2019 REGULAR SESSION |
EDUCATION |
TRACKING SHEET |
UPDATED WITH MARCH 12, 2019 ACTIONS (You can access a summary & text of the bill by clicking on the Bill Number) |
Bill Number | Bill Sponsor | Summary | Last Action |
SENATE BILLS | |||
M. Wise | Omnibus legislation relating to various aspects of school safety | 03/11/19 - signed by Governor | |
J. Schickel | Omnibus changes to SBDM councils including limiting teacher reps and addressing principal hiring | 02/06/19 - to Education (H) | |
S. West | Teacher tribunal reform | 03/07/19 - delivered to Governor | |
S. West | Require a stop-loss provision of 1% in the performance funding models for fiscal years 2020-2021 through 2022-2023. | 01/10/19 - to Education (S) | |
J. Schickel | Exempt from sales tax admissions by nonprofit educational, charitable, or religious institutions and the fundraising activities done by nonprofit institutions | 01/10/19 - to Appropriations & Revenue (S) | |
J. Schickel | Require vacancies on any local board of education be filled by appointment by majority vote of those remaining members of the local board | 01/10/19 - to Education (S) | |
J. Higdon | Regulates virtual high school completion programs | 03/04/19 - to Education (H) | |
M. Wilson | Establish the Work Ready Kentucky Scholarship; require the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority to administer the scholarship; define eligibility requirements for the scholarship | 03/06/19 - posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 7, 2019 | |
M. Wise | Confirming KDE reorganization | 03/07/19 - to Education (H) | |
W. Schroder | Require public postsecondary institutions to adopt policies ensuring the protection of freedom of speech and expression by students and faculty | 02/07/19 - to Education (S) | |
R. Alvarado | Scholarship tax credits | 02/08/19 - to Appropriations & Revenue (S) | |
M. Wise | Confirm Executive Order 2018-598 and Executive Order 2018-883, which reorganize various offices in the Department of Education | 02/25/19 - to Education (H) | |
E. Harris | Establish a $1000 voluntary relocation credit for teachers moving from a targeted school from an untargeted school | 02/11/19 - to Appropriations & Revenue (S) | |
D. Carroll | Define and regulate Kentucky State Police school resource officers | 03/12/19 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title) | |
M. Wise | Shell bill relating to education | 02/14/19 - to Education (S) | |
M. Wise | Shell bill relating to education | 02/14/19 - to Education (S) | |
D. Givens | Revisions to school accountability system | 03/12/19 - floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute | |
M. Wise | Shell bill related to education | 02/14/19 - to Education (S) | |
A. Kerr | Permit institutions of higher education to keep the proceeds from the sale of major items of equipment or real property. | 02/15/19 - to Appropriations & Revenue (S) | |
D. Givens | Reorganize the Strategic Committee on Postsecondary Education and rename it the Strategic Committee on Higher Education | 03/12/19 - posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 13, 2019 | |
J. Adams | JCPS reforms from principal hiring to review of small purchases | 03/12/19 - passed 54-42 | |
J. Adams | Clarify an exceptional student attending the Gatton or Craft Academy shall have an individual education plan | 02/19/19 - to Education (S) | |
SENATE RESOLUTIONS | |||
SCr100 | J. Higdon | Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish a task force to study the Kentucky Community and Technical College System; identify areas to be studied and task force membership; and require findings and recommendations to be reported by December 1, 2019. | 02/15/19 - to Education (S) |
SR134 | M. Wilson | Honor the centennial celebration of Junior Achievement. | 02/26/19 - adopted by voice vote |
sr134 | M. Wilson | Honor the centennial celebration of Junior Achievement. | 02/26/19 - adopted by voice vote |
HOUSE BILLS | |||
J. Carney | Omnibus legislation relating to various aspects of school safety | 01/11/19 - to Education (H) | |
J. Carney | Require local boards of education to develop policy on identification of kindergarten through third grade students with dyslexia | 01/10/19 - to Education (H) | |
M. Marzian | Repeal public charter schools. | 01/10/19 - to Education (H) | |
A. Scott | Repeal public charter schools. | 01/10/19 - to Education (H) | |
R. Huff | Allow family resource and youth services centers to take cash donations | 03/12/19 - passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day | |
M. Hart | Require a local board vacancy be filled by a vote of the local board of education and not the State Commissioner | 03/07/19 - delivered to Governor | |
K. Moser | Allow KEES funds to be used for qualified workforce training programs | 03/12/19 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar | |
R. Rothenburger | Relating to tuition benefits for first responders | 03/07/19 - to Appropriations & Revenue (S) | |
D. Elliott | Increase school board per diem | 01/10/19 - to Local Government (H) | |
T. Moore | Change participating institution definition for KEES scholarship. | 01/10/19 - to Education (H) | |
J. Raymond | Remove half-day allowance for kindergarten | 01/10/19 - to Education (H) | |
