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KEA Tracked Bills
Body	Bill	KEA Position	Status	Date Entered

HJR	53	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2005
Direct the Kentucky Department of Education and Kentucky Board of Education to study the feasibility of adjusting the... more

SB	71	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2005
Amend KRS 159.030 relating to exemptions from the requirement of public school attendance, to include a boarding school... more

HB	182	Track	Status: Recommitted to House A&R Committee	2006
Requires all public physical fitness facilities, including schools, to have operable automatic external defibrillators.... more

HB	297	Track	Status: House Health and Welfare Committee	2006
Requires narcotic treatment programs to be located at least one half mile from any public or private licensed child-care... more

HB	463	Track	Status: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2006
Require that SEEK funding be provided for limited English proficient students and limit the funding for individual stude... more

HB	475	Track	Status: Signed into law	2006
Requires a local school district to provide information on meningitis disease and its vaccine to parents.... more

HB	479	Track	Status: Signed into law	2006
Permits an assistant to the director of pupil personnel to perform the required duties of the director of pupil personne... more

SB	84	Track	Status: House Transportation Committee	2005
AN ACT relating to transportation.... more

HB	25	Track	Status: House State Government Committee	2005
AN ACT relating to health insurance.... more

SB	68	Track	Status: Signed into law	2008
Adopt an agreement among the states to remove barriers to educational success imposed on children of military families b... more

HB	22	Track	Status: Senate Education Committee	2008
Change the definitions for the KEES Program; double KEES awards, based on grade point average and ACT scores, establish... more

HB	94	Track	Status: House Banking and Insurance Committee	2008
Define "dependent" for purposes of health care plan; extend coverage to dependants until age 30.... more

SJR	125	Track	Status: Posted for Passage	2007
Direct the secretary of the Education Cabinet and the commissioner of education to appoint a working group to develop a... more

HB	512	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2007
AN ACT relating to parent education. Create a new section of KRS 156 to require the Kentucky Board of Education to devel... more

HB	311	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2007
AN ACT relating to a teacher institute regarding financial literacy and economic education. Create a new section of KRS... more

HB	309	Track	Status: House Judiciary Committee	2007
A bill to permit a local board of education and law enforcement officials to enter into an agreement to authorize police... more

HB	279	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2007
AN ACT relating to compulsory school attendance. Amend KRS 159.010 to provide that effective July 1, 2008, compulsory sc... more

HB	285	Track	Status: Signed into law	2007
AN ACT relating to nonresident student contracts. Amend KRS 157.350 to specify what factors shall be considered by the... more

SB	55	Track	Status: Senate State and Local Government Committee	2006
Limit legislation in odd year sessions to revenue and appropriations bills and other subjects proposed by the Governor a... more

SB	77	Track	Status: Senate Education Committee	2006
Changes eligibility dates for athletes.... more

HB	261	Track	Status: Senate Education Committee	2006
Deletes the provision that districts may adopt a payment formula which assures that no public school funds are used for... more

HB	325	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2006
Changes compulsory school attendance from the ages of 6 and 17, starting July 1, 2008, and 18 without custodial permissi... more

SB	62	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2007
Amend KRS 158.762 to require KDE to provide training each year equivalent to that provided to highly skilled educators t... more

HB	452	Track	Status: Senate Transportation Committee	2006
Operators of all vehicles and school buses must activate their hazard lights within 200 feet of a railroad crossing.... more

HB	432	Track	Status: Senate Rules Committee	2008
Provide an annual salary supplement for speech-language pathologists and audiologists employed by a local board of educa... more

HB	470	Track	Status: Signed into law	2008
KTRS omnibus bill, containing various provisions to clarify existing rules, i.e.; exclude awards program from definition... more

HB	411	Track	Status: Recommitted to House A&R Committee	2006
(Same as SB 100) Plan for collecting revenue for districts who have experienced growth in student population.... more

SB	105	Track	Status: Signed into law	2006
Rename the Education, Arts, and Humanities Cabinet as the Education Cabinet; create new offices in the Education Cabinet... more

HB	173	Track	Status: House Judiciary Committee	2006
Require a sex offender who is required to register to also register with the sheriff in the county of residence, and pay... more

SB	35	Track	Status: Signed into law	2006
Allow a five-year-old to skip kindergarten and be classified as other than a kindergarten student if she or he has acqui... more

SB	30	Track	Status: Posted for Passage	2006
Require the Personnel Cabinet to offer TRICARE supplement insurance to eligible military retirees in the state health in... more

HB	33	Track	Status: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2006
Provide a credit to fuel dealers for tax paid on fuels delivered to a Kentucky school system.... more

HB	139	Track	Status: Recommitted to House A&R Committee	2006
Establish a permitting process for the installation and the repair of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems... more

HB	149	Track	Status: Withdrawn	2006
Require notice of appeal rights if disability retirement is reduced or discontinued; provide the option of holding the h... more

HB	186	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2006
Require one credit of Kentucky history and geography for graduation.... more

HB	201	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2006
Prohibit prosecution for unlawful possession of a weapon on school properties unless the school district meets specified... more

HJR	14	Track	Status: Signed into law	2006
Require the executive director of the Education Professional Standards Board, the Commissioner of Education, and the Pre... more

HCR	25	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2006
Direct the Legislative Research Commission to designate legislative staff to study the costs associated with educating e... more

HB	207	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2006
Require a school to complete 160 instructional days before administering the statewide assessment.... more

HB	216	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2006
Release a board of education from the requirement of providing educational services in an appropriate alternative enviro... more

HB	328	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2006
Delete alternative school requirement that districts must have before revoking a student license.... more

HB	104	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2006
Allow a five-year-old to skip kindergarten and be classified as other than a kindergarten student if she or he has acqui... more

HB	277	Track	Status: Signed into law	2006
Historical artifacts, monuments, symbols, and texts included to but not limited to religious materials may be displayed... more

HB	321	Track	Status: Signed into law	2008
Clarify procedures and content of administrative regulations, use of surplus funds, and reporting requirements for the P... more

HB	230	Track	Status: Governor's Office	2007
AN ACT relating to the operation of school buses. Create a new section of KRS 281A to define the term "cellular teleph... more

HB	221	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2007
AN ACT relating to compulsory school attendance. Amend KRS 159.010 to provide that, beginning with the 2007-2008 school... more

SB	89	Track	Status: House Labor & Industry Committee	2007
A bill establishing new licensing classifications and requirements for speech-language pathologists and speech-language... more

HB	109	Track	Status: Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2007
Create a new section of KRS Ch. 205 to require the Cabinet for Families and Children to apply for a Medicaid waiver to d... more

HCR	19	Track	Status: Senate State and Local Government Committee	2007
Concurrent resolution directing the LRC to designate staff to study the reasons for the increase in the cost of textbook... more

HJR	11	Track	Status: Senate Education Committee	2007
Proposes a joint resolution to require the inclusion of the Holocaust in the school curriculum. Requires the Commission... more

HB	288	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2008
Permit a local board of education to grant a leave of absence to a teacher or superintendent for reasons it deems necess... more

HB	220	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2008
Require science-based content and age appropriate and medically accurate standards for human sexuality education, provid... more

HB	530	Track	Status: Senate Education Committee	2008
Create the 21st Century Skill Center at Morehead State University to provide PD to Kentucky school teachers.... more

HB	97	Track	Status: Withdrawn	2007
Amend KRS 156.160 to require thirty (30) minutes of physical activity per day for public school students, to be consider... more

HB	32	Track	Status: Signed into law	2007
Amend KRS 159.051 to include revocation of intermediate licenses and drivers permits of 16 and 17 years old students who... more

SB	49	Track	Status: Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2007
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require local school boards to provide all schools with a school resource off... more

HB	683	Track	Status: Senate State and Local Government Committee	2004
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 11 to provide that the Governor shall not repeal any statute through an executive or... more

HB	714	Track	Status: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2004
Amend KRS 132.020 to exclude new property from the calculation of the state tax rate on real property; amend KRS 157 to... more

HB	461	Track	Status: Senate Education Committee	2008
Specify purpose of FRYSCs, eligibility criteria, and core components required; specify a funded center may remain eligib... more

HB	93	Track	Status: Signed into law	2005
AN ACT relating to improving student achievement, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.... more

HB	90	Track	Status: House Health and Welfare Committee	2005
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 156 and amend KRS 160.340 to require the Department of Education, local school boards... more

SB	7	Track	Status: Governor's Office	2005
Amend KRS 158.070 to include the day of primary elections as a day in which schools are closed.... more

HB	52	Track	Status: House Judiciary Committee	2005
AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.... more

HB	88	Track	Status: Governor's Office	2005
Amend KRS 160.380 to permit a superintendent to require a national criminal history background check for a job applicant... more

HB	133	Track	Status: Signed into law	2005
AN ACT relating to transportation.... more

SB	157	Track	Status: Signed into law	2008
Move the date of notification of nonrenewal of employment of certified school staff from April 30 to May 15; move the da... more

SB	131	Track	Status: Signed into law	2008
Delete the provision prohibiting survivor benefits from KTRS for legally adopted children unless adoption proceedings we... more

SB	14	Track	Status: Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2005
AN ACT relating to the Support Education Excellence in Kentucky program.... more

HB	355	Track	Status: House Health and Welfare Committee	2006
Creates statewide "Ready, Set, Success" to prepare Pre-K children for success in school and life.... more

HB	85	Track	Status: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2005
AN ACT relating to a refundable tax credit for prescription drug costs.... more

HB	169	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2005
Amend KRS 161.675 to require the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System to pay the full premium for retired teachers and t... more

HB	603	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2004
Amend KRS 158.100 to remove obsolete language... more

HB	604	Track	Status: Recommitted to Senate A&R Committee	2004
Amend KRS 158.150, 160.295, and 160.345 to delete the term "head teacher." Amended 3/18... more

HCR	24	Track	Status: Signed into law	2004
Confirm the appointment of Wilson L. Stone to the Education Professional Standards Board. Amended... more

HB	615	Track	Status: Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee	2004
Propose amending Section 109 of the Constitution of Kentucky to prohibit courts from ordering substitution of alternativ... more

SB	241	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2004
Amend KRS 157.007 to require the local superintendents advisory council to meet prior to each Kentucky State Board of Ed... more

HB	610	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2004
Require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administration regulations to establish a voluntary in-state certi... more

SB	237	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2004
Excepts certified employess of KSB and KSD from 18A; amends KRS 163.032 to allow credit on salary schedule for all years... more

SB	238	Track	Status: Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2004
Amend KRS 164.7874 to include a summer session in the definition of "academic term"; define "base GPA award," "KEES awar... more

SB	232	Track	Status: Senate Education Committee	2004
Amend KRS 44.070 to include language that prevents the Board of Claims from investigating, hearing, or adjudicating clai... more

HB	557	Track	Status: House Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee	2004
Amend KRS 118.025 and 118.561 to provide that the presidential preference primary shall be held on the first Tuesday aft... more

HB	538	Track	Status: House Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee	2004
Amend KRS 118.125 to delete joint notification and declaration for slates of candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Gove... more

HB	553	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2004
Repeal KRS 158.782, the highly skilled educator program; amend KRS 45A.690, 157.197, 158.6452, 158.6455, 158.647, 158.64... more

HB	47	Track	Status: House Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee	2004
Propose amendment to Section 226 of the Kentucky Constitution to permit General Assembly to authorize the operation of v... more

HB	45	Track	Status: House Licensing & Occupations Committee	2004
Establish Chapter 230A of Kentucky Revised Statutes to authorize electronic gaming to be supervised by the Kentucky Lot... more

HB	434	Track	Status: Signed into law	2004
Amend KRS 161.220 to continue KTRS membership for former Department of Adult Education employees; exclude accountability... more

HB	435	Track	Status: Signed into law	2004
Amend KRS 95A.262 to allot one million dollars each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2004-2005 from money in the f... more

HB	414	Track	Status: House Transportation Committee	2004
Amend KRS 189.394, regarding fines for speeding, to double fines for speeding in a school zone where the speed limit has... more

HB	356	Track	Status: House Transportation Committee	2004
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 67 to permit a fiscal court to increase by ordinance, traffic fees for each violatio... more

SB	58	Track	Status: Senate State and Local Government Committee	2004
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 45 to require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to establish a process for revie... more

SB	111	Track	Status: Governor's Office	2004
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to require a scholastic audit team, when auditing a school that for two successi... more

HB	330	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2004
Amend KRS 156.360 to delete language concerning the payment formula adopted by local school districts to transport stude... more

SB	183	Track	Status: Senate Education Committee	2007
A bill to permit a local board of education and law enforcement officials to enter into an agreement to authorize police... more

HB	303	Track	Status: Senate Judiciary Committee	2004
Amend KRS 17.495 to prohibit registered sex offenders from being on or about school and day care grounds, with exception... more

SB	100	Track	Status: Senate Concurrence w/ House	2004
Establish new section of KRS 158 to describe the General Assembly's findings and intent regarding reading; amend KRS 15... more

SB	98	Track	Status: Senate State and Local Government Committee	2004
Repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 158.796 as a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to attach the Governor's Scholars Program to... more

HB	290	Track	Status: Signed into law	2004
Amend KRS Chapters 16 and 61 relating to benefits in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System, County Employees Retireme... more

HB	270	Track	Status: Recommitted to House A&R Committee	2004
Amend KRS 157.360 and 157.390 to provide that a local school district not receive less support education excellence in K... more

HB	247	Track	Status: House Judiciary Committee	2004
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require the administrator of each public or private elementary or secondary s... more

