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SB 1/FN (BR 1304) - D. Williams, D. Kelly, D. Karem, D. Adams, W. Blevins, C. Borders, L. Casebier, G. Freeman, B. Guthrie, E. Harris, P. Herron Jr, B. Jackson, A. Kerr, M. Long, V. McGaha, E. Miller, G. Neal, J. Pendleton, R. Roeding, J. Rose, L. Saunders, D. Seum, T. Shaughnessy, D. Shrout, R. Stivers, E. Tori, J. Westwood, E. Worley
AN ACT relating to adult education.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 151B to state the intent to improve the knowledge and skills of Kentucky's undereducated adults; amend KRS 164.003 to require by 2020 that there be a system of providers that delivers educational services to significantly reduce the percentage of adults who are undereducated; amend KRS 164.020, relating to the Council on Postsecondary Education's duties for setting a vision for adult education; amend KRS 164.0203, relating to the strategic agenda for postsecondary education, to expand its purpose to lifelong learning and adult education; amend KRS 164.035 to require that the Council on Postsecondary Education, with cooperation of the Department of Adult Education and Literacy, provide technical assistance, training, and other support to assist in the development of regional strategies for lifelong learning, adult education, and workforce development; amend KRS 164.7879, relating to the Kentucky Education Excellence Scholarship program to require the Council on Postsecondary Education to review options for making a base award to Kentucky residents with a General Educational Development diploma; repeal KRS 151B.142, reenact it as a new section of KRS Chapter 164, and amend it to require the Council on Postsecondary Education to administer the adult education and literacy initiative fund for the purpose of supporting county and regional strategies for lifelong learning and adult education, and to provide a system of statewide initiatives for excellence, and to provide research and development funds; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to require a statewide adult education and literacy learning network serving each county in the state by July 1, 2002, that includes a single comprehensive coordinating entity for each county, although one coordinating entity may serve more than one county; create a new section of KRS Chapter 151B to require the Department for Adult Education and Literacy to enter into long-term agreements with the comprehensive coordinating entities; require the department to create and implement a funding formula policy with approval of the council to ensure all counties have access to core adult education and literacy services; amend KRS 151B.410 to authorize the department to promulgate administrative regulations and administer a statewide adult education and literacy learning network; require the department to create an awareness program in cooperation with the Administrative Office of the Courts to ensure awareness of the provisions of KRS 533.200 and the methods to access adult education and literacy programs for persons sentenced under that statute; amend KRS 158.360 to require the department to provide technical assistance to the comprehensive coordinating entity in each county or the subcontractor to develop family literacy services; delete specific references and funding processes that described Parent and Child for Family Independence Programs; create a new section of KRS Chapter 151B to require the Department for Adult Education and Literacy to promulgate administrative regulations to provide incentives to full-time employees who complete a General Educational Development program within 1 year and to their employers; require the administrative regulation to address learning contracts, procedures for establishing the learning contracts, attendance, and final reports; provide a $250 tuition credit up to 4 semesters at one of Kentucky’s public postsecondary institutions to a person who has been out of school for at least 3 years who completes a General Educational Development program; provide an employer a state income tax credit for a portion of the released time given to the employee to study for the General Educational Development diploma; amend KRS 154.12-204 definitions relating to the Bluegrass State Skills Corporation grant-in-aid programs to include retail in the definition of "business and industry" and to add “basic skills” in lieu of “entry level;" amend KRS 154.12-2084, relating to Bluegrass State Skills Corporation, to change the definition of educational institution to include services to adult persons without a high school diploma or its equivalent; amend KRS 151B.120, 151B.023, 151B.405, and 157.360 to conform; repeal KRS 151B.0235 and 151B.140.
SB 1 - AMENDMENTS
SCS - Retain the provisions of SB1 with the following exceptions: delete all references to lifelong learning; allow a community-based approach to adult education without mandating that each county have a comprehensive coordinating entity; delete the funding formula; delete the requirement that the Council on Postsecondary Education review options for making a base award to Kentucky residents with a General Educational Development diploma.
SCA (1/Title, L. Casebier) - Make title amendment.
SFA (2, D. Williams) - Clarify that guidelines will be developed for the uses of the Adult Education and Literacy Incentive fund; make technical corrections.
