KY HB 416
died on adjournmentAN ACT relating to educators.
Kentucky · 2026 Regular Session · lower
Description
Amend KRS 161.028 to preclude the Education Professional Standards Board from requiring a minimum score on any assessment; require applicants to submit proof of completion of a formative basic skills assessment at the time of application; require applicants to submit results of a formative basic skills assessment prior to their first day of attendance; require the postsecondary institution provide supports for candidates aligned with their formative assessment performance; amend KRS 161.030 to require the Education Professional Standards Board to narrowly tailor content assessments to the area in which an applicant is seeking certification.
- Introduced
- 2026-01-15
- Status date
- —
- Latest action
- 2026-01-30 — to Committee on Committees (S)
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
Sponsors
- W. Lawrenceprimary
- D. Grossbergprimary
- M. Clinesprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2026-01-15
introduced in House
introduction
2026-01-15
to Committee on Committees (H)
referral-committee
2026-01-16
to Primary and Secondary Education (H)
referral-committee
2026-01-21
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
committee-passage
2026-01-22
2nd reading, to Rules
reading-2
2026-01-22
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, January 23, 2026
2026-01-28
floor amendment (1) filed
amendment-introduction
2026-01-29
3rd reading, passed 95-0 with Floor Amendment (1)
passage,reading-3
2026-01-30
received in Senate
2026-01-30
to Committee on Committees (S)
referral-committee
Versions
Documents
Votes
Pass
2026-01-29 · pass · 95-0
Member-level votes (100)
- Aull: yes
- Dietz: yes
- Hancock: yes
- McCool: yes
- Rudy: yes
- Baker: yes
- Doan: yes
- Hart: yes
- McPherson: yes
- Sharp: yes
- Banta: yes
- Donworth: yes
- Heavrin: yes
- Meade: yes
- Smith: yes
- Bauman: yes
- Dotson: yes
- Hodgson: yes
- Meredith: yes
- Stalker: yes
- Bivens: yes
- Duvall: yes
- Holloway: yes
- Miles: yes
- Stevenson P: yes
- Blanton: yes
- Elliott: yes
- Imes: yes
- Moore: yes
- Tackett Laferty: yes
- Bojanowski: yes
- Fister: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Moser: yes
- Tate: yes
- Bowling: yes
- Flannery: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Neighbors: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Branscum: yes
- Fleming: yes
- King: yes
- Nemes: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Bratcher S.: yes
- Freeland: yes
- Koch: yes
- Osborne: yes
- Tipton: yes
- Bray: yes
- Fugate: yes
- Lawrence: yes
- Payne: yes
- Truett: yes
- Bridges: yes
- Gentry: yes
- Lehman: yes
- Petrie: yes
- Upchurch: yes
- Burke: yes
- Gooch: yes
- Lewis: yes
- Pollock: yes
- Watkins: yes
- Callaway: yes
- Gordon: yes
- Lewis D: yes
- Proctor: yes
- Wesley: yes
- Calloway: yes
- Griffee: yes
- Lewis S: yes
- Rabourn: yes
- Whitaker: yes
- Camuel: yes
- Grossberg: yes
- Lockett: yes
- Raymer: yes
- White: yes
- Chester-Burton: yes
- Grossl: yes
- Maddox: yes
- Riley: yes
- Williams: yes
- Clines: yes
- Hale: yes
- Marzian: yes
- Roarx: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Decker: yes
- Hampton: yes
- Massaroni: yes
- Roberts: yes
- Witten: yes
- Brown: not voting
- Dossett: not voting
- Huff T: not voting
- Kulkarni: not voting
- Willner: not voting
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