SB	85	Track	Status: Signed into law	2004
Amend KRS 189.394, regarding fines for speeding, to double fines for speeding in a school zone where the speed limit has... more

HB	246	Track	Status: Withdrawn	2004
Amend KRS 132.017 to clarify language, remove the requirement that petitions to protest a local tax increase be organize... more

HB	250	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2004
Amend KRS 164.7874 to permit a student to use a Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarship award to attend an accredite... more

SB	80	Track	Status: Signed into law	2004
Amend KRS 159.035 to require a school principal to give a student an excused absence of up to ten days to pursue an educ... more

SB	70	Track	Status: Recommitted to House A&R Committee	2004
Amend KRS 132.017 to clarify language, remove the requirement that petitions to protest a local tax increase be organize... more

HB	224	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2004
Amend KRS 158.150 to permit rather than require a board of education to provide alternative educational opportunities fo... more

HB	194	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2004
Relating to the teachers' professional growth fund. Amend KRS 156.553 to give priority for grants from the 2005-2006 s... more

HB	183	Track	Status: Senate Education Committee	2004
Amend KRS 164.7879 to equalize the KEES amount for students who graduate from high school in three or fewer years with t... more

HB	169	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2004
Relating to the Kentucky Education Excellence Scholarship program. Amend KRS 164.7879 to allow a student to be eligible... more

HB	163	Track	Status: Signed into law	2004
Relating to school finance. Omnibus bill regarding the collection of school tax revenues.Amended... more

HB	152	Track	Status: Signed into law	2004
AN ACT relating to the Education Professional Standards Board. Amend KRS 160.350 to update language relating to a superi... more

HB	81	Track	Status: Senate Education Committee	2004
Relating to school facilities. Require school-based decision making councils to give priority to students with disabilit... more

HB	39	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2004
Relating to compulsory school attendance. Amend KRS 159.030 to provide that effective July 1, 2006 until June 30, 2007 c... more

SJR	24	Track	Status: Senate Education Committee	2007
A joint resolution directing the Commissioner of Education and the President of the Council on Postsecondary Education t... more

HB	38	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2004
Relating to compulsory school attendance. Amend KRS 159.030 to provide that effective July 1, 2006 until June 30,... more

HB	28	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2004
Relating to the Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarship program. Amend KRS 164.7874 to permit a student to use a KEE... more

HB	229	Track	Status: Posted for Passage	2007
AN ACT relating to teacher scholarships. Amend KRS 164.769 to prohibit the amount of a teacher scholarship award from ex... more

SB	110	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2007
AN ACT relating to healthy children. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require all public preschool to eighth g... more

HB	487	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2007
An ACT relating to location of student attendance in the event of a school district dissolution. Amend KRS 159.070 to d... more

HCR	20	Track	Status: Sent to Senate Floor	2003
Direct the Interim Joint Committee on Education to study the issue of energy education during the 2003 interim, and repo... more

HJR	67	Track	Status: House Health and Welfare Committee	2003
Request the Kentucky Department of Education to provide education and training to school personnel regarding the use of... more

HJR	8	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2003
Direct the Department of Education, with the assistance of the Department for Technical Education, to develop strategies... more

HB	233	Track	Status: Senate State and Local Government Committee	2003
Provide that all vacancies in local boards of education are to be filled by appointment of the chief state school office... more

HB	341	Track	Status: Signed into law	2006
Requires Dept. of Education to comply with the schools Interoperability Framework guidelines for technology software app... more

HB	199	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2003
Amend KRS 160.463 to change the means by which public school systems publish annual financial statements.... more

HB	186	Track	Status: House State Government Committee	2003
Amend KRS 61.552 to permit an employee participating in one of the retirement systems administered by the Kentucky Retir... more

HB	269	Track	Status: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2008
Provide that excess funds in the SEEK program be reallocated to school districts on a per pupil basis.... more

HB	85	Track	Status: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2003
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 41 to create a Kentucky health education and improvement fund from the surtax imposed... more

SB	100	Track	Status: Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2006
(Same as HB 411) Provides that a district that has levied the growth nickel under this section for new facilities shall... more

HB	49	Track	Status: Signed into law	2003
Delete chapter definitions for board, department, international baccalaureate, Kentucky Virtual High School, and Kentuck... more

SB	37	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2003
Provide tuition waivers at public universities up to a maximum of six credit hours per semester for principals and assis... more

SB	7	Track	Status: Senate State and Local Government Committee	2003
An omnibus bill to evaluate the establishment of a Kentucky electronic health information system using federal and volun... more

SB	188	Track	Status: House Seniors, Military Affairs and Public Safety	2002
Direct the commissioner of education to award high school diplomas to veterans of World War II.... more

HB	865	Track	Status: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2002
AN ACT relating to revenue and taxation, making an appropriation, and declaring an emergency.... more

HB	864	Track	Status: Posted for Passage	2002
AN ACT relating to revenue and taxation.... more

SB	280	Track	Status: House State Government Committee	2002
Mandate that any county fiscal court not participating in the County Employees Retirement System on July 1, 2002, must p... more

SB	269	Track	Status: Senate Education Committee	2002
Provide classroom teachers additional compensation for serving outside the regular school day as an academic coach for s... more

HCR	172	Track	Status: Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2004
Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish a task force to study pupil transportation funding in local scho... more

HB	398	Track	Status: Governor's Office	2004
Amend KRS 160.190 to provide that no seat on a board of education is to be filled by write-in vote unless another candi... more

HB	448	Track	Status: House State Government Committee	2004
Amend KRS 18A.225 to require a statewide policy of group health care coverage for preferred provider organization (PPO)... more

HB	339	Track	Status: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2004
Amend KRS 132.020 to exclude new property from the calculation of the state tax rate on real property; amend KRS 132.59... more

HB	465	Track	Status: House Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee	2004
Propose to amend Section 170 of the Kentucky Constitution to increase the homestead exemption to one hundred thousand d... more

HB	462	Track	Status: Withdrawn	2004
Amend KRS 527.070, relating to carrying a weapon on school grounds, to limit the present exception for adults with a fir... more

HB	464	Track	Status: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2004
Amend KRS 132.810 to increase the homestead exemption to one hundred thousand dollars, but only if the General Assembl... more

HB	853	Track	Status: House Banking and Insurance Committee	2002
AN ACT relating to health insurance.... more

HB	856	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2002
Permit a Kentucky scholar to apply for an instruction permit at the age of 15.... more

HB	848	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2002
AN ACT relating to school districts with student population growth.... more

HB	834	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2002
AN ACT relating to school athletics.... more

HB	833	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2002
Change the reference to chief state school officer to commissioner of education.... more

HB	822	Track	Status: House Banking and Insurance Committee	2002
Provide that the monthly state employee contribution to dependent plan coverage shall not exceed an amount that is fourt... more

SB	254	Track	Status: Recommitted to House A&R Committee	2002
AN ACT relating to qualifications of substitute teachers.... more

HB	827	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2002
Require that a legislator or former legislator who qualifies under Section 2 of this Act, and who has participated in th... more

HB	757	Track	Status: Senate Banking and Insurance Committee	2002
AN ACT relating to the prohibition of retroactive denial of reimbursement for services covered by a health benefit plan.... more

HB	756	Track	Status: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2002
AN ACT relating to medical savings accounts.... more

SB	243	Track	Status: Signed into law	2002
AN ACT relating to the availability of textbooks and instructional materials in accessible formats for students with dis... more

SB	240	Track	Status: Senate State and Local Government Committee	2002
Provide that a retiree's retirement allowance, or spouse's if the retiree is deceased, shall be increased annually at a... more

HB	747	Track	Status: Senate Education Committee	2002
Clarify that if local school boards and school-based decision making councils adopt policies allowing nonteaching person... more

HB	706	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2002
Require that the dollar value of a cost-of living increase for classified employees be included as an adjustment in the... more

HB	704	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2002
Establish a local matching fund to assist school districts in increasing salaries and wages of classified employees.... more

HB	629	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2002
Require that reductions in force, transfers, and recall of classified employees be based on seniority and qualifications... more

HB	620	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2002
Require annual audits of each school district cooperative, school district consortium, and school district corporation u... more

SB	174	Track	Status: Senate Education Committee	2002
Require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate regulations directing the Kentucky Department of Education to incl... more

HB	593	Track	Status: Signed into law	2002
Prohibit the agency designated to manage interscholastic athletics from scheduling the semifinals and the finals of any... more

HB	591	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2002
Require that if rewards are used as bonuses for staff, the moneys are to be distributed equally among certified and clas... more

SB	167	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2002
AN ACT relating to equity in hiring in the public schools.... more

HB	584	Track	Status: Recommitted to House A&R Committee	2002
provide that retirees from the Kentucky Retirement Systems receive an additional ad hoc retirement allowance increase, o... more

SB	159	Track	Status: Recommitted to House A&R Committee	2002
Establish the General Assembly's intent that the integration of the arts and foreign languages into the school curriculu... more

HB	532	Track	Status: Senate Education Committee	2002
Delete references to head teacher to conform with the current certification classifications by the Education Professiona... more

HB	510	Track	Status: Signed into law	2002
AN ACT relating to cancellation of health insurance policies and contracts.... more

SB	146	Track	Status: Signed into law	2002
AN ACT relating to health insurance.... more

HB	528	Track	Status: Recommitted to House A&R Committee	2002
Permit the executive director of the Education Professional Standards Board to have access to papers, books, and records... more

HB	509	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2002
Require local boards of education to compensate an estate or beneficiary of a member who contributed to the teachers' re... more

SB	137	Track	Status: Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2002
Require that beginning with the 2002-2004 biennium that teachers be granted a cost-of-living increase at least equal to... more

HB	491	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2002
Amend KRS 158.035 to require a certificate of dental examination to be presented upon the enrollment of students in a pu... more

HCR	69	Track	Status: Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2002
Express the General Assembly's intent to provide a long-range plan for improving teacher compensation in Kentucky to len... more

HB	450	Track	Status: House Banking and Insurance Committee	2002
Permit 2 or more employers to form a purchasing cooperative for the purchase of health insurance coverage for employees.... more

SB	38	Track	Status: Signed into law	2002
AN ACT relating to health insurance: Add requirements for accredited independent review entities; other provisions... more

HB	427	Track	Status: Signed into law	2002
Amend KRS 61.552 to allow hazardous employees in the Kentucky Retirement Systems to purchase air time at 15 years rather... more

HB	402	Track	Status: Signed into law	2002
Require that beginning with the 2002-2004 biennium teachers be granted a percentage increase in compensation at least eq... more

HB	391	Track	Status: Governor's Office	2002
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health insurers in the small group and large group ma... more

SB	74	Track	Status: Signed into law	2002
Require the Kentucky Department of Education to develop a core advanced placement curriculum, to expand access to advanc... more

HB	310	Track	Status: Recommitted to House A&R Committee	2002
Adjust the calculation of "average daily attendance" for purposes of the Support Education Excellence in Kentucky fundin... more

HB	292	Track	Status: Signed into law	2002
Require that the membership of the Education Assessment and Accountability Review Subcommittee include 4 members from ea... more

HB	282	Track	Status: Signed into law	2002
Add high school certificate of completion as an acceptable credential to meet qualifications as a classified school empl... more

HB	253	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2002
Delete the requirement that a teacher be retired a specific amount of time before being hired to fill a position designa... more

HB	212	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2002
Require thirty (30) minutes of physical activity to be performed during the instructional day.... more

HB	187	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2002
Permit local school board members to serve if they have relatives employed by the school district prior to their electio... more

HB	139	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2002
Require students enrolled in public schools from grades 3 through 12 to recite a prescribed section of the Declaration o... more

HB	7	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2002
Change the compulsory school age from 6 to 16 years of age to 6 to 18 years of age and remove the provision that a stude... more

SB	86	Track	Status: Signed into law	2008
Specify that the school superintendent shall appoint the principal after consultation with the school council if the vac... more

HB	485	Track	Status: House Rules Committee	2008
Prohibit the amount of a teacher scholarship award from exceeding the total cost of education; identify conditions under... more

HB	536	Track	Status: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2008
Permit an eligible postsecondary education student to use his or her KEES scholarship award at any out-of-state institut... more

HB	206	Track	Status: Posted for Passage	2007
Amend KRS 337.275 to allow employers to pay tipped employees sixty percent (60%) of the federal minimum hourly wage if t... more

HB	523	Track	Status: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2008
Permit an eligible postsecondary education student to use his or her KEES award for one year only in an out-of-state ins... more

HB	252	Track	Status: House Health and Welfare Committee	2006
Prohibit vending machines used for competitive foods or beverages in public schools.... more

SB	220	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2004
Amend KRS 157.360 to require that SEEK funding be provided for limited English proficient students, limit the funding fo... more

SB	144	Track	Status: Senate State and Local Government Committee	2004
Amend KRS 156.500 to require every board, commission, council, or other type of advisory or decision-making body create... more

HB	623	Track	Status: House State Government Committee	2004
Amend KRS 18A.225, relating to the state health insurance group, to define the state contribution toward employee covera... more

HB	436	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2007
AN ACT relating to the starting time of the school day for high schools. Amend KRS 158.060 to require that, beginning wi... more

HB	217	Track	Status: House Health and Welfare Committee	2004
Amend KRS 156.502 to establish guidelines for the development and implementation of an individual care plan for a studen... more

HB	192	Track	Status: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2004
Relating to sales and use taxes. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 139 to define "sales tax holiday"; amend KRS 139.4... more

