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KY HB 654

died on adjournment

AN ACT relating to school district reporting and declaring an emergency.

Kentucky · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Amend KRS 160.345 to remove the Kentucky Department of Education's reporting requirement on school physical activity, prohibit the department or the Kentucky Board of Education from requiring a school to complete any component of a comprehensive school improvement plan that is not expressly required from that specific school by federal law or state statute; amend KRS 156.101 to remove superintendents' reporting requirement on instructional leaders who fail to complete required training; amend KRS 160.380 to remove superintendents' annual reporting requirement on a district's minority teacher recruitment process; amend KRS 158.1413 to remove superintendents' reporting requirement on school districts' essential workplace ethics programs; repeal KRS 158.867, relating to minimum requirements for summer learning camps; authorize the Kentucky Department of Education and Kentucky Board of Education to continue to collect designated existing reports; prohibit the Kentucky Department of Education and Kentucky Board of Education from requiring designated reports; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2026.

Introduced
2026-02-18
Status date
—
Latest action
2026-03-12 — to Committee on Committees (S)
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • S. Bakerprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-02-18

    introduced in House

    introduction

  2. 2026-02-18

    to Committee on Committees (H)

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-02-25

    to Primary and Secondary Education (H)

    referral-committee

  4. 2026-03-04

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

    committee-passage

  5. 2026-03-04

    floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute

    amendment-introduction

  6. 2026-03-05

    2nd reading, to Rules

    reading-2

  7. 2026-03-09

    posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 10 2026

  8. 2026-03-11

    3rd reading, passed 94-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1)

    passage,reading-3

  9. 2026-03-12

    received in Senate

  10. 2026-03-12

    to Committee on Committees (S)

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Pass

    2026-03-11 · pass · 94-0

    Member-level votes (100)
    • Aull: yes
    • Dietz: yes
    • Heavrin: yes
    • McCool: yes
    • Smith: yes
    • Baker: yes
    • Doan: yes
    • Hodgson: yes
    • McPherson: yes
    • Stalker: yes
    • Banta: yes
    • Donworth: yes
    • Holloway: yes
    • Meade: yes
    • Stevenson P: yes
    • Bauman: yes
    • Dossett: yes
    • Huff T: yes
    • Meredith: yes
    • Tackett Laferty: yes
    • Bivens: yes
    • Duvall: yes
    • Imes: yes
    • Miles: yes
    • Tate: yes
    • Blanton: yes
    • Elliott: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Moore: yes
    • Thomas: yes
    • Bojanowski: yes
    • Fister: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Neighbors: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Bowling: yes
    • Fleming: yes
    • King: yes
    • Nemes: yes
    • Tipton: yes
    • Branscum: yes
    • Freeland: yes
    • Koch: yes
    • Osborne: yes
    • Truett: yes
    • Bratcher S.: yes
    • Fugate: yes
    • Kulkarni: yes
    • Payne: yes
    • Upchurch: yes
    • Bray: yes
    • Gentry: yes
    • Lawrence: yes
    • Petrie: yes
    • Watkins: yes
    • Bridges: yes
    • Gooch: yes
    • Lehman: yes
    • Pollock: yes
    • Wesley: yes
    • Brown: yes
    • Gordon: yes
    • Lewis C: yes
    • Proctor: yes
    • Whitaker: yes
    • Burke: yes
    • Griffee: yes
    • Lewis D: yes
    • Raymer: yes
    • White: yes
    • Callaway: yes
    • Grossberg: yes
    • Lewis S: yes
    • Riley: yes
    • Williams: yes
    • Calloway: yes
    • Grossl: yes
    • Lockett: yes
    • Roarx: yes
    • Willner: yes
    • Camuel: yes
    • Hale: yes
    • Maddox: yes
    • Roberts: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Clines: yes
    • Hampton: yes
    • Marzian: yes
    • Rudy: yes
    • Witten: yes
    • Decker: yes
    • Hancock: yes
    • Massaroni: yes
    • Sharp: yes
    • Chester-Burton: not voting
    • Flannery: not voting
    • Hart: not voting
    • Moser: not voting
    • Rabourn: not voting
    • Dotson: not voting

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb654.html

Attribution

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