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SB1 OpposeStatus: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee
Restate the components of the assessment, accountability, and academic achievement program; eliminate the open-response... more
SB2 TrackStatus: Signed into law
Establish the science and mathematics advancement fund; create a STEM Initiative Task Force; identify participants, esta... more
HCR4 SupportStatus: House Education Committee
Direct the LRC to study the cost of K-12 textbooks and related instructional materials.... more
HR5 SupportStatus: House Tourism Development and Energy Committee
Urge local school boards to seek input from interested stakeholders before approving the school calendar.... more
HJR6 SupportStatus: Signed into law
Direct the commissioner of education to convene a work group to review Holocaust curricula developed by other states and... more
SB8 OpposeStatus: Posted for Passage
Require a person making an independent expenditure to report it if the amount exceeds $500 in the aggregate in any one e... more
SB10 SupportStatus: Senate State and Local Government Committee
Require the Secretary of the Personnel Cabinet to substitute personal identification numbers for social security numbers... more
HB10 SupportStatus: Senate Education Committee
Establish the Kentucky educator award and recognition fund to provide matching funds for schools that have state and nat... more
SB11 SupportStatus: Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee
Provide that the state contribution to the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System shall not be less than the amount necess... more
HB12 TrackStatus: House Education Committee
Increase the KEES base and supplemental award amounts by 100 percent beginning with the 2008-2009 academic year.... more
SB12 SupportStatus: Senate Judiciary Committee
Require school districts to have procedures in place to address student harassment, intimidation, and bullying.... more
HB15 SupportStatus: House Education Committee
Remove writing portfolios from the statewide CATS assessment program for elementary schools; require elementary schools... more
HCR16 SupportStatus: Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee
Urge the United States Congress to amend Title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government Pension Offset and... more
SB17 TrackStatus: Senate Education Committee
Require all public preschool through eighth grade programs to implement 30 minutes per day or 150 minutes per week of st... more
HB17 TrackStatus: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee
Specify use of excess SEEK funds; provide for an allocation of funds to hold harmless districts for mandated state salar... more
SB19 TrackStatus: Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee
Propose a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to allow the General Assembly to permit the operation of casinos,... more
SB20 TrackStatus: Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee
Authorize gambling at horse racing tracks and casinos; create the Kentucky Gaming Commission; create the Kentucky gaming... more
HB22 TrackStatus: Senate Education Committee
Change the definitions for the KEES Program; double KEES awards, based on grade point average and ACT scores, establish... more
SB26 SupportStatus: Senate Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations
Establish new requirements for an interim license to practice as a speech-language pathologist and a speech-language pat... more
HB29 SupportStatus: Signed into law
Establish new requirements for an interim license to practice as a speech-language pathologist and a speech-language pat... more
SB32 OpposeStatus: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee
Require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate an administrative regulation that specifies the criteria for class... more
HB34 TrackStatus: House Education Committee
Require 30 minutes per day, 150 minutes per week, or the equivalent minutes per month of structured moderate to vigorous... more
HB35 TrackStatus: House Education Committee
Designate the last three weeks of the school year as the testing window for the Commonwealth Accountability Testing Syst... more
SB42 OpposeStatus: Senate Judiciary Committee
Require that law enforcement officers request to perform blood and urine tests on all drivers involved in any accident t... more
SB44 SupportStatus: House Education Committee
Permit eligible high school students to use a portion of their KEES award to pay for tuition for dual credit courses; re... more
SR53 SupportStatus: Passed by Voice Vote
Urge the United States Congress to amend Title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government Pension Offset and... more
HB53 SupportStatus: House State Government Committee