HB	84	Track	Status: Sent to Senate Floor	2003
Establish the Kentucky Native American Heritage Commission to promote, in partnership with the Education, Arts and Human... more

SB	16	Track	Status: Senate Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations	2003
Exempt interpreters working in the common schools from the licensing requirements.... more

HB	474	Track	Status: Withdrawn	2004
Amend KRS 159.010 to provide that effective July 1, 2006, until June 30, 2007, school attendance shall be compulsory fo... more

SB	151	Track	Status: Sent to House Floor	2004
The Workforce Development Cabinet has been divided and despersed under the Education Cabinet and Finance and Administrat... more

HB	821	Track	Status: Governor's Office	2002
Provide that carriers bidding to offer health care coverage to state employees shall bid on geographic areas of one mill... more

SB	115	Track	Status: Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2008
Require the secretary of the Education Cabinet to convene representatives of postsecondary education representatives to... more

HB	460	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2008
Require a moment of silence or reflection not to exceed two minutes at the commencement of each school day.... more

SB	2	Track	Status: Signed into law	2008
Establish the science and mathematics advancement fund; create a STEM Initiative Task Force; identify participants, esta... more

HB	34	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2008
Require 30 minutes per day, 150 minutes per week, or the equivalent minutes per month of structured moderate to vigorous... more

SB	17	Track	Status: Senate Education Committee	2008
Require all public preschool through eighth grade programs to implement 30 minutes per day or 150 minutes per week of st... more

SB	19	Track	Status: Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2008
Propose a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to allow the General Assembly to permit the operation of casinos,... more

SB	20	Track	Status: Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2008
Authorize gambling at horse racing tracks and casinos; create the Kentucky Gaming Commission; create the Kentucky gaming... more

HB	17	Track	Status: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2008
Specify use of excess SEEK funds; provide for an allocation of funds to hold harmless districts for mandated state salar... more

HB	35	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2008
Designate the last three weeks of the school year as the testing window for the Commonwealth Accountability Testing Syst... more

HB	154	Track	Status: House Health and Welfare Committee	2008
Remove the penalty for making a false child abuse or neglect report; amend the penalties for intentionally failing to re... more

HB	126	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2008
Provide that effective July 1, 2009, compulsory school attendance shall be between the ages of six and 17.... more

HB	174	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2008
Designate that the start date for administering the state assessments be no earlier than the second Monday of May in eac... more

HB	188	Track	Status: Recommitted to Senate A&R Committee	2008
Require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to submit an application for a Medicaid waiver to develop and impleme... more

HB	102	Track	Status: House Banking and Insurance Committee	2008
Require all health insurance plans to provide dependent coverage for an unmarried dependent child to 26 years of age.... more

HB	406	Track	Status: Signed into law	2008
Provide financing and conditions for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the government of the Comm... more

HB	407	Track	Status: Signed into law	2008
Make appropriations for the operations, maintenance, and support of the Legislative Branch of the Commonwealth of Kentuc... more

HJR	81	Track	Status: Signed into law	2008
Provide that the mandates, directives, and initiatives in the 2008-2010 State/Executive Branch Budget memorandum have th... more

HJR	82	Track	Status: Signed into law	2008
Provide that any mandates, directives, and initiatives in the 2008-2010 Legislative Branch Budget Memorandum have the fo... more

HJR	83	Track	Status: Signed into law	2008
Provide that any mandates, directives, and initiatives in the 2008-2010 Judicial Branch Budget Memorandum have the force... more

HJR	98	Track	Status: House Health and Welfare Committee	2008
Direct the Early Childhood Development Authority to conduct various studies related to early childhood programs; report... more

HB	545	Track	Status: House Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee	2008
Require county board of education members, except for counties containing a city of the first class, to be elected by th... more

HB	600	Track	Status: Free Conference Committee	2008
Omnibus bill that makes various changes to retirement eligibility, contributions, interest rates, multipliers and COLA r... more

SB	192	Track	Status: Signed into law	2008
Specify purpose of FRYSCs, eligibility criteria, core components required; specify that a funded center may remain eligi... more

HB	501	Track	Status: Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2008
Enact various amendments to KRS Chapters 16, 61 and 78; amend KRS 61.630 to clarify that a deceased member's estate must... more

HCR	144	Track	Status: Senate Education Committee	2008
Confirm the reappointment of Thomas James Stull to the Education Professional Standards Board for a term expiring Septem... more

HCR	145	Track	Status: Senate Education Committee	2008
Confirm the appointment of Mary S. Hammons to the Education Professional Standards Board for a term expiring September 1... more

HCR	146	Track	Status: Senate Education Committee	2008
Confirm the appointment of Bobbie Sammons Stoess to the Education Professional Standards Board for a term expiring Septe... more

HB	621	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2008
Allow students to be counted present at school when participating in school sponsored regional or state sports competiti... more

HJR	165	Track	Status: Senate Education Committee	2008
Establish a Task Force on Teacher Roles, Responsibilities and Compensation, composed of members of the Interim Joint Com... more

HB	614	Track	Status: Posted for Passage	2008
Repeal and reenact KRS 138.130 and 138.140 re: the current cigarette tax; provide that the legislation shall apply to ta... more

HB	587	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2008
Require a local board of education to schedule graduation ceremonies to occur following the anticipated completion date... more

HB	595	Track	Status: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2008
Freeze resident tuition an incidental fees at the state's public postsecondary education institutions to the 2007-2008 t... more

HCR	160	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2008
Create a Task Force on Student Financial Aid and require that a report be submitted to the Governor and the Legislative... more

SJR	166	Track	Status: Passed by Voice Vote	2008
Direct the KDE to develop, with partners, a cohesive and comprehensive statewide literacy plan that builds instructional... more

HB	669	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2008
Amend KRS 156.132 regarding removal of public school officers to replace obsolete terminology; make gender neutral.... more

HB	670	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2008
Require the commissioner of education to present the status of education as reflected in the biennial report to the Inte... more

HB	686	Track	Status: House Education Committee	2008
Amend KRS 161.620 relative to KTRS retirement allowance calculations by deleting the word "initially" to remove the limi... more

HB	437	Supported	Status: House Labor & Industry Committee	2008
Permit classified school employees to participate in statewide professional meetings with substitutes when needed; defin... more

HB	457	Supported	Status: Posting Waived	2006
Establishes a fine of $200 for the first offense of passing a stopped school bus and a fine of $500 for each subsequent... more

HB	469	Supported	Status: Recommitted to House A&R Committee	2006
Requires employees bringing claims of wrongful dismissal to file within one year of the occurrence.... more

SB	116	Supported	Status: Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2007
AN ACT relating to the Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky and declaring an emergency. A bill establishing a... more

HB	145	Supported	Status: Governor's Office	2007
Amend KRS 159.150 to require accumulation of student attendance records during a school year; transfers to new school re... more

HB	73	Supported	Status: House Health and Welfare Committee	2008
Prohibit caffeine-stoked energy drinks in the schools.... more

HB	326	Supported	Status: Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2007
AN ACT relating to the allocation of excess Support Education Excellence in Kentucky (SEEK) funds, making an appropriati... more

HB	499	Supported	Status: House Labor & Industry Committee	2007
An ACT relating to the minimum wage. Increase the minimum wage to $7 an hour; create a new section of KRS Chapter 141;... more

SB	195	Supported	Status: Senate Education Committee	2007
KRS 158.070 to permit public school employees to participate in statewide professional meetings with substitutes provide... more

HR	45	Supported	Status: Received In House	2007
Urge Congress to repeal the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision.... more

HCR	46	Supported	Status: Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2007
Urge Congress to repeal the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision. (Same as HR 45).... more

HCR	71	Supported	Status: House Banking and Insurance Committee	2007
Require the Legislative Research Commission to conduct a study of a single-payor health insurance system for Kentucky; r... more

HB	318	Supported	Status: Recommitted to House A&R Committee	2007
AN ACT relating to labor-management negotiations. Create new sections of KRS Chapter 336 to create a 3-member, full-ti... more

HB	315	Supported	Status: House Education Committee	2007
AN ACT relating to leaves of absence for teachers. Amend KRS 161.770 to permit a local board of education to grant a... more

HB	267	Supported	Status: House State Government Committee	2007
AN ACT relating to retirement. Amend KRS 61.552 to permit an employee participating in one of the retirement systems adm... more

HB	386	Supported	Status: Senate Education Committee	2008
Permit use of funding for targeted assistance activities and support services to help teachers prepare for national boar... more

HB	362	Supported	Status: Senate State and Local Government Committee	2005
Amend KRS 161.164 to allow local school district employees to take part in the activities of any political campaign for... more

HB	305	Supported	Status: Signed into law	2007
AN ACT relating to increasing the state minimum wage. Amend KRS 337.275 to increase the state minimum hourly wage to $7... more

HB	398	Supported	Status: House Education Committee	2005
AN ACT relating to compensatory time for certified employees. KEA proposed bill.... more

HB	336	Supported	Status: House Education Committee	2008
Establish a teacher advancement fund to provide tuition assistance to the public postsecondary education institutions fo... more

HB	394	Supported	Status: Senate Transportation Committee	2006
Requires Dept. of Highways to install a traffic control signal at the entrance of a school upon request from the superin... more

HB	401	Supported	Status: Senate State and Local Government Committee	2006
Establishes the Public Employees Health Insurance Program which maintains similar premium and benefit structures as the... more

HB	5	Supported	Status: Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2006
Requires eligibility for preschool to be based on the federal poverty guideline and require that full-day kindergarten b... more

HCR	110	Supported	Status: House Education Committee	2007
Urge the United States Congress to amend Title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government Offset and Windfa... more

HR	87	Supported	Status: Posted for Passage	2005
Encourage the Kentucky Congressional Conference Delegation and the Kentucky Workgroup on Civic Literacy and Engagement t... more

SB	15	Supported	Status: Senate Education Committee	2006
Require school districts to adopt policies and procedures to prevent bullying; also require the training of school perso... more

SB	24	Supported	Status: Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2006
Require that the state contribution to the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System not be less than the amount necessary to... more

SB	36	Supported	Status: Senate Education Committee	2006
KEA proposal to contain the school day. Require that teachers be paid their daily rate or given compensatory time... more

HB	7	Supported	Status: House Education Committee	2006
Remove writing portfolios from state assessment and require writing portfolios as an instructional tool for continuous a... more

SB	26	Supported	Status: Senate Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations	2008
Establish new requirements for an interim license to practice as a speech-language pathologist and a speech-language pat... more

SB	56	Supported	Status: Senate Education Committee	2008
Establish the Math and Science Teacher Forgivable Loan Program and various other programs to promote math and science le... more

HB	213	Supported	Status: Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2007
Amend KRS 164.505 to require s state supported university, junior college or vocational institution which collected tuit... more

HB	79	Supported	Status: Signed into law	2006
Permit a local board to pay a school employee called to active military duty.... more

HB	125	Supported	Status: Signed into law	2006
Allow national board certified teachers to retain Rank I status if their certificate lapses.... more

HB	134	Supported	Status: Senate State and Local Government Committee	2006
KEA proposal to restore to school employees the right other citizens enjoy to fully participate in school board e... more

HB	138	Supported	Status: House Concurrence w/ Senate	2006
Establish procedures regarding attendance records and how that information is shared; require school districts to notify... more

HB	203	Supported	Status: Senate Education Committee	2006
KEA proposal that would limit when professional development may take place; require additional compensation for P... more

HB	312	Supported	Status: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2006
Tax credit for teachers repaying school loans.... more

SB	47	Supported	Status: Signed into law	2006
Require all public schools to hold Veterans Day programs.... more

SB	48	Supported	Status: Senate Education Committee	2006
Add skim milk and 2% milk to the school-day approved beverages.... more

SB	51	Supported	Status: Signed into law	2006
KEA proposal to provide that there shall be no loss of income or benefits to a school employee for time lost beca... more

HB	56	Supported	Status: Senate Education Committee	2005
AN ACT relating to recommendations for a healthy Kentucky and declaring an emergency.... more

HB	44	Supported	Status: Senate Judiciary Committee	2006
Require that law enforcement officers request blood and urine tests on all drivers involved in any accident that involve... more

HB	399	Supported	Status: House Labor & Industry Committee	2005
AN ACT relating to collective bargaining in public education. KEA proposed bill.... more

HB	239	Supported	Status: Senate Banking and Insurance Committee	2007
AN ACT relating to large group health benefit plans. Amend KRS 304.17A-846 to direct health insurers to provide certain... more

HB	222	Supported	Status: House Education Committee	2007
AN ACT relating to the school work day. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define the teacher work day; specify... more

HB	2	Supported	Status: Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2007
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky educator award and recognition fund. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to establis... more

HB	429	Supported	Status: House Education Committee	2007
Amend KRS 164.365 to specify that any employee of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System, other than an adm... more

SB	94	Supported	Status: Senate Education Committee	2007
A bill supported by KEA regarding establishment of PD for classified school personnel. Requires PD to occur within the... more

HB	212	Supported	Status: Withdrawn	2005
AN ACT relating to school district reporting requirements.... more

HB	224	Supported	Status: House Judiciary Committee	2005
AN ACT relating to sexual offenders.... more

HB	276	Supported	Status: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2005
AN ACT relating to revenue and taxation.... more

HB	238	Supported	Status: House Education Committee	2005
Amend KRS 161.770 to permit a local board of education to grant a leave of absence to a teacher or superintendent for an... more

HB	37	Supported	Status: House Labor & Industry Committee	2007
Amend KRS 337.375 to increase minimum wage to $6.15 on effective date of the Act, then to $7.00 on 7/1/2008. Increase t... more