J. Raymond | Require school districts to provide full-day preschool; require all four year olds residing in the school district be eligible. | 01/10/19 - to Education (H) | |
J. Tipton | Prohibit an occupational licensing authority from suspending or revoking a license it issued because the licensee is in default or delinquent on a student loan or work-conditional scholarship | 03/11/19 - signed by Governor | |
K. Bratcher | KCEWS and EPSB Reorganization | 03/12/19 - passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day | |
D. Meade | Omnibus changes to child welfare system including background checks for child care facilities | 03/07/19 - delivered to Governor | |
W. Thomas | Establish the Kentucky Community and Technical College endowment match fund and transfer $3 million annually to the fund | 02/05/19 - to Appropriations & Revenue (H) | |
R. Huff | Require local boards of education to provide an annual salary supplement to qualified speech-language pathologists or audiologists | 03/07/19 - to Education (S) | |
J. Donohue | Amend statutes related to state management of a local school district | 02/06/19 - to Education (H) | |
K. Bratcher | Include not for profits schools in proprietary school definition | 03/12/19 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar | |
S. Riley | Prohibit a person employed by a school district from using corporal physical discipline | 02/15/19 - posted in committee | |
J. Carney | Scholarship tax credits | 03/04/19 - returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H) | |
J. DuPlessis | Authorize a capital project even though it is not specifically listed in a budget branch bill if the project is funded solely by non-general fund appropriations | 02/06/19 - to Education (H) | |
J. Carney | Prohibit KDE Commissioner from approving school plans that do not allow for certain provisions of water in public school buildings. | 02/28/19 - to Education (S) | |
B. Reed | Increase the allowed per diem for members of local boards of education | 03/07/19 - delivered to Governor | |
R. Webber | Education and Workforce Development Cabinet reorganization | 03/12/19 - floor amendment (1) filed | |
B. Rowland | Extends the closing of the Commonwealth postsecondary education prepaid tuition trust fund to 2030 | 03/11/19 - signed by Governor | |
C. Massey | Require schools to offer the ASVAB test annually to students in grades 10 through 12 and to counsel based on results, allow for absences to meet with a recruiter | 03/07/19 - to Education (S) | |
S. Maddox | Require public postsecondary institutions to adopt policies ensuring the protection of freedom of speech and expression by students and faculty | 03/12/19 - returned to State & Local Government (S) | |
J. Tipton | Omnibus early literacy and numeracy education bill | 03/04/19 - to Education (S) | |
J. Nemes | Makes amendments to procedures for state takeover of a local school district | 02/12/19 - to Education (H) | |
R. Huff | Establish the Asset Resolution Corporation to serve and support schools or students concerning student finances, postsecondary education, and workforce development. | 03/04/19 - returned to Education (H) | |
J. Nemes | Allow parents or guardians to choose that their student not participate in statewide student assessments | 02/13/19 - to Education (H) | |
S. Rudy | Kindergartners cannot be found truant | 03/04/19 - to Education (S) | |
P. Pratt | Define and establish licensure for apprenticeships | 02/15/19 - to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H) | |
M. Hart | Require schools to offer all students instruction in the visual and performing arts | 02/15/19 - to Education (H) | |
R. Webber | Create the earn and learn tax credit in an amount up to 25% of the costs incurred by an approved company for tuition or other educational expenses paid on behalf of a qualified employee | 02/19/19 - to Appropriations & Revenue (H) | |
C. Booker | Require greater minority representation on superintendent screening committees in a high minority population school district | 02/19/19 - to Education (H) | |
C. Stevenson | Require that teachers are provided a minimum of 60 minutes per day for nonteaching activities and 120 minutes per week be used for self-directed activities | 02/20/19 - to Education (H) | |
C. Massey | Allow the Department of Education to continue to distribute state supplemental funds for a locally operated technology center to a district when the district enters a collaborative project agreement and moves the center as part of the agreement; | 03/12/19 - floor amendment (1) filed | |
S. Rudy | Require school district mergers in certain circumstances | 02/21/19 - to Local Government (H) | |
C. Massey | Teacher tribunal reform | 03/05/19 - floor amendment (2) filed | |
J. Carney | Direct Eastern Kentucky University to establish and operate the Commonwealth`s Educational Laboratory School | 02/21/19 - to Appropriations & Revenue (H) | |
S. Lewis | Reforms to the Teachers` Retirement System. | 02/21/19 - to State Government (H) | |
D. Meade | CPE reorganization | 03/01/19 - posted in committee | |
HOUSE RESOLUTIONS | |||
HCr178 | C. Massey | Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Kentucky Career and Technical Education Task Force to study career and technical education; require findings and recommendations to be reported by December 1, 2019. | 03/07/19 - to Education (H) |