Extend the high-three final compensation window set to expire January 1, 2009, for those state employees eligible for th... more
HB54 OpposeStatus: House Education Committee
Require counseling for tenth-grade students related to choosing an academic or career and technical track; require that... more
SB56 SupportStatus: Senate Education Committee
Establish the Math and Science Teacher Forgivable Loan Program and various other programs to promote math and science le... more
SB64 OpposeStatus: Signed into law
Establish a certification incentive fund to support the development of institutes for persons pursuing Option 7 of the a... more
HB64 SupportStatus: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee
Award raises for all certified and equivalent employees pursuant to KRS Chapter 151B that equal the same percentages and... more
SB65 SupportStatus: Signed into law
Provide a one-time election, beginning in July 1, 2008, for public university personnel to participate in KTRS under cer... more
SB66 OpposeStatus: Senate Education Committee
Require local school districts, under certain conditions, to provide a salary supplement to teachers of chemistry, physi... more
HB67 SupportStatus: House Education Committee
Require a child to be five years of age by August 1 to enter a primary school program.... more
SB68 TrackStatus: Signed into law
Adopt an agreement among the states to remove barriers to educational success imposed on children of military families b... more
HR71 SupportStatus: Passed by Voice Vote
Recognize and honor Tammy Spratt for being named the Kentucky Elementary Teacher of the Year.... more
HB73 SupportStatus: House Health and Welfare Committee
Prohibit caffeine-stoked energy drinks in the schools.... more
SB81 OpposeStatus: Senate Education Committee
Establish a statewide high school curriculum content that aligns with the community and technical college curriculum and... more
HJR81 TrackStatus: Signed into law
Provide that the mandates, directives, and initiatives in the 2008-2010 State/Executive Branch Budget memorandum have th... more
HJR82 TrackStatus: Signed into law
Provide that any mandates, directives, and initiatives in the 2008-2010 Legislative Branch Budget Memorandum have the fo... more
HJR83 TrackStatus: Signed into law
Provide that any mandates, directives, and initiatives in the 2008-2010 Judicial Branch Budget Memorandum have the force... more
SB86 TrackStatus: Signed into law
Specify that the school superintendent shall appoint the principal after consultation with the school council if the vac... more
HB86 SupportStatus: House Education Committee
Expand the preschool education program all four-year-old children; provide that a school district may delay implementati... more
HB91 SupportStatus: Signed into law
Require school districts to have plans, policies, and procedures dealing with measures for assisting students who are en... more
HB94 TrackStatus: House Banking and Insurance Committee
Define "dependent" for purposes of health care plan; extend coverage to dependants until age 30.... more
HJR98 TrackStatus: House Health and Welfare Committee
Direct the Early Childhood Development Authority to conduct various studies related to early childhood programs; report... more
HB101 SupportStatus: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee
Provide a sales tax holiday for the first week in August each year to exempt school supplies, school art supplies, and c... more
HB102 TrackStatus: House Banking and Insurance Committee
Require all health insurance plans to provide dependent coverage for an unmarried dependent child to 26 years of age.... more
SB109 SupportStatus: Senate Judiciary Committee
Prohibit registered sex offenders from coming onto the grounds of a high school, middle school, elementary school, presc... more
HCR111 SupportStatus: Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee
Urge Congress to restore funding to student loan programs.... more
SB113 SupportStatus: Senate Education Committee
Require a child to be five years of age by August 1 to enter a primary school program.... more
HB113 SupportStatus: House State Government Committee
Prohibit a public agency or public employee to use public funds to be a member of a private organization which holds clo... more
SB115 TrackStatus: Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee
Require the secretary of the Education Cabinet to convene representatives of postsecondary education representatives to... more
SB118 SupportStatus: Signed into law
Remove the clause sunsetting the requirement that all public and private primary schools obtain a current immunization c... more
HB120 SupportStatus: Senate Veterans, Military Affairs & Public Protection Committee
Delete retroactively the three year time limit on the extension of eligibility for a KEES award for service in the Unite... more
HB126 TrackStatus: House Education Committee