SB	87	Supported	Status: Recommitted to Senate A&R Committee	2007
AN ACT relating to a certified school employee with active military service. Amend KRS 161.168 to make retroactive to Ja... more

SB	5	Supported	Status: Senate Economic Development & Labor Committee	2007
Amend KRS 337.275 to raise the state minimum wage to $5.85 on the effective date of the act; then to $6.55 beginning 7/1... more

HB	342	Supported	Status: House Education Committee	2008
Require a child to be five years of age by August 1 to enter a primary school program.... more

SB	46	Supported	Status: Posted for Passage	2007
Amend KRS 164.7881 to permit, beginning with the 2008-2009 academic year, eligible high school students to use a portion... more

SB	9	Supported	Status: Senate State and Local Government Committee	2007
Amend KRS 18A.030 to require the Personnel Cabinet to adopt policies using personal ID numbers other than SSN for state... more

HCR	6	Supported	Status: House Health and Welfare Committee	2007
Proposes a concurrent resolution to urge the US Congress to support a national health policy accessible to all, with emp... more

SB	22	Supported	Status: Governor's Office	2007
Create a new section of KRS Ch. 18A to require the Personnel Cabinet to offer TRICARE supplement insurance to eligible b... more

HB	106	Supported	Status: House Seniors, Military Affairs and Public Safety	2007
Amend KRS 164.507 to waive public higher ed. or vocational school tuition of a child of a deceased veteran who is under... more

HB	128	Supported	Status: Signed into law	2007
Amend KRS 164.507 to waive public higher ed. or vocational tuition of a child of a deceased veteran under the age of 24... more

HB	61	Supported	Status: Recommitted to House Judiciary Committee	2007
Amend KRS 511.600 to include school buildings in the definition of locations where criminal trespass may occur (formerly... more

HB	96	Supported	Status: Withdrawn	2007
Amend KRS 164.769 to create the �Minority Educator Recruitment and Retention Scholarship Program.� Offers scholarships... more

HB	50	Supported	Status: Signed into law	2007
Amend KRS 160.280 to increase the maximum amount of reimbursable expenses for school board members to $3000; remove dist... more

HJR	7	Supported	Status: Senate Education Committee	2007
Proposes a joint resolution directing the Education Cabinet to recognize and celebrate International Education Week duri... more

SB	61	Supported	Status: Senate Education Committee	2005
Amend KRS 158.6453 to remove writing portfolios as a part of the required state assessment program that is established b... more

HB	151	Supported	Status: House Education Committee	2005
AN ACT relating to educational services for expelled students.... more

HB	72	Supported	Status: Signed into law	2005
AN ACT relating to habitual truancy.... more

HB	13	Supported	Status: Senate Judiciary Committee	2005
AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.... more

SB	166	Supported	Status: Recommitted to Senate A&R Committee	2008
Establish scholarships on behalf of survivors of fallen coal miners.... more

SB	113	Supported	Status: Senate Education Committee	2008
Require a child to be five years of age by August 1 to enter a primary school program.... more

HB	83	Supported	Status: House Education Committee	2005
AN ACT relating to school financial statements.... more

SB	119	Supported	Status: Posted for Passage	2005
AN ACT relating to school-based decision making councils. KEA proposed bill.... more

HB	182	Supported	Status: Senate Education Committee	2005
AN ACT relating to school district notifications.... more

HB	183	Supported	Status: Signed into law	2005
AN ACT relating to the Education Professional Standards Board.... more

HB	133	Supported	Status: Senate Education Committee	2006
KEA proposal to provide that there shall be no loss of income or benefits to a teacher or school employee for wor... more

HB	77	Supported	Status: Signed into law	2005
AN ACT relating to the dissemination of public information.... more

HB	236	Supported	Status: House Education Committee	2005
AN ACT relating to reduction in force in public schools.... more

HB	20	Supported	Status: House Education Committee	2005
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky educational excellence scholarship program and declaring an emergency.... more

HB	273	Supported	Status: House Education Committee	2005
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to identify the selling of bottled water as non-competitive with the school brea... more

HB	274	Supported	Status: House Education Committee	2005
AN ACT relating to sick leave for teachers..... more

HB	498	Supported	Status: Senate Education Committee	2006
KEA Proposal to permit public school employees other than teachers to participate in statewide professional meeti... more

HB	652	Supported	Status: House Education Committee	2004
Amend KRS 158.070 to limit when professional development may take place, require a local board to compensate teachers at... more

HB	651	Supported	Status: House Education Committee	2004
Amend KRS 158.070 to require local boards of education to compensate teachers with compensatory time or compensation at... more

HB	540	Supported	Status: Recommitted to House A&R Committee	2004
Amend KRS 158.441 to define "bullying"; amend KRS 158.148 to require the Kentucky Department of Education to develop and... more

HB	554	Supported	Status: House Education Committee	2004
Amend KRS 156.557 to require elections of teachers and administrators on the committee to develop the procedures of eval... more

HB	298	Supported	Status: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2004
Amend KRS 141.020 to change individual income tax rates to levels ranging from 6% on incomes under $30,000 to 9% on inco... more

HB	417	Supported	Status: House Education Committee	2004
Amend KRS 158.070 to require school districts or schools that extend the length of regular school days to make up instr... more

HB	394	Supported	Status: House Education Committee	2004
Amend KRS 161.164 to allow local school district employees to take part in the activities of any political campaign for... more

HB	132	Supported	Status: Senate State and Local Government Committee	2004
Amend KRS 198B.658 to require appropriate education about prevention, detection, and remediation of toxic mold or other... more

HB	392	Supported	Status: House Education Committee	2007
A bill to establish a teacher advancement fund to provide tuition reimbursement for teachers completing a master's degre... more

HB	340	Supported	Status: Recommitted to House A&R Committee	2004
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 18A, relating to the state health insurance group, to require unused funds budgeted... more

HB	293	Supported	Status: House Education Committee	2004
Amend KRS 161.011 to delete "funding and other compelling reasons" as allowable reasons for a local school district supe... more

HB	261	Supported	Status: Senate Veterans, Military Affairs & Public Protection Committee	2004
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define "school day" and "healthy beverage"; prohibit an elementary school fro... more

HB	259	Supported	Status: House State Government Committee	2004
Amend KRS 18A.225, to require the state to provide a dependent coverage contribution to the same option for which the st... more

SB	93	Supported	Status: Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2004
Amend KRS 18A.225, relating to the state medical insurance group, to increase the state contribution in counties with hi... more

SB	71	Supported	Status: House Education Committee	2004
Amend KRS 160.345 to add a classified employee representative as a member of a school-based decision making council; all... more

SB	61	Supported	Status: Senate Transportation Committee	2004
Amend 175.525 to make school district vehicles being operated in an official capacity eligible for a nonpaying toll-road... more

HB	218	Supported	Status: House Health and Welfare Committee	2004
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 158 to make General Assembly findings and declarations relating to obesity; other rel... more

HB	343	Supported	Status: House Judiciary Committee	2008
Prohibit a registered sex offender from committing specified acts concerning school buses and school bus stops while chi... more

HB	1	Supported	Status: Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2006
Raise teacher salaries to the average of the surrounding states.... more

HB	393	Supported	Status: House State Government Committee	2006
Permits employees participating in KRS to purchase service credit for service on a school board.... more

HB	361	Supported	Status: Signed into law	2006
Requires 2 petitioners instead of 20 for a candidate nominating petition for school board election.... more

SB	28	Supported	Status: Signed into law	2004
Relating to education and declaring an emergency. Amend KRS 158.070 to require school districts or schools that extend... more

HB	185	Supported	Status: House Education Committee	2004
Establish a teacher advancement fund to provide for the reimbursement of the cost of tuition for courses leading to a ma... more

HB	195	Supported	Status: House Education Committee	2007
Amend KRS 158.6453 to remove writing portfolios from the statewide CATS assessment program for elementary schools; requi... more

HB	176	Supported	Status: Signed into law	2004
Amend KRS 158.6455 to require that a student be enrolled in a specific school for at least 100 days prior to the beginni... more

HB	511	Supported	Status: Senate Education Committee	2008
Specify that formative and summative evaluations are based on observable behavior and written documentation; require eva... more

HB	107	Supported	Status: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2004
Relating to revenue and taxation, and making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. Create new sections... more

HB	69	Supported	Status: Recommitted to House A&R Committee	2004
Relating to the Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarship program. Amend KRS 164.7877 to direct the General Assembly t... more

HB	36	Supported	Status: Signed into law	2004
Relating to participation of Head Start teachers in the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System. Permit members of the Kent... more

HB	16	Supported	Status: House Education Committee	2004
Relating to the hiring of school personnel. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to establish the procedure by which... more

HB	265	Supported	Status: House Education Committee	2008
Establish the Math and Science Teacher Forgivable Loan Program; establish the Middle School Math and Science Scholars Pr... more

SB	175	Supported	Status: Signed into law	2007
AN ACT relating to large group health benefit plans. Amend KRS 304.17A-846 to direct health insurers to provide certain... more

HB	440	Supported	Status: Senate Education Committee	2007
AN ACT relating to school attendance. Amend KRS 157.320 to change the definition of "average daily attendance" to includ... more

HB	270	Supported	Status: Senate Education Committee	2006
Companion bill SB 15. Bullying - Require school districts to have a prevention plan to address intimidation, harassment,... more

HB	205	Supported	Status: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2003
AN ACT relating to revenue and taxation, and making an appropriation therefor; See bill for specifics.... more

HB	101	Supported	Status: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2008
Provide a sales tax holiday for the first week in August each year to exempt school supplies, school art supplies, and c... more

HB	103	Supported	Status: Recommitted to House A&R Committee	2003
Create a new section of KRS 18A.225 to 18A.229 to require non-participating employers, beginning July 1, 2004, to pay an... more

HB	77	Supported	Status: Senate Veterans, Military Affairs & Public Protection Committee	2003
An ACT relating to children's health. Childhood nutrition bill.... more

HB	55	Supported	Status: House Education Committee	2003
Amend KRS 18A.225 to add a provision that local school district employee excess flexible spending account funds shall no... more

HB	226	Supported	Status: House Education Committee	2008
Create the Academy of Mathematics and Science at Western Kentucky University; require academy students to participate in... more

HB	40	Supported	Status: Signed into law	2003
Delete references that prohibit the use of student financial aid funds for students who plan to major in theology, divin... more

SB	57	Supported	Status: Withdrawn	2003
Add provision to allow a former teacher to apply for disability retirement more than one year after last employment if d... more

HB	801	Supported	Status: Signed into law	2002
AN ACT relating to state government.... more

HJR	160	Supported	Status: Senate Education Committee	2002
Request that the Kentucky Department of Education provide education and training to school personnel regarding the use o... more

HB	549	Supported	Status: Senate State and Local Government Committee	2004
Amend KRS 18A.140 to provide that a certified instructor at a vocational or technical school that is an employee governe... more

HR	174	Supported	Status: Sent to House Floor	2004
Urge the United States Congress to fully fund the federal No Child Left Behind Act.... more

HCR	79	Supported	Status: Posted for Passage	2007
Direct the legislative research commission to conduct a study of the feasibility of establishing a system of universal h... more

HB	869	Supported	Status: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2002
Permit all school districts to levy a tax rate that does not produce 4% more revenue than the compensating tax rate.... more

HB	846	Supported	Status: Governor's Office	2002
AN ACT relating to health insurance for public employees.... more

HB	725	Supported	Status: House Education Committee	2002
AN ACT relating to school attendance.... more

HB	726	Supported	Status: House Education Committee	2002
Provide that all records of school employees where a decision or judgment was rendered in a case before July 15, 1998, r... more

HB	722	Supported	Status: House Education Committee	2002
Add that a teacher may not be involuntarily transferred after being elected to a council.... more

SB	213	Supported	Status: Senate Economic Development & Labor Committee	2002
Specify that any employee of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System, other than an administrative employee,... more

HB	669	Supported	Status: House Education Committee	2002
Require local school districts to provide teachers access to the Kentucky data processing system for maintenance of stud... more

HB	677	Supported	Status: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2002
Impose a tax of 32% of the gross receipts of wholesale sales of smokeless tobacco, cigars, loose tobacco, and pipe tobac... more

HB	594	Supported	Status: House State Government Committee	2002
Define eligible retirees, after June 30, 2003, to include only those retirees whose former employers from which they ret... more

SB	163	Supported	Status: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2002
Permit certified secondary teachers employed by the Department for Technical Education or the Kentucky Community and Tec... more

HB	573	Supported	Status: House Education Committee	2002
Prohibit lengthening the school day or year without a commensurate increase in the salary schedule.... more

HB	529	Supported	Status: Signed into law	2002
Amend KRS 158.070 to permit school closings for primary elections.... more

HB	442	Supported	Status: Recommitted to Senate H&W Committee	2002
Require each local board of education to require an annual medical examination performed by a physician, physician assis... more

HCR	49	Supported	Status: Senate Education Committee	2002
Urge the United States 107th Congress to fully fund the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) in order to... more

SCR	34	Supported	Status: Signed into law	2002
Direct the Interim Joint Committee on Banking and Insurance to study the feasibility of self-funding at least one health... more

HB	410	Supported	Status: House Education Committee	2002
Reduce the time a teacher may terminate his or her contract, without having permission from the superintendent, from 30... more

SB	114	Supported	Status: Senate State and Local Government Committee	2002
Propose an amendment to Sections 36 and 42 of the Kentucky Constitution to repeal annual sessions; submit to voters.... more

