2000 |
P-12 | Early Childhood Special Education
H.B. 51
Relates to the Federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; provides that rights for infants, toddlers, and parents served by the St...
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