Provide that effective July 1, 2009, compulsory school attendance shall be between the ages of six and 17.... more
SB129 SupportStatus: Signed into law
Permit a local board of education to adopt a policy for distribution of refurbished surplus technology to low income stu... more
SB131 TrackStatus: Signed into law
Delete the provision prohibiting survivor benefits from KTRS for legally adopted children unless adoption proceedings we... more
SB134 OpposeStatus: Senate Education Committee
Prohibit a school district from establishing the first instructional day in a school term before the third Monday in Aug... more
HCR144 TrackStatus: Senate Education Committee
Confirm the reappointment of Thomas James Stull to the Education Professional Standards Board for a term expiring Septem... more
HCR145 TrackStatus: Senate Education Committee
Confirm the appointment of Mary S. Hammons to the Education Professional Standards Board for a term expiring September 1... more
HCR146 TrackStatus: Senate Education Committee
Confirm the appointment of Bobbie Sammons Stoess to the Education Professional Standards Board for a term expiring Septe... more
SB148 OpposeStatus: House Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee
Create reporting requirements for persons advocating adoption or defeat of a constitutional amendment; create reporting... more
HB148  Status: Senate Rules Committee
Require health benefit plans to adopt current, reasonable, and fair reimbursement schedules for services and procedures... more
HB154 TrackStatus: House Health and Welfare Committee
Remove the penalty for making a false child abuse or neglect report; amend the penalties for intentionally failing to re... more
SB157 TrackStatus: Signed into law
Move the date of notification of nonrenewal of employment of certified school staff from April 30 to May 15; move the da... more
HB160 OpposeStatus: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee
Establish a nonrefundable educational scholarship tax credit program for corporations and other entities that contribute... more
HCR160 TrackStatus: House Education Committee
Create a Task Force on Student Financial Aid and require that a report be submitted to the Governor and the Legislative... more
SB162 OpposeStatus: Senate Transportation Committee
Require employers of persons possessing a CDL to report results of positive drug and alcohol screening tests to the Tran... more
HJR165 TrackStatus: Senate Education Committee
Establish a Task Force on Teacher Roles, Responsibilities and Compensation, composed of members of the Interim Joint Com... more
SB166 SupportStatus: Recommitted to Senate A&R Committee
Establish scholarships on behalf of survivors of fallen coal miners.... more
HCR166 SupportStatus: Senate Education Committee
Direct the staff of the Legislative Research Commission to conduct a comprehensive statewide study of postsecondary educ... more
SJR166 TrackStatus: Passed by Voice Vote
Direct the KDE to develop, with partners, a cohesive and comprehensive statewide literacy plan that builds instructional... more
HB174 TrackStatus: House Education Committee
Designate that the start date for administering the state assessments be no earlier than the second Monday of May in eac... more
SCR177  Status: Senate Education Committee
Direct staff of the Legislative Research Commission to study options for changing Kentucky's student financial aid progr... more
HCR179  Status: House Health and Welfare Committee
Require LRC to designate staff to study Kentucky's to respond to the needs of children with Sensory Processing Disorders... more
HJR180 SupportStatus: Recommitted to House A&R Committee
Direct the commissioner of education to appoint a curricula work group to conduct a comprehensive study to determine whe... more
HB188 TrackStatus: Recommitted to Senate A&R Committee
Require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to submit an application for a Medicaid waiver to develop and impleme... more
HB189 TrackStatus: House Education Committee
Require KDE to develop and implement the Kentucky Financial Literacy Program; require the program to include curricula,... more
SB192 TrackStatus: Signed into law
Specify purpose of FRYSCs, eligibility criteria, core components required; specify that a funded center may remain eligi... more
SB193  Status: Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee
Amend KRS 337.010 to exempt elementary, secondary, and postsecondary school construction from the definition of "public... more
HJR201  Status: House Education Committee
Direct the Kentucky Department of Education and the Kentucky Board of Education to study the tiered design of the progra... more
SB207  Status: House Education Committee
Require each local school district's 2007-08 school calendar to include no less than two additional six-hour instruction... more
SB208  Status: Senate Education Committee