SB	104	Supported	Status: Recommitted to Senate Judiciary Committee	2002
Prohibit the Education Professional Standards Board from taking action on any matter reported to it in accordance with s... more

HB	379	Supported	Status: Senate Education Committee	2008
Permit classified school employees participate in statewide professional meetings with substitutes when needed; define "... more

HB	369	Supported	Status: Signed into law	2002
Require the group health insurance plan for state employees to include a mail order drug option; prohibit an insurer par... more

HB	353	Supported	Status: Signed into law	2002
Permit public and private school students to self-administer asthma medications when the school receives written authori... more

HB	332	Supported	Status: Signed into law	2002
Amend KRS 161.760. A bill requiring teachers to be informed of their teaching assignment no later than thirty (30) cale... more

HB	441	Supported	Status: Recommitted to Senate A&R Committee	2008
Remove the prohibition regarding employees of local school districts taking part in the management or activities of any... more

HB	262	Supported	Status: House Concurrence w/ Senate	2008
Increase tax rate on income over $75,000; establish a refundable EITC at 15 percent of the federal credit; decouple from... more

SR	53	Supported	Status: Passed by Voice Vote	2008
Urge the United States Congress to amend Title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government Pension Offset and... more

HB	419	Supported	Status: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2007
Appropriate an additional $25,000,000 for the Teachers' Retirement System Medical Insurance Fund; create the Retirement... more

HB	368	Supported	Status: Senate Education Committee	2008
Establish unpaid leave for public employees to attend parent-teacher conferences if all applicable leave balances have b... more

HB	168	Supported	Status: Recommitted to House A&R Committee	2002
Permit certified secondary teachers employed by the Department for Technical Education or the Kentucky Community and Tec... more

HB	150	Supported	Status: House Education Committee	2002
Allow local school district employees to take part in the management or activities of any political campaign for school... more

HR	71	Supported	Status: Passed by Voice Vote	2008
Recognize and honor Tammy Spratt for being named the Kentucky Elementary Teacher of the Year.... more

SB	45	Supported	Status: Signed into law	2002
To include eligible certified employees of school districts within the definition of qualified persons; amend KRS 198A.0... more

SB	109	Supported	Status: Senate Judiciary Committee	2008
Prohibit registered sex offenders from coming onto the grounds of a high school, middle school, elementary school, presc... more

HB	350	Supported	Status: House Education Committee	2001
Description: Amend KRS 160.380 to change the procedures for notifying the chief state school officer of vacancies in loc... more

HB	345	Supported	Status: House Education Committee	2001
Amend KRS 161.800 to grant preference to teachers with seniority of experience during a reduction in force or rehiring a... more

HB	333	Supported	Status: House Education Committee	2001
Amend KRS 161.780 to decrease from 30 to 14 days the time permitted for resignations by teachers prior to the first stud... more

HB	204	Supported	Status: Signed into law	2001
Amend KRS 161.148 to provide that criminal records checks for school volunteers are valid for a period of five years unl... more

SB	24	Supported	Status: Senate State and Local Government Committee	2001
Propose to amend Section 148 of the Kentucky Constitution to lengthen hours of elections by one hour, and provide that l... more

HB	178	Supported	Status: House Education Committee	2007
Amend KRS 157.395 to provide a salary supplement to a national board certified teacher employed by an education cooperat... more

HB	215	Supported	Status: Recommitted to House A&R Committee	2001
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 161 to limit a teacher's civil liability for damages resulting from acts or omission... more

HB	79	Supported	Status: Recommitted to House Judiciary Committee	2001
Create a new section of KRS 157.310 to 157.440 to provide that 95% of the excess funds that exist after the SEEK base an... more

HB	78	Supported	Status: Signed into law	2001
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 161 and amend various sections of KRS Chapter 161 relating to the reorganization of... more

HB	66	Supported	Status: Signed into law	2001
Amend KRS 156.553 to retain priority for funding to improve middle school mathematics teachers' content knowledge but pe... more

HB	901	Supported	Status: Signed into law	2000
Amended bill authorizes KEA and other non-profit education groups to use KIH services at state agency rates.... more

SB	288	Supported	Status: Signed into law	2000
Establishes a board to make recommendations and provide regular reports regarding the state health insurance plan; other... more

HB	847	Supported	Status:	2000
Would allow school districts to make arrangements with local law enforcement to pick up truants and take to an agreed ho... more

SB	244	Supported	Status: Senate Education Committee	2000
Give one full vote (rather than 1/2 vote)to faculty, non-teaching, and student members of Kentucky Community and Technic... more

SB	230	Supported	Status: Withdrawn	2000
Omnibus changes to workers' compensation statute.... more

HB	739	Supported	Status: Signed into law	2000
Establish a supplemental retirement benefit plan in KTRS when members' salaries exceed limits at time of retirement set... more

HB	602	Supported	Status: Withdrawn	2000
Waive sovereign immunity in claims against the state or "political divisions" where either has self-insurance or liabili... more

HB	680	Supported	Status: Recommitted to House A&R Committee	2000
Requires the state to contribute to dependent coverage for state group members as recommended by The Lewin Group study o... more

HB	589	Supported	Status: House Education Committee	2000
Schools may post a list of principles of ethical behavior.... more

SB	177	Supported	Status: Senate State and Local Government Committee	2000
Employees transferred from state voc/tech centers to local districts may take their accumulated sick, annual and comp le... more

SB	138	Supported	Status: Senate Health and Welfare Committee	2000
Same as HB 305: Relates to provision of certain health services in schools.... more

HB	598	Supported	Status: Defeated	2000
Provide mail-order prescription option in state health plan and limit changes to prescription drug formularies as recomm... more

SB	76	Supported	Status: Signed into law	2000
Prohibits parent members of SBDM councils from being employee or relative of employee in the same school as the council;... more

SB	96	Supported	Status: Recommitted to Senate A&R Committee	2000
Provide state employees greater freedon to participate in political activities.... more

HB	268	Supported	Status: Signed into law	2000
Provide for treatment for mental health conditions at the same level as treatment for physical health conditions in heal... more

HB	390	Supported	Status: Signed into law	2000
Omnibus health care bill. Includes the establishment of an external appeals procedure for managed care plans. Similar t... more

HB	9	Supported	Status: Signed into law	2000
Require health insurers to cover mammograms for plan member diagnosed w/breast disease.... more

SB	91	Supported	Status: Signed into law	2000
Requires 6 adoption groups for instructional textbooks and programs be arranged by similarity of content for elem., midd... more

HB	180	Supported	Status: Signed into law	2000
Establish prepaid college tuition savings plan; no cost to taxpayers.... more

HB	347	Supported	Status: Signed into law	2000
Requires schools to be closed on 3rd Monday of Jan. in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Gives choice of choosing as... more

SB	10	Supported	Status: Senate State and Local Government Committee	2008
Require the Secretary of the Personnel Cabinet to substitute personal identification numbers for social security numbers... more

HB	258	Supported	Status: Signed into law	2000
Provide retirement service credit for non-cert. employees of schools be on same basis as teachers.... more

HB	25	Supported	Status: Signed into law	2000
Provide incentives for teachers seeking National Board Certification.... more

HB	136	Supported	Status: Signed into law	2000
Require criminal records checks for school volunteers.... more

HB	760	Supported	Status: House Labor & Industry Committee	1998
Governor Patton's collective bargaining bill.... more

SB	303	Supported	Status: Governor's Office	1998
Require annual contracts for school classified employees; other provisions.... more

SB	309	Supported	Status: Senate Concurrence w/ House	1998
Regarding the School Facilities Construction Commission funds.... more

SB	293	Supported	Status: Senate Health and Welfare Committee	1998
Regarding the reimbursement of school districts for state agency children.... more

SB	291	Supported	Status: Senate Health and Welfare Committee	1998
Standardize educational information about state agency children for changing schools; other provisions.... more

HB	381	Supported	Status: Senate Agri. and Natural Resources	1998
Provisions setting standards regarding youth access to tobacco products... more

HB	535	Supported	Status: Senate Education Committee	1998
Requirements for school based councils... more

HB	484	Supported	Status: Governor's Office	1998
Clarify the organization of the primary program in local schools... more

HB	449	Supported	Status: Governor's Office	1998
Standardize educational information about state agency children for when they change schools; other provisions... more

HB	146	Supported	Status: Senate Education Committee	1998
Requirements regarding the equal education of deaf and hard of hearing students... more

SB	239	Supported	Status: Recommitted to Senate Education Committee	1998
Restore teachers rights in school board elections... more

SB	242	Supported	Status: Governor's Office	1998
Reference to criminal allegations removed from teacher's file if found innocent... more

SB	257	Supported	Status: Governor's Office	1998
Remit payroll deductions within 30 days... more

HB	225	Supported	Status: Recommitted to House A&R Committee	1998
All-day kindergarten. KEA supports if funded.... more

SB	52	Supported	Status: Senate Education Committee	2007
AN ACT relating to veterans' family education assistance. Same as HB 106... more

HB	190	Supported	Status: Governor's Office	1998
Compulsory school attendance... more

SB	48	Supported	Status: House Education Committee	1998
Religious liberties for students... more

HB	411	Supported	Status: House Education Committee	2004
Amend KRS 161.780 to permit school teachers and superintendents to resign within 14 days prior to the first student att... more

HB	254	Supported	Status: Signed into law	2001
Amend KRS 161.011 to require that local districts enter written contracts with classified employees for a minimum of 185... more

HB	177	Supported	Status: House Education Committee	2004
Amend KRS 158.145 to require that all students who drop out of school be counted in the annual state dropout index; amen... more

HB	87	Supported	Status: House State Government Committee	2003
Amend KRS 18A.225 to require the Commonwealth to pay for each state employee member of the state health insurance group,... more

HB	551	Supported	Status: Governor's Office	2004
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 161 to identify benefits for certified staff called to active duty, permit a board... more

SB	118	Supported	Status: Signed into law	2008
Remove the clause sunsetting the requirement that all public and private primary schools obtain a current immunization c... more

HB	56	Supported	Status: Signed into law	2002
Amend KRS 161.155 to include foster children in the definition of "immediate family."... more

HB	845	Supported	Status: House Judiciary Committee	2000
Prohibits students from having knives at school. Same as SB 154.... more

SB	143	Supported	Status: Signed into law	2000
Regarding hearing officers in teacher tribunal hearings.... more

HR	81	Supported	Status: Received In House	2007
Urge the U.S. Congress to pass H.R. 676, the United States National Health Insurance Act, that was introduced in the Ho... more

HCR	4	Supported	Status: House Education Committee	2008
Direct the LRC to study the cost of K-12 textbooks and related instructional materials.... more

HB	15	Supported	Status: House Education Committee	2008
Remove writing portfolios from the statewide CATS assessment program for elementary schools; require elementary schools... more

HB	86	Supported	Status: House Education Committee	2008
Expand the preschool education program all four-year-old children; provide that a school district may delay implementati... more

HB	64	Supported	Status: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2008
Award raises for all certified and equivalent employees pursuant to KRS Chapter 151B that equal the same percentages and... more

HR	5	Supported	Status: House Tourism Development and Energy Committee	2008
Urge local school boards to seek input from interested stakeholders before approving the school calendar.... more

HJR	6	Supported	Status: Signed into law	2008
Direct the commissioner of education to convene a work group to review Holocaust curricula developed by other states and... more

SB	12	Supported	Status: Senate Judiciary Committee	2008
Require school districts to have procedures in place to address student harassment, intimidation, and bullying.... more

HB	53	Supported	Status: House State Government Committee	2008
Extend the high-three final compensation window set to expire January 1, 2009, for those state employees eligible for th... more

HB	67	Supported	Status: House Education Committee	2008
Require a child to be five years of age by August 1 to enter a primary school program.... more

HB	91	Supported	Status: Signed into law	2008
Require school districts to have plans, policies, and procedures dealing with measures for assisting students who are en... more

HB	504	Supported	Status: House Health and Welfare Committee	2008
Require the cabinet to develop a plan for children to be screened for autism spectrum disorders at 18 months, three year... more

HB	120	Supported	Status: Senate Veterans, Military Affairs & Public Protection Committee	2008
Delete retroactively the three year time limit on the extension of eligibility for a KEES award for service in the Unite... more

SB	11	Supported	Status: Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2008
Provide that the state contribution to the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System shall not be less than the amount necess... more

SB	65	Supported	Status: Signed into law	2008
Provide a one-time election, beginning in July 1, 2008, for public university personnel to participate in KTRS under cer... more

HB	10	Supported	Status: Senate Education Committee	2008
Establish the Kentucky educator award and recognition fund to provide matching funds for schools that have state and nat... more

HB	29	Supported	Status: Signed into law	2008
Establish new requirements for an interim license to practice as a speech-language pathologist and a speech-language pat... more

HB	211	Supported	Status: Signed into law	2008
Prohibit a person in a position of authority or special trust from engaging in sexual contact with a minor under the age... more

HB	113	Supported	Status: House State Government Committee	2008
Prohibit a public agency or public employee to use public funds to be a member of a private organization which holds clo... more

HB	235	Supported	Status: House Judiciary Committee	2008
Increase the age from 16 to 18 for statutory rape where a person of special trust or position of authority is involved;... more

HB	241	Supported	Status: House Judiciary Committee	2008
Increase the age from 16 to 18 for statutory rape where a person of special trust or position of authority is involved;... more

HCR	16	Supported	Status: Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2008
Urge the United States Congress to amend Title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government Pension Offset and... more

