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KY HB 498

died on adjournment

AN ACT establishing the Adult Workforce Diploma Pilot Program.

Kentucky · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to establish the Adult Workforce Diploma Pilot Program; define terms; establish the Adult Workforce Diploma Pilot Program fund; establish eligibility criteria for the program; direct the Education and Labor Cabinet to administer the program; provide payments to program providers for students who complete specified milestones; require program result reporting to the Kentucky Board of Education, the Secretary of State, and the Legislative Research Commission; specify a program end date of July 1, 2029.

Introduced
2026-01-28
Status date
—
Latest action
2026-04-15 — recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • S. Bratcherprimary
  • R. Duvallprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-28

    introduced in House

    introduction

  2. 2026-01-28

    to Committee on Committees (H)

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-02-04

    to Primary and Secondary Education (H)

    referral-committee

  4. 2026-02-11

    reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)

    committee-passage

  5. 2026-02-12

    2nd reading, to Rules

    reading-2

  6. 2026-03-04

    floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute

    amendment-introduction

  7. 2026-03-11

    posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 12 2026

  8. 2026-03-17

    floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute

    amendment-introduction

  9. 2026-03-26

    taken from the Orders of the Day

  10. 2026-03-26

    returned to Rules

  11. 2026-04-15

    recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb498.html

Attribution

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