Change the notification date from April 30 to May 30 when a superintendent shall notify a classified employee that the c... more
HB211 SupportStatus: Signed into law
Prohibit a person in a position of authority or special trust from engaging in sexual contact with a minor under the age... more
HB220 TrackStatus: House Education Committee
Require science-based content and age appropriate and medically accurate standards for human sexuality education, provid... more
HB226 SupportStatus: House Education Committee
Create the Academy of Mathematics and Science at Western Kentucky University; require academy students to participate in... more
HB235 SupportStatus: House Judiciary Committee
Increase the age from 16 to 18 for statutory rape where a person of special trust or position of authority is involved;... more
HB241 SupportStatus: House Judiciary Committee
Increase the age from 16 to 18 for statutory rape where a person of special trust or position of authority is involved;... more
SB245  Status: Senate State and Local Government Committee
Establish procedures for mediation and arbitration of labor disputes; require parties to pay expenses.... more
SB246  Status: Senate Education Committee
Require compulsory school attendance to be the ages of 6 years and 18 years rather than 6 years and 16 years.... more
SB249  Status: Senate State and Local Government Committee
Require the Personnel Cabinet to establish health insurance plans for Medicare-eligible retirees participating in the st... more
HB262 SupportStatus: House Concurrence w/ Senate
Increase tax rate on income over $75,000; establish a refundable EITC at 15 percent of the federal credit; decouple from... more
HB265 SupportStatus: House Education Committee
Establish the Math and Science Teacher Forgivable Loan Program; establish the Middle School Math and Science Scholars Pr... more
HB269 TrackStatus: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee
Provide that excess funds in the SEEK program be reallocated to school districts on a per pupil basis.... more
HB288 TrackStatus: House Education Committee
Permit a local board of education to grant a leave of absence to a teacher or superintendent for reasons it deems necess... more
HB294 TrackStatus: Senate Rules Committee
Declare new goals for reducing the dropout rate by the year 2010; direct KDE to give priority for receiving grant funds... more
HB307 SupportStatus: Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee
Create the Academy of Mathematics and Science at Western Kentucky University; require academy students to participate in... more
HB321 TrackStatus: Signed into law
Clarify procedures and content of administrative regulations, use of surplus funds, and reporting requirements for the P... more
HB336 SupportStatus: House Education Committee
Establish a teacher advancement fund to provide tuition assistance to the public postsecondary education institutions fo... more
HB342 SupportStatus: House Education Committee
Require a child to be five years of age by August 1 to enter a primary school program.... more
HB343 SupportStatus: House Judiciary Committee
Prohibit a registered sex offender from committing specified acts concerning school buses and school bus stops while chi... more
HB363 SupportStatus: House Education Committee
Specify the number of hours a teacher must work per day, unless changed by the school-based decision-making council.... more
HB368 SupportStatus: Senate Education Committee
Establish unpaid leave for public employees to attend parent-teacher conferences if all applicable leave balances have b... more
HB379 SupportStatus: Senate Education Committee
Permit classified school employees participate in statewide professional meetings with substitutes when needed; define "... more
HB380 TrackStatus: House Education Committee
Establish a grant program administered by the Early Childhood Development Authority to develop collaborative models of p... more
HB386 SupportStatus: Senate Education Committee
Permit use of funding for targeted assistance activities and support services to help teachers prepare for national boar... more
HB397 OpposeStatus: House Education Committee
Establish the Students with Special Needs Scholarship Program to permit exceptional students as defined by KRS 157.200(... more
HB403 SupportStatus: House Labor & Industry Committee
Establish collective bargaining for eligible public employees, including school employees and merit system employees; re... more
HB406 TrackStatus: Signed into law
Provide financing and conditions for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the government of the Comm... more
HB407 TrackStatus: Signed into law
Make appropriations for the operations, maintenance, and support of the Legislative Branch of the Commonwealth of Kentuc... more
HB408 TrackStatus: Signed into law