HB	403	Supported	Status: House Labor & Industry Committee	2008
Establish collective bargaining for eligible public employees, including school employees and merit system employees; re... more

HB	494	Supported	Status: House Judiciary Committee	2008
Increase the age at which a minor becomes the victim of prohibited sexual conduct to under 18 years when the offense is... more

HCR	111	Supported	Status: Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2008
Urge Congress to restore funding to student loan programs.... more

HB	544	Supported	Status: Senate Rules Committee	2008
Ratify the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact, which would organize an electronic information-sharing system... more

HB	550	Supported	Status: Posted for Passage	2008
Propose a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to permit the General Assembly to enact laws permitting the operat... more

HB	562	Supported	Status: House State Government Committee	2008
Permit an employee participating in one of the retirement systems administered by the Kentucky Retirement System to purc... more

HB	563	Supported	Status: Posting Waived	2008
Require an employer to notify the Transportation Cabinet within five days of receiving notice of a positive drug or alco... more

HB	640	Supported	Status: Signed into law	2008
Define health services; permit a supplemental grant program managed by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to fun... more

SB	129	Supported	Status: Signed into law	2008
Permit a local board of education to adopt a policy for distribution of refurbished surplus technology to low income stu... more

HB	566	Supported	Status: Posted for Passage	2008
Apply the estate tax without regard to the federal phase-out of the state credit; provide a state earned income tax cred... more

HCR	166	Supported	Status: Senate Education Committee	2008
Direct the staff of the Legislative Research Commission to conduct a comprehensive statewide study of postsecondary educ... more

HB	650	Supported	Status: House Education Committee	2008
Permit teachers and classified employees to organize and bargain collectively with a board of education for wages, hours... more

HB	655	Supported	Status: Signed into law	2008
Require that by September 30 of each year the secretary of the Transportation Cabinet report data related to providing t... more

HB	661	Supported	Status: House Education Committee	2008
Amend KRS 158.150, 160.295, and 160.345 to delete the reference to head teacher, a position that no longer exists in the... more

HJR	180	Supported	Status: Recommitted to House A&R Committee	2008
Direct the commissioner of education to appoint a curricula work group to conduct a comprehensive study to determine whe... more

SB	70	Opposed	Status: Sent to House Floor	2005
AN ACT relating to the selection of school personnel.... more

SB	130	Opposed	Status: Signed into law	2006
CATS assessment will include ACT examination in English, Reading, Mathematics, and Science, to be administered in 11th g... more

HB	100	Opposed	Status: House Education Committee	2005
Amend KRS 160.380 to allow the spouse of a school principal to be employed in the principal's school.... more

HB	38	Opposed	Status: House Labor & Industry Committee	2006
Deny the right of employee organizations and employers to bargain fair share provisions that require all employees who b... more

HB	137	Opposed	Status: House Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee	2006
Proposed constitutional amendment to limit all General Fund expenditures for education, from early childhood to post-sec... more

SB	134	Opposed	Status: Senate Education Committee	2008
Prohibit a school district from establishing the first instructional day in a school term before the third Monday in Aug... more

HB	217	Opposed	Status: House Labor & Industry Committee	2006
Allow districts to pay workers on construction projects a lower wage than what's required on federal construction projec... more

HB	231	Opposed	Status: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2006
Replace up to $60 million of revenues with a tax credit for corporations and others who donate money to public or privat... more

SB	162	Opposed	Status: Senate Transportation Committee	2008
Require employers of persons possessing a CDL to report results of positive drug and alcohol screening tests to the Tran... more

HB	95	Opposed	Status: House Education Committee	2007
Amend KRS 158.070 to require school terms to begin no earlier than the 4th Monday in August beginning with the 2007-08 s... more

SB	81	Opposed	Status: Senate Education Committee	2008
Establish a statewide high school curriculum content that aligns with the community and technical college curriculum and... more

HB	30	Opposed	Status: House Education Committee	2007
A bill establishing the "Students with Special Needs Scholarship Program." Allows parents to move Sp. Ed. student to a... more

SB	66	Opposed	Status: Senate Education Committee	2008
Require local school districts, under certain conditions, to provide a salary supplement to teachers of chemistry, physi... more

HB	71	Opposed	Status: House Education Committee	2005
AN ACT relating to student physical activity and health and declaring an emergency.... more

SB	4	Opposed	Status: Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2005
AN ACT relating to employee benefits, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.... more

HCR	55	Opposed	Status: Signed into law	2005
Create a legislative task force to examine the effect of school calendars on Kentucky's tourism industry; report its fin... more

HB	41	Opposed	Status: House State Government Committee	2005
AN ACT relating to health insurance for school employees.... more

HB	84	Opposed	Status: House Judiciary Committee	2005
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 161 to limit a teacher's civil liability for damages resulting from acts or omission... more

HB	103	Opposed	Status: House State Government Committee	2005
AN ACT relating to public employee benefits.... more

HB	231	Opposed	Status: House Education Committee	2005
Amend KRS 160.380 to allow, under certain conditions, a relative of a school principal to be employed in the principal's... more

SB	226	Opposed	Status: House Education Committee	2004
Amend KRS 160.345 to clarify language relating to the selection of school personnel, including the principal; provide th... more

HB	425	Opposed	Status: House Education Committee	2004
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to specify the roles of the superintendent, principal, and school-based decisio... more

HB	619	Opposed	Status: House Education Committee	2008
Allow a candidate to obtain teacher certification through an alternative certification program offered by a private cont... more

HB	173	Opposed	Status: House Labor & Industry Committee	2004
Relating to labor organizations. Right to work bill. Amend KRS 336.130 to prohibit mandatory financial support to a lab... more

HB	44	Opposed	Status: House Labor & Industry Committee	2004
Relating to telephone solicitation. Amend KRS 367.46951 to include the making of campaign calls soliciting a vote for or... more

HB	51	Opposed	Status: House Judiciary Committee	2004
We oppose because the bill will accomplish nothing, it merely states what the law is already but its purpose is to make... more

SB	83	Opposed	Status: Senate Economic Development & Labor Committee	2003
To prohibit payroll deduction for a certified employee's dues to a membership organization.... more

HB	201	Opposed	Status: House Education Committee	2003
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 161 to limit a teacher's civil liability for damages resulting from acts or omission... more

HB	352	Opposed	Status: House Education Committee	2006
Establishes guidelines for reducing postsecondary remediation rates. One method would be to add standardized college ent... more

HB	331	Opposed	Status: House State Government Committee	2007
AN ACT relating to retirement. Establish Chapter 18B and create new sections thereof to establish a defined contribution... more

SB	294	Opposed	Status: Senate Education Committee	2002
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky educational excellence scholarship program.... more

HB	873	Opposed	Status: Senate Education Committee	2002
AN ACT relating to the eligibility of nonpublic high school graduates for inclusion in the Kentucky Educational Excellen... more

SB	136	Opposed	Status: Senate State and Local Government Committee	2004
Amend KRS 18A.225, relating to the state group medical insurance plan, to permit inactive members of the Kentucky Nation... more

HB	479	Opposed	Status: Recommitted to Senate A&R Committee	2004
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to establish a fund to provide awards to high achieving high school students and... more

HB	446	Opposed	Status: Senate State and Local Government Committee	2004
Amend KRS 121.015 to define "full screen," "radio," "scan line," "sponsor," "television," and "unobscured"; amend KRS 1... more

SB	211	Opposed	Status: Signed into law	2002
Permit retired teachers and administrators to be appointed to serve on teacher tribunals.... more

SB	190	Opposed	Status: House Education Committee	2002
Permit a member of the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System to receive an increase in salary that exceeds that received... more

HB	626	Opposed	Status: Signed into law	2002
Authorize the commissioner of education to approve district requests for grant waivers that would allow the district to... more

SB	168	Opposed	Status: Signed into law	2002
AN ACT relating to reducing the achievement gaps in the public schools.... more

HB	585	Opposed	Status: House Education Committee	2002
Provide that attorneys, hired by the district board of education to provide legal advice on a regular basis, shall be de... more

HB	567	Opposed	Status: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2002
Provide that income deducted under Section 170 of the Internal Revenue Code representing contributions to a school tuiti... more

HB	616	Opposed	Status: Senate Education Committee	2008
Permit a superintendent of schools to establish residency either in Kentucky or within 50 miles of the district's bounda... more

HB	20	Opposed	Status: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2002
Exempt clothing, school supplies, and computers sold during the first week of August each year from the sales tax.... more

HB	466	Opposed	Status: House Education Committee	2008
Allow retired educators who continued employment under the 100 day provisions during the 2006-2007 fiscal year to be ree... more

HB	193	Opposed	Status: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2007
Create various new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish a nonrefundable family education tax credit program for corpo... more

HB	181	Opposed	Status: House Education Committee	2002
Prohibit school personnel from recommending to parents or guardians that a child be placed on psychotropic drugs; requir... more

HB	328	Opposed	Status: House Education Committee	2002
Amend KRS 160.345, relating to school-based decision making councils, to include a student member on a high school counc... more

HB	264	Opposed	Status: House Education Committee	2002
Increase parent representation on a school-based decision making council to three members and to permit the principal or... more

SB	73	Opposed	Status: House Education Committee	2002
Amend definitions of the Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarship Program to include out-of-state private, parochial... more

HB	313	Opposed	Status: House Labor & Industry Committee	2001
Prohibit labor organizations from using dues for lobbying, political action, voter registration drives, and other activi... more

SB	117	Opposed	Status: Senate Banking and Insurance Committee	2001
Amend KRS 18A.225 to permit carriers who provide coverage to members of the state group to charge different countywide p... more

HB	58	Opposed	Status: House Education Committee	2001
Establish procedure for high school students to elect non-voting student representatives to local school boards... more

HB	4	Opposed	Status: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2001
Amend KRS 139.480 to exempt clothing, school supplies, and computers sold during the first week of August each year from... more

SB	349	Opposed	Status: Recommitted to House A&R Committee	2000
Omnibus revisions to KRS; also amends KTRS to require employees hired after July 2001 to retire with high five year FAS... more

HB	841	Opposed	Status:	2000
Alleged Workers' Payroll Protection Act for political contributions. Re-sign every year; no solicitation!!!... more

HB	717	Opposed	Status: House Education Committee	2000
Include a "community representative" on school councils, add principal or administrator as a "non-voting member except i... more

SB	264	Opposed	Status: Senate Education Committee	2000
Hiring of principals: School councils must review all applications and make recommendations to the Superintendent; Super... more

SB	204	Opposed	Status: Senate Education Committee	2000
Permit certification of nonpublic schools on basis of adoption of uniform grading scale; set amounts for merit scholarsh... more

HB	455	Opposed	Status: House Education Committee	2000
Establishes a voucher program effective in the 2000-01 school year to provide any student in grades k-12 to attend any p... more

HB	48	Opposed	Status: House Education Committee	2000
Increases minimum calendar to 190 by 2004.... more

SB	335	Opposed	Status: Senate Education Committee	1998
Increase number of parents on SBDM councils... more

SB	64	Opposed	Status: Signed into law	2008
Establish a certification incentive fund to support the development of institutes for persons pursuing Option 7 of the a... more

SB	42	Opposed	Status: Senate Judiciary Committee	2008
Require that law enforcement officers request to perform blood and urine tests on all drivers involved in any accident t... more

SB	23	Opposed	Status: Senate Education Committee	2001
Amend KRS 160.345, relating to school-based decision making, to add a parent as a nonvoting member representing children... more

HB	469	Opposed	Status: House Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee	2000
Exempt motor vehicles from the state property tax.... more

SB	338	Opposed	Status: Senate Education Committee	1998
Superintendents would appoint principals... more

HB	160	Opposed	Status: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2008
Establish a nonrefundable educational scholarship tax credit program for corporations and other entities that contribute... more

SB	32	Opposed	Status: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2008
Require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate an administrative regulation that specifies the criteria for class... more

HB	54	Opposed	Status: House Education Committee	2008
Require counseling for tenth-grade students related to choosing an academic or career and technical track; require that... more

HB	397	Opposed	Status: House Education Committee	2008
Establish the Students with Special Needs Scholarship Program to permit exceptional students as defined by KRS 157.200(... more

HB	496	Opposed	Status: House Education Committee	2008
Move the date of notification of nonrenewable of employment of certified school staff from April 30 to May 15; EMERGENCY... more

SB	8	Opposed	Status: Posted for Passage	2008
Require a person making an independent expenditure to report it if the amount exceeds $500 in the aggregate in any one e... more

HB	578	Opposed	Status: House Education Committee	2008
Describe the intent of the General Assembly and the purposes of authorizing public charter schools; outline the requirem... more

HB	632	Opposed	Status: House Education Committee	2008
Require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate an administrative regulation to implement a physical activity requ... more

HB	592	Opposed	Status: Recommitted to House A&R Committee	2008
Create an earned income tax credit; create a work opportunity tax credit.... more

HB	607	Opposed	Status: Signed into law	2008
Allow a five year statement of eligibility for teaching be issued to a veteran who has completed a total of ten years of... more

HB	664	Opposed	Status: House Education Committee	2008
Require preservice teachers to complete a reading education course of study and a course of study that includes civic li... more

HB	478	0	Status: House Education Committee	1998
Increase number of parents on SBDM councils.... more

HB	153	0	Status: House Education Committee	1998
Add 2 students to SBDM councils... more

HB	533	0	Status: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee	1998
Tax deduction for attending parochial or private schools... more

HB	227		Status: Senate Education Committee	2005
AN ACT relating to financial literacy.... more