SFA (3, D. Williams) - Provide that retail establishments be included in the definition of "business and industry" for purposes of the Bluegrass State Skills Corporation only if specific funds for grants-in-aid are provided by the General Assembly; include entry level training in the types of education that can be provided with funds of the Bluegrass State Skills Corporation.
SFA (4, D. Williams) - Provide that Adult Education and Literacy Incentive funds transferred to the Council on Postsecondary Education will be used for the purposes stated in the Act; clarify language related to the provision of family literacy services.
HFA (1/P, G. Stumbo) - Attach the provisions of HB 814 to SB 1/GA.
HFA (2/Title, G. Stumbo) - Make title amendment.
HFA (3, G. Stumbo) - Create a new section of KRS Chapter 48 to permit the Legislative Research Commission to declare an emergency and administer the legislative branch of government with public funds not to exceed appropriations provided for the immediately preceding fiscal year if general appropriations bill for the legislative branch is not enacted; permit the Chief Justice to declare an emergency and administer the judicial branch of government with public funds not to exceed appropriations provided for the immediately preceding fiscal year if general appropriations bill for the judicial branch is not enacted; restrict authorizations to maximum of one fiscal year; require investment of revenues received in excess of appropriations.
HFA (4, G. Stumbo) - Create a new section of KRS Chapter 48 to permit the Governor to declare an emergency and administer the government with public funds not to exceed appropriations provided for the immediately preceding fiscal year if general appropriations bill is not enacted; require authorization to maximum of one fiscal year; require investment of revenues received in excess of appropriations.
HFA (5/Title, G. Stumbo) - Make title amendment.
HFA (6, R. Cox) - Require school councils to post the preamble to the Kentucky Constitution in all public school classroom buildings.
HFA (7, R. Cox) - Prohibit school curriculum or instructional practice from validating homosexuality, suggesting gay and lesbian lifestyles are normative, or advancing witchcraft or occult practices; prohibit education equity from encompassing sexual orientation.
HFA (8/P, H. Moberly) - Amend KRS 18A.115 and various sections of KRS Chapter 151B to move the certified and equivalent employees in the Department for Adult Education and Literacy and all unclassified personnel in the Department for Technical Education from the jurisdiction of the KRS Chapter 151B to the KRS Chapter 18A personnel system, effective August 15, 2000; require the Collaborative Center for Literacy Development: Early Childhood through Adulthood to evaluate the reading and literacy components of model programs funded through the Adult Education and Literacy Fund; require that the technical assistance from the Department for Adult Education and Literacy to providers to develop family literacy services be evaluated on a regular basis by outside evaluators; require the Council on Postsecondary Education to establish standards for adult literacy in conjunction with the Collaborative Center for Literacy Development: Early Childhood through Adulthood; amend KRS 164.035 to require the Council on Postsecondary Education, in consultation with the Department for Adult Education and Literacy and the Collaborative Center for Literacy Development: Early Childhood through Adulthood to assess the need for technical assistance, training, and other support to assist in the development of adult education and workforce development that support the state strategic agenda for postsecondary education; and amend KRS 164.0207 to include training for adult education providers and teachers in the responsibilities of the Collaborative Center for Literacy Development: Early Childhood through Adulthood; make technical changes.
Jan 4-introduced in Senate; to Education (S)
Jan 13-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)
Jan 14-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, January 18, 2000
Jan 18-passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day; floor amendments (2) (3) and (4) filed to Committee Substitute
Jan 19-3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title), and floor amendments (2) (3) and (4)
Jan 20-received in House
Jan 21-to Education (H)
Feb 18-posted in committee
Mar 15-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Mar 16-2nd reading; recommitted to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
Mar 17-posted in committee
Mar 23-reported favorably, to Rules
Mar 27-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 28, 2000
Mar 29-floor amendments (1) (2-title) (3) (4) and (5-title) filed to bill and (6) and (7) filed to floor amendment (1)
Apr 11-floor amendment (8) filed
Apr 14-3rd reading, passed 98-0 with floor amendment (8) ; received in Senate; posted for passage for concurrence in House floor amendment (8) ; Senate concurred in House floor amendment (8) ; passed 36-0; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer, delivered to Governor
Apr 26-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 526)
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