Make appropriations for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the Judicial Branch of the government o... more
HB432 TrackStatus: Senate Rules Committee
Provide an annual salary supplement for speech-language pathologists and audiologists employed by a local board of educa... more
HB433  Status: Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee
Require a health benefit plan with a provider network to provide coverage for the dialysis provider of the insured's cho... more
HB437 SupportStatus: House Labor & Industry Committee
Permit classified school employees to participate in statewide professional meetings with substitutes when needed; defin... more
HB441 SupportStatus: Recommitted to Senate A&R Committee
Remove the prohibition regarding employees of local school districts taking part in the management or activities of any... more
HB443 SupportStatus: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee
Create an additional cigarette surtax of 70 cents; increase the tax rates for other tobacco products and snuff; impose a... more
HB460 TrackStatus: House Education Committee
Require a moment of silence or reflection not to exceed two minutes at the commencement of each school day.... more
HB461 TrackStatus: Senate Education Committee
Specify purpose of FRYSCs, eligibility criteria, and core components required; specify a funded center may remain eligib... more
HB466 OpposeStatus: House Education Committee
Allow retired educators who continued employment under the 100 day provisions during the 2006-2007 fiscal year to be ree... more
HB470 TrackStatus: Signed into law
KTRS omnibus bill, containing various provisions to clarify existing rules, i.e.; exclude awards program from definition... more
HB485 TrackStatus: House Rules Committee
Prohibit the amount of a teacher scholarship award from exceeding the total cost of education; identify conditions under... more
HB494 SupportStatus: House Judiciary Committee
Increase the age at which a minor becomes the victim of prohibited sexual conduct to under 18 years when the offense is... more
HB496 OpposeStatus: House Education Committee
Move the date of notification of nonrenewable of employment of certified school staff from April 30 to May 15; EMERGENCY... more
HB501 TrackStatus: Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee
Enact various amendments to KRS Chapters 16, 61 and 78; amend KRS 61.630 to clarify that a deceased member's estate must... more
HB504 SupportStatus: House Health and Welfare Committee
Require the cabinet to develop a plan for children to be screened for autism spectrum disorders at 18 months, three year... more
HB511 SupportStatus: Senate Education Committee
Specify that formative and summative evaluations are based on observable behavior and written documentation; require eva... more
HB523 TrackStatus: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee
Permit an eligible postsecondary education student to use his or her KEES award for one year only in an out-of-state ins... more
HB527 TrackStatus: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee
Increase the hold harmless amount for purposes of the gross revenues and excise tax fund for calendar year 2009 and ther... more
HB530 TrackStatus: Senate Education Committee
Create the 21st Century Skill Center at Morehead State University to provide PD to Kentucky school teachers.... more
HB536 TrackStatus: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee
Permit an eligible postsecondary education student to use his or her KEES scholarship award at any out-of-state institut... more
HB544 SupportStatus: Senate Rules Committee
Ratify the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact, which would organize an electronic information-sharing system... more
HB545 TrackStatus: House Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee
Require county board of education members, except for counties containing a city of the first class, to be elected by th... more
HB550 SupportStatus: Posted for Passage
Propose a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to permit the General Assembly to enact laws permitting the operat... more
HB562 SupportStatus: House State Government Committee
Permit an employee participating in one of the retirement systems administered by the Kentucky Retirement System to purc... more
HB563 SupportStatus: Posting Waived
Require an employer to notify the Transportation Cabinet within five days of receiving notice of a positive drug or alco... more
HB566 SupportStatus: Posted for Passage
Apply the estate tax without regard to the federal phase-out of the state credit; provide a state earned income tax cred... more
HB578 OpposeStatus: House Education Committee
Describe the intent of the General Assembly and the purposes of authorizing public charter schools; outline the requirem... more
HB587 TrackStatus: House Education Committee