SB	196		Status: Withdrawn	2005
AN ACT relating to the board of regents for the Kentucky Community and Technical College System.... more

HB	377		Status: House Labor & Industry Committee	2005
AN ACT relating to contracts.... more

SB	208		Status: Senate Education Committee	2008
Change the notification date from April 30 to May 30 when a superintendent shall notify a classified employee that the c... more

HB	565		Status: House Education Committee	2007
AN ACT relating to the biennial report on education. Amend KRS 156.250 to require the commissioner of education to repor... more

HCR	159		Status: Senate Judiciary Committee	2007
Direct the Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary to study how school districts can most effectively conduct criminal back... more

HR	152		Status: Sent to House Floor	2007
Urge the Office of Career and Technical Education, Department of Workforce Investment to fully pay all certified or equi... more

SJR	134		Status: Recommitted to Senate Education Committee	2007
Direct the commissioner of education to appoint a curricula work group to conduct a comprehensive study to determine whe... more

HB	537		Status: House Education Committee	2007
AN ACT relating to the East Kentucky Center for Science, Mathematics and Technology Corporation. Create a new section of... more

HB	531		Status: House Judiciary Committee	2007
AN ACT relating to sex offenders. Amend KRS 525.090, relating to loitering, to increase the penalty for the offense to a... more

SB	216		Status: Senate Education Committee	2007
AN ACT relating to the East Kentucky Center for Science, Mathematics and Technology Corporation. Create a new section of... more

HB	492		Status: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2005
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky educational excellence scholarship program.... more

HB	389		Status: Recommitted to House A&R Committee	2005
AN ACT relating to locally operated secondary area technology centers and vocational departments.... more

SB	220		Status: Sent to House Floor	2005
AN ACT relating to drug testing of teachers.... more

HB	301		Status: Signed into law	2005
AN ACT relating to instructional leadership.... more

HB	602		Status: Senate Education Committee	2006
Clarify that a faculty member of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System may vote for the compensation of th... more

HB	405		Status: Senate Education Committee	2005
AN ACT relating to the safety, learning, and well-being of students.... more

HB	299		Status: House Education Committee	2007
KEA Board support only with the following amendments: 1) require certified PE teachers; 2) phase in implementation, and... more

HB	571		Status: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2006
Change the definition of "corporation" and add definitions of "pass-through entity," "S corporation," and "limited liabi... more

SB	189		Status: Posted for Passage	2005
AN ACT relating to medication administration at school.... more

HB	510		Status: Posted for Passage	2006
Permits public school employees other than teachers to participate in statewide professional meetings with substitutes w... more

SB	179		Status: Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2005
AN ACT relating to tax credits to promote educational quality in Kentucky schools.... more

SB	164		Status: Senate Health and Welfare Committee	2005
AN ACT relating to prescription drugs.... more

HB	558		Status: House Education Committee	2007
AN ACT relating to personnel titles. Amend KRS 158.150, 160.295, and 160.345 to delete the reference to head teacher, a... more

HB	740		Status: House Education Committee	2006
Establish that a student is eligible for a KEES award if he or she is enrolled at an out-of-state institution in a degre... more

HB	714		Status: House Transportation Committee	2006
Prohibit the use of a mobile phone or other wireless communications device while operating a school bus.... more

HCR	214		Status: Signed into law	2006
Direct a study on how to effectively provide assistance to schools not meeting established goals for student achievement... more

HB	651		Status: Signed into law	2006
Establish a nine-member advisory council to make recommendations to the Board of Medical Licensure regarding the certifi... more

HCR	165		Status: Senate Education Committee	2006
Urge the President, the United States Congress, and the United States Department of Education to grant waivers for the i... more

HB	718		Status: Senate Economic Development & Labor Committee	2006
Require the Department of Parks to develop an incentive program to benefit teachers and school systems.... more

HCR	207		Status: Senate Education Committee	2006
Create a legislative task force to study time and the use of time and requirements for teachers; report its findings to... more

HB	692		Status: House Education Committee	2006
Permit as a result of a school closure parents to enroll their children in a school in another school district if the sc... more

HCR	106		Status: Senate State and Local Government Committee	2006
Urge Congress to repeal the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision.... more

HB	691		Status: House Education Committee	2006
Permit voters in a city within the first five classes to form an independent school district if the number of compulsory... more

HB	688		Status: Signed into law	2006
Define "behavior which constitutes a threat" as including assault, battery or abuse of others; the threat of force or vi... more

HB	664		Status: House Education Committee	2006
Recognize that there are teachers and principals who are constantly in stressful and harmful situations as they work wit... more

SB	209		Status: Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2006
Provide a salary supplement for public school speech-language pathologists and audiologists who have a certificate of cl... more

HB	653		Status: House Judiciary Committee	2006
To define "youth athletics program"; prohibit persons convicted of sex crimes and violent offenders from working or volu... more

HB	648		Status: House State Government Committee	2006
Require public agencies who have unescorted retirees insured through the Public Employee Health Insurance program to als... more

SB	206		Status: House Education Committee	2006
Require that, on or before December 1 of each year, that the Education Assessment and Accountability Review Subcommittee... more

HB	610		Status: House Education Committee	2006
Require 30 minutes physical activity per day or 150 minutes per week for all students in kindergarten through twelfth gr... more

HB	131		Status: Signed into law	2006
Delete reference to dental insurance coverage and prepaid dental plan coverage; require the secretary of the Finance and... more

HB	98		Status: House Banking and Insurance Committee	2006
Create the Fair Share Health Care Fund within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services for the purpose of supporting t... more

HB	80		Status: Signed into law	2006
Require that a student called to federal military active duty shall receive credit for academic work and reasonable time... more

HB	51		Status: Senate Education Committee	2006
Delete the requirement that a school district have an alternative education program as a condition for imposing the prov... more

HB	49		Status: Senate Judiciary Committee	2006
Provide that it is an unlawful practice for an employer to use the genetic test result of an individual in hiring, firin... more

HB	617		Status: Senate Education Committee	2006
Provide a supplement to a national board certified teacher, employed by an education cooperative, who serves as a teache... more

HB	630		Status: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2006
Establish a nonrefundable education improvement tax credit program for corporations and financial institutions that cont... more

SB	205		Status: Signed into law	2006
Permit offers of assistance to local school districts for building school facilities to be escrowed up to 8 years.... more

SB	99		Status: Senate Judiciary Committee	2006
Relating to the purpose of the Kentucky's civil rights chapter, to include a prohibition on discrimination because of se... more

SB	98		Status: Signed into law	2006
Require an administrative body which promulgates an administrative regulation relating to any aspect of state or local g... more

HCR	169		Status: Senate Education Committee	2006
Request the Legislative Research Commission to direct the Interim Joint Committee on Education to study how schools can... more

HCR	173		Status: House State Government Committee	2006
Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish a Kentucky Retirement Systems Task Force to conduct a comprehens... more

HB	589		Status: Signed into law	2006
Encourage public schools to include age-appropriate education on the risks associated with exposure to ultraviolet rays... more

HB	587		Status: House Education Committee	2006
Require the state flag be displayed in public schools; require a state flag be provided every public school every five y... more

SB	27		Status: Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2006
Require the Governor, in coordination with the Secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, to request that... more

HB	584		Status: House Education Committee	2006
Relating to contracts for the production and sale of school photographs; provide that a contract between a school distri... more

HB	581		Status: Signed into law	2006
Require, on or before December 1 of each year, that the Education Assessment and Accountability Review Subcommittee adop... more

HB	478		Status: House Education Committee	2005
AN ACT relating to employee sick leave.... more

SB	214		Status: Senate Education Committee	2007
AN ACT relating to school-based decision making councils. Amend KRS 160.345 to add two community members, one of whom mu... more

SB	197		Status: House Education Committee	2005
AN ACT relating to an alternative assessment and accountability pilot program under the Commonwealth Accountability Test... more

SB	126		Status: Senate Education Committee	2005
AN ACT relating to school finance.... more

SB	207		Status: House Education Committee	2008
Require each local school district's 2007-08 school calendar to include no less than two additional six-hour instruction... more

HB	551		Status: Recommitted to House A&R Committee	2006
Change the definition of "KEES curriculum" from "five courses of study" to "five credits"; identify the KEES award amoun... more

HB	657		Status: House Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee	2004
Propose an amendment to Section 36 of the Constitution of Kentucky to provide that the January organizational session no... more

HB	579		Status: Recommitted to Senate A&R Committee	2004
Amend KRS 304.18-110 to make group health insurance continuation coverage consistent with COBRA; and amend KRS 304.18-11... more

HB	572		Status: Signed into law	2004
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 67A to establish collective bargaining for police officers and firefighters of an urb... more

HB	507		Status: Recommitted to House A&R Committee	2004
Create new sections of Subtitle 17 of KRS Chapter 304, KRS 304.14-500 to 304.14-550, and KRS 304.14-600 to 304.14-625 to... more

HB	570		Status: Signed into law	2004
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 67C to establish methods by which officials of and police officers employed by a cons... more

HB	645		Status: Senate Education Committee	2004
Amend KRS 156.500 to require every board, commission, council, or other type of advisory or decision-making body create... more

HB	644		Status: House Concurrence w/ Senate	2004
Amend KRS 18A.115 to clarify that certified employees in the Kentucky School for the Deaf and Kentucky School for the Bl... more

HB	683		Status: Senate State and Local Government Committee	2004
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 11 to provide that the Governor shall not repeal any statute through an executive or... more

HB	670		Status: Senate State and Local Government Committee	2004
Amend KRS 121.150 to repeal restriction on candidates' total personal loan limits; Amended... more

HB	662		Status: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2004
Amend KRS 141.040 to impose a flat rate of 6% on the taxable income of corporations for taxable years beginning after De... more

HB	659		Status: House Judiciary Committee	2004
Amend KRS 344.020, 344.190, and 344.320, and repeal and reenact KRS 344.300, relating to the Commonwealth's civil rights... more

SJR	111		Status: Sent to Senate Floor	2004
Direct the Personnel Cabinet and Kentucky Group Health Insurance Board to study the feasibility of establishing a healt... more

SB	212		Status: Senate Education Committee	2006
Require the commissioner of education to annually prepare a publication to include specified types of financial informat... more

HB	561		Status: House Education Committee	2007
AN ACT relating to personnel titles. Amend KRS 158.150, 160.295, and 160.345 to delete references to head teacher, a tit... more

HB	433		Status: Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2008
Require a health benefit plan with a provider network to provide coverage for the dialysis provider of the insured's cho... more

SB	245		Status: Senate State and Local Government Committee	2008
Establish procedures for mediation and arbitration of labor disputes; require parties to pay expenses.... more

SB	246		Status: Senate Education Committee	2008
Require compulsory school attendance to be the ages of 6 years and 18 years rather than 6 years and 16 years.... more

SB	218		Status: Recommitted to Senate S&LG Committee	2007
AN ACT relating to retirement. Amend KRS 61.595 to remove gender specific language. (See HB 563, companion).... more

HB	547		Status: House Education Committee	2006
Replace obsolete terminology; make gender neutral relating to school personnel.... more

HB	546		Status: Recommitted to House A&R Committee	2006
Replaces obsolete terminology relating to public school personnel.... more

HB	418		Status: Conference Committee	2007
AN ACT relating to retirement. Amend KRS 61.510 to extend the high-three final compensation window set to expire Januar... more

HB	555		Status: House Judiciary Committee	2007
AN ACT relating to criminal background checks. Create new sections of KRS Chapter 17 to ratify the National Crime Preven... more

SB	249		Status: Senate State and Local Government Committee	2008
Require the Personnel Cabinet to establish health insurance plans for Medicare-eligible retirees participating in the st... more

HB	618		Status: Governor's Office	1998
Require health insurance companies to cover certain cancer treatment drugs.... more

SB	135		Status: Governor's Office	1998
Require managed care health insurance providers to provide enrollees a listing of participating providers.... more

SB	63		Status: Governor's Office	1998
Mandate health insurance companies cover certain benefits for autism.... more

SB	389		Status: Senate Education Committee	1998
Provide support for optional all-day kindergarten in the primary school.... more

SB	425		Status: Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee	1998
Include girl scouting as a dropout prevention program for which school districts may use state dropout prevention grants... more

SB	431		Status: Recommitted to Senate A&R Committee	1998
To increase survivor benefits for children under KTRS.... more

HB	912		Status: House Education Committee	1998
Require school districts to charge tuition for out of district students except in certain circumstances.... more

HB	920		Status: Senate Education Committee	1998
Requirements for disposing of school district surplus real and personal property.... more

HB	902		Status: House Education Committee	1998
Regarding the establishment of state academic standards and content guidelines.... more

HB	907		Status: House Education Committee	1998
Set a minimum school term equivalent to 185 six hour days; apply to 1997-98 school term under certain circumstances.... more

HB	908		Status: House Education Committee	1998
Require certified employees of a secondary area vocational education and technical center to be twelve month employees.... more

HB	900		Status: Governor's Office	1998
Regarding students who drop out of school and enroll in a home school.... more

HB	897		Status: House Education Committee	1998
Limit a school district superintendent's salary to no more than one and one half time the district's average teacher sal... more

HB	882		Status: Recommitted to House A&R Committee	1998
Provide for a 5% annual increase in the base guarantee level in the SEEK program and other provisions.... more

HB	888		Status: House Education Committee	1998
Eliminate testing requirements for persons with advanced degrees in education under certain circumstances.... more

HB	870		Status: House Education Committee	1998
Allow local school districts to contract for health insurance for employees separately from the state group under certai... more