Require a local board of education to schedule graduation ceremonies to occur following the anticipated completion date... more
HB592 OpposeStatus: Recommitted to House A&R Committee
Create an earned income tax credit; create a work opportunity tax credit.... more
HB595 TrackStatus: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee
Freeze resident tuition an incidental fees at the state's public postsecondary education institutions to the 2007-2008 t... more
HB600 TrackStatus: Free Conference Committee
Omnibus bill that makes various changes to retirement eligibility, contributions, interest rates, multipliers and COLA r... more
HB607 OpposeStatus: Signed into law
Allow a five year statement of eligibility for teaching be issued to a veteran who has completed a total of ten years of... more
HB614 TrackStatus: Posted for Passage
Repeal and reenact KRS 138.130 and 138.140 re: the current cigarette tax; provide that the legislation shall apply to ta... more
HB616 OpposeStatus: Senate Education Committee
Permit a superintendent of schools to establish residency either in Kentucky or within 50 miles of the district's bounda... more
HB619 OpposeStatus: House Education Committee
Allow a candidate to obtain teacher certification through an alternative certification program offered by a private cont... more
HB621 TrackStatus: House Education Committee
Allow students to be counted present at school when participating in school sponsored regional or state sports competiti... more
HB632 OpposeStatus: House Education Committee
Require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate an administrative regulation to implement a physical activity requ... more
HB640 SupportStatus: Signed into law
Define health services; permit a supplemental grant program managed by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to fun... more
HB650 SupportStatus: House Education Committee
Permit teachers and classified employees to organize and bargain collectively with a board of education for wages, hours... more
HB655 SupportStatus: Signed into law
Require that by September 30 of each year the secretary of the Transportation Cabinet report data related to providing t... more
HB661 SupportStatus: House Education Committee
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
HB664 OpposeStatus: House Education Committee
Require preservice teachers to complete a reading education course of study and a course of study that includes civic li... more
HB669 TrackStatus: House Education Committee
Amend KRS 156.132 regarding removal of public school officers to replace obsolete terminology; make gender neutral.... more
HB670 TrackStatus: House Education Committee
Require the commissioner of education to present the status of education as reflected in the biennial report to the Inte... more
HB686 TrackStatus: House Education Committee
Amend KRS 161.620 relative to KTRS retirement allowance calculations by deleting the word "initially" to remove the limi... more
HB697  Status: Signed into law
Provide that assets of the trust fund for the Kentucky Public Employees Deferred Compensation Authority shall be used ex... more
HB700  Status: House Judiciary Committee
Provide enhanced sanctions against public servants, including school employees, convicted of theft or misappropriation o... more
HB720  Status: House Education Committee
Require the Council of Postsecondary Education to ensure transferability of credits among institutions; require the send... more
HB721  Status: House Education Committee
Establish the Autism Scholarship Program to permit autistic children to receive a scholarship to move from his or her re... more
HB724  Status: Recommitted to House H&W Committee
Require a local board of education to include in its discipline code the prohibition of corporal punishment; clarify cir... more
HB734  Status: Signed into law
Amend KRS 157.621 to include in the statute authorization for the growth nickel originally authorized by the 2003 budget... more
HB738  Status: House Education Committee
Require that by the beginning of the 2009-2010 school year, students entering the first year of the primary program shal... more
HB742  Status: House State Government Committee
Allow KTRS to request additional state appropriations sufficient to discharge the system's unfunded liability over a thi... more
HB743  Status: Posted for Passage
Provide that LRC employees shall receive the same retiree health coverage and benefits as state employees.... more
HB752  Status: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee
Allow growth districts to request an adjustment mid-year due to growth in adjusted average daily attendance of 3% or mor... more
HB753  Status: Recommitted to House Education Committee
Establish procedures for filling personnel vacancies in schools, including the principal; in counties with over 400,000... more


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