HB	828		Status: House Education Committee	1998
Regarding final order procedures for teacher tribunals.... more

HB	839		Status: House Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee	1998
Regarding the transporting of voters by those paid by candidates on election day.... more

HB	858		Status: House Education Committee	1998
Provide additional funding to school districts with at least 68% of their students qualifying for fee and reduced lunch.... more

HB	815		Status: Governor's Office	1998
Establish the State Advisory Council for Gifted and Talented Education.... more

HB	823		Status: House Education Committee	1998
Provide certain protections to workforce in school-to-work programs.... more

HB	805		Status: Senate Education Committee	1998
Regarding compulsory school attendance.... more

HB	782		Status: Governor's Office	1998
Replace "public institutions of higher education" with "postsecondary institutions" in KRS 164.478.... more

HB	788		Status: House Education Committee	1998
Regarding the governance of adult education and literacy programs... more

HB	800		Status: House Education Committee	1998
Establish a report card reporting system for schools.... more

HB	749		Status: House Education Committee	1998
Require school districts to make public the salary and fringe benefits of superintendents.... more

HB	773		Status: House Education Committee	1998
Provide school students three days of excused absence for the death of an immediate family member.... more

HB	745		Status: House Education Committee	1998
Prohibit school boards from negotiating contracts with superintendents unless they bargain with all school personnel.... more

HB	731		Status: House Education Committee	1998
Regarding the hiring and training of school finance officers.... more

HB	733		Status: House Education Committee	1998
Regarding student discipline on school buses.... more

HB	729		Status: House Education Committee	1998
Regarding orders of removal by the KY Board of Ed and state management of school districts.... more

HB	715		Status: House Education Committee	1998
Allow KTRS members to retire with 25 years of service.... more

SB	382		Status: Senate Education Committee	1998
Require that one appointed member of the Community College Board of Directors be a representative from organized labor.... more

HB	710		Status: House Education Committee	1998
Require 100 minutes per week for supervised recess in grades kindergarten through five.... more

HB	642		Status: Sent to Senate Floor	1998
Authorize KDE to produce consumer guides for textbooks & instructional materials... more

SB	381		Status: Recommitted to Senate A&R Committee	1998
Require leaves of absences be granted for community college faculty under certain circumstances.... more

SB	332		Status: Recommitted to House A&R Committee	1998
Educational diversity... more

SB	333		Status: Senate Education Committee	1998
Hiring of principals by SBDM councils... more

SB	298		Status: Senate Education Committee	1998
Option for local school districts to assume control of vocational education and technical centers; same as HB 616.... more

SB	60		Status: House Health and Welfare Committee	1998
Regarding abused or neglected children.... more

HB	627		Status: Senate Education Committee	1998
Proposed changes to the KIRIS assessment and accountability system... more

HB	633		Status: Senate State and Local Government Committee	1998
Proposed amendments to state merit system; provisions relating to pilot programs.... more

HB	697		Status: Signed into law	2008
Provide that assets of the trust fund for the Kentucky Public Employees Deferred Compensation Authority shall be used ex... more

SJR	156		Status: Sent to Senate Floor	2004
Direct the Office of Education Accountability to conduct a study of the Commonwealth Accountability Testing System; com... more

HB	700		Status: House Judiciary Committee	2008
Provide enhanced sanctions against public servants, including school employees, convicted of theft or misappropriation o... more

HB	463		Status: House Education Committee	1998
Proposed changes to the KIRIS assessment and accoutability system. Same as SB 113.... more

HB	424		Status: Recommitted to House A&R Committee	1998
Require school districts to recycle paper and cardboard... more

SB	210		Status: Senate Judiciary Committee	2007
AN ACT relating to administrative law. Create new sections of KRS Chapter 13B relating to administrative proceedings and... more

HB	447		Status: Governor's Office	1998
Regarding reimbursement of school districts for services to state agency children... more

SB	21		Status: Governor's Office	1998
(No Position) Establish Scholarship fund for K-12 students.... more

HB	257		Status: Governor's Office	1998
KTRS credit for Head Start experience... more

HB	151		Status: Governor's Office	1998
School board members may be candidates for other elected offices... more

HB	92		Status: Governor's Office	1998
Suspended students included in ADA calculation... more

HB	100		Status: Governor's Office	1998
Define school psychologist as administrator... more

SB	170		Status: Senate Education Committee	1998
Compulsory school attendance... more

SB	133		Status: Governor's Office	1998
Remove KIRIS infractions from a teacher's record after 6 months... more

HB	894		Status: House Education Committee	1998
Require school districts to provide the same benefits to all employees, including the superintendent.... more

HB	104		Status: Governor's Office	1998
Acting superintendent may be candidate for superintendency... more

SB	185		Status: Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee	1998
State budget bill... more

SB	432		Status: Recommitted to Senate A&R Committee	1998
To allow a widow or widower to continue to receive a survivor benefit upon remarriage.... more

HB	730		Status: House Education Committee	1998
Regarding deficit spending by school districts.... more

HB	396		Status: Governor's Office	1998
Provide local district option to adopt a three phase evaluation plan for certified employees... more

HB	500		Status: House Education Committee	1998
Include classified employees in school/district rewards distribution and define how the reward amount is calculated... more

SB	193		Status: Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2008
Amend KRS 337.010 to exempt elementary, secondary, and postsecondary school construction from the definition of "public... more

HB	720		Status: House Education Committee	2008
Require the Council of Postsecondary Education to ensure transferability of credits among institutions; require the send... more

HB	721		Status: House Education Committee	2008
Establish the Autism Scholarship Program to permit autistic children to receive a scholarship to move from his or her re... more

HB	724		Status: Recommitted to House H&W Committee	2008
Require a local board of education to include in its discipline code the prohibition of corporal punishment; clarify cir... more

HB	734		Status: Signed into law	2008
Amend KRS 157.621 to include in the statute authorization for the growth nickel originally authorized by the 2003 budget... more

HB	738		Status: House Education Committee	2008
Require that by the beginning of the 2009-2010 school year, students entering the first year of the primary program shal... more

HB	742		Status: House State Government Committee	2008
Allow KTRS to request additional state appropriations sufficient to discharge the system's unfunded liability over a thi... more

HB	743		Status: Posted for Passage	2008
Provide that LRC employees shall receive the same retiree health coverage and benefits as state employees.... more

HB	752		Status: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2008
Allow growth districts to request an adjustment mid-year due to growth in adjusted average daily attendance of 3% or mor... more

HB	753		Status: Recommitted to House Education Committee	2008
Establish procedures for filling personnel vacancies in schools, including the principal; in counties with over 400,000... more

HCR	179		Status: House Health and Welfare Committee	2008
Require LRC to designate staff to study Kentucky's to respond to the needs of children with Sensory Processing Disorders... more

HJR	201		Status: House Education Committee	2008
Direct the Kentucky Department of Education and the Kentucky Board of Education to study the tiered design of the progra... more

SCR	177		Status: Senate Education Committee	2008
Direct staff of the Legislative Research Commission to study options for changing Kentucky's student financial aid progr... more

HB	148		Status: Senate Rules Committee	2008
Require health benefit plans to adopt current, reasonable, and fair reimbursement schedules for services and procedures... more

HB	641		Status: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2004
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to provide an income tax credit for the cost of prescription drugs; amend KRS 14... more

HB	637		Status: House Licensing & Occupations Committee	2004
Establish KRS Chapter 239 to authorize gambling at horse racing tracks and casinos; create numerous definitions; create... more

HB	636		Status: House Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee	2004
Propose a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to casinos; allow the General Assembly to permit the oper... more

HB	714		Status: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2004
Amend KRS 132.020 to exclude new property from the calculation of the state tax rate on real property; amend KRS 157 to... more

HB	624		Status: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2004
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 142 to impose a tax on wholesalers of cigarettes at a rate of 8.8% of the gross rece... more

HB	702		Status: House Banking and Insurance Committee	2004
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to provide that health benefit plans offering pregnancy-related... more

HB	681		Status: House State Government Committee	2004
Amend KRS 18A.225 to require the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet, upon recommendation of the secreta... more

HB	665		Status: House Education Committee	2004
Amend KRS 161.027 to require that with the completion of an approved preparation program and passage of the required exa... more

HB	660		Status: House Labor & Industry Committee	2004
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to exempt educational institutions from paying prevailing wages on construction... more

HB	656		Status: House Education Committee	2004
Amend KRS 158.150 to release a local board of education from the requirement of providing educational services in an app... more

HB	653		Status: House Education Committee	2004
Amend KRS 156.160 to require the Kentucky Board of Education to develop an alternative education program consisting of v... more

HR	185		Status: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2004
Urge the Governor to fully fund the state's contribution to the Kentucky Retirement System and to include the full actu... more

HB	46		Status:	2004
Establish Chapter 230A of Kentucky Revised Statutes to authorize electronic gaming to be supervised by the Kentucky Lott... more

HB	370		Status: Signed into law	2003
Amend KRS 18A.225 pertaining to the state employee health insurance plan to require the bid for proposals for calendar y... more

HB	522		Status: House Labor & Industry Committee	2003
AN ACT relating to labor-management negotiations.... more

HB	519		Status: House Labor & Industry Committee	2003
An ACT relating to prevailing wage.... more

HB	518		Status: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee	2003
AN ACT relating to the taxation of cigarettes.... more

HB	503		Status: House Education Committee	2003
AN ACT relating to equity in hiring in the public schools.... more

SB	182		Status: Senate Banking and Insurance Committee	2003
Allow small groups to purchase limited health benefit plans that exclude mandated health insurance benefits... more

SB	181		Status: Senate Banking and Insurance Committee	2003
AN ACT relating to the affordability of health insurance coverage under preferred provider arrangements.... more

HB	445		Status: House Health and Welfare Committee	2003
Require mail order for prescription drugs for the Medicaid program and prohibit mail order for dispensing of a controlle... more

HB	460		Status: House State Government Committee	2003
Define employee organization as a non-profit organization not associated or affiliated with a labor organization in any... more

HB	393		Status: Recommitted to Senate A&R Committee	2003
AN ACT relating to medical malpractice insurance and making an appropriation therefor.... more

HB	482		Status: Senate Judiciary Committee	2003
AN ACT relating to unlawful possession of a weapon on school property.... more

HB	378		Status: House Education Committee	2003
Require public schools to develop individual care plans for students with serious health conditions.... more

HB	468		Status: Signed into law	2003
Relating to land bank authorities to specify that references to "local school district" include both county school syste... more

HB	431		Status:	2003
Allow members of the State Group Health Insurance Board to assign one designee to attend Board meetings.... more

HB	430		Status: Signed into law	2003
Require new employees hired after July 1, 2003 to earn a minimum of 10 years retirement service credit to be eligible fo... more

SB	156		Status: Signed into law	2003
AN ACT relating to school records concerning missing children.... more

SB	155		Status: Senate State and Local Government Committee	2003
AN ACT relating to local school district taxes... more

SCR	64		Status: Recommitted to Senate A&R Committee	2003
Establish a Joint Committee to study financing education.... more

HB	351		Status: Senate Health and Welfare Committee	2003
To require manufacturers and wholesalers of drugs to report any incident of misbranded or adulterated drugs that are int... more

HB	41		Status: Senate Judiciary Committee	2003
To provide that it is an unlawful practice for an employer to use the genetic test result of an individual in hiring, fi... more

SB	120		Status: Signed into law	2003
To establish minimum standards for self-insured employer-organized association groups;... more

HB	320		Status: Senate State and Local Government Committee	2003
To provide that members of the Teachers' Retirement System who wish to purchase retirement service credit for service as... more

SB	78		Status: Senate Education Committee	2003
To delete the requirement that a director of pupil personnel in a local school district devote his or her entire time to... more

HB	266		Status: House Education Committee	2003
to permit a boarding school to be considered a church school for the purpose of meeting compulsory school attendance req... more

HB	252		Status: Governor's Office	2003
to provide that the Education Professional Standards Board may decrease the rate of reimbursement towards the certificat... more

SB	99		Status: Recommitted to Senate A&R Committee	2003
To permit local school districts to delay purchase of instructional resources for up to two years beyond the regular ado... more

SB	95		Status: Signed into law	2003
To authorize the Education Professional Standards Board to conduct a two (2) year internship pilot program for new teach... more

SB	77		Status: Recommitted to Senate Economic Development Committee	2003
To prohibit, as a condition or employment or continued employment, mandatory membership or participation in a labor orga... more

SB	292		Status: House State Government Committee	2002
AN ACT relating to health insurance.... more

HB	768		Status: Recommitted to House A&R Committee	2002
AN ACT relating to electronic gaming with related payments to the state and declaring an emergency.... more

SB	40		Status: Received In Senate	2001
AN ACT relating to special spay neuter license plates. HCS - Delete original provisions and provide that excess SEEK fu... more

HB	191		Status: Signed into law	2001
Amend KRS 156.070 to delete varsity wrestling from the list of prohibited high school sports for seventh and eighth grad... more

SB	121		Status: Recommitted to Senate Education Committee	2001
To permit the commissioner of education to include a lack of minority teachers in a grade level, subject area, or specif... more

SB	128		Status: Posted for Passage	2001
Require all health benefit plans to provide coverage of the cost of one hearing aid per hearing impaired ear and define... more

SB	103		Status: Senate Health and Welfare Committee	2001
Establish the Kentucky Senior Pharmaceutical Assistance Program to be implemented when federal funds become available; o... more

HB	236		Status:	2001
Enable regional universities to join the state health insuance plan. Clarify other provisions, such as the definiton of...