06RS HB341

HB341

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HB 341 (BR 903) - J. Draud, J. Jenkins, S. Riggs

     AN ACT relating to education technology.
     Amend KRS 156.670 to define "Schools Interoperability Framework" to mean technical guidelines to ensure the seamless integration of multivendor software applications; require the Department of Education and K-12 schools and districts to comply with the Schools Interoperability Framework guidelines; permit alternative systems if needed because of cost, efficiency, or a need for additional software features.

HB 341 - AMENDMENTS


     HCS - Delete original provisions; direct the Department of Education to conduct a study to determine costs, benefits, feasibility, and implications of adoption of specifications for statewide education data designed to facilitate the exchange of information among different instructional and administrative software applications at the local, state, and federal levels; direct study to recommend proposed priorities for implementation and the associated timelines; establish an advisory committee to guide the completion of the study; direct study to be completed no later than November 1, 2006, with an interim report to the Interim Joint Committee on Education no later than August 1, 2006.

     SCS - Retain original provisions with changes; require the study to include requirements for data security and a notification process when a breach of data security occurs; include specific representatives as named in the study; permit any school district that has begun to implement software applications that meet the recognized standards for interoperability shall be permitted to continue its use during the period of study as a pilot project; create a new section of KRS Chapter 161 to require a teacher to submit to random drug testing for a period not to exceed 12 months if the teacher has been reprimanded or disciplined as a result of illegal use of controlled substances.

     SCA (1/Title, K. Winters) - Make title amendment.

     SFA (1, G. Tapp) - Amend HB 341/HCS to require the study to include recommendations for notification procedures when personal information is lost, inadvertently shared, or otherwise compromised due to a data security breach.

     SFA (2, D. Seum) - Amend HB 341/GA to change the advisory committee for the study to a committee of stakeholders; specify organizations to have representation on the stakeholder committee; require that committee members have expertise in school technology; require the study to assess the effectiveness of certification and standardization for software used by school districts; require the study to include a review of the National Educational Technology Plan from the US Department of Education; permit a school district that has begun to implement software applications that meet recognized standards for interoperability to continue their use during the period of study as a pilot project and report the experience to be included in the final study; clarify deadlines for the written interim report, the completion of the study, and submission of the final written report to the Interim Joint Committee on Education.

     CCR - Cannot agree.

     FCCR - Direct the Department of Education to conduct a study to determine costs, benefits, feasibility, and implications of adoption of specifications for statewide education data designed to facilitate the exchange of information among different instructional and administrative software applications at the local, state, and federal levels; require the study to include requirements for data security and a notification process when a breach of data security occurs; direct study to recommend proposed priorities for implementation and the associated timelines; establish a committee of stakeholders to guide the completion of the study; direct the study to be completed no later than November 1, 2006, with a final written report sent to the Interim Joint Committee on Education, with an interim report no later than August 1, 2006; create a new section of KRS Chapter 161 to require a teacher to submit to random drug testing for a period not to exceed 12 months if the teacher has been reprimanded or disciplined as a result of illegal use of controlled substances.

     Jan 12-introduced in House
     Jan 19-to Education (H)
     Feb 27-posted in committee
     Mar 8-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
     Mar 9-2nd reading, to Rules
     Mar 14-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 15, 2006
     Mar 15-3rd reading, passed 98-0 with Committee Substitute
     Mar 16-received in Senate
     Mar 20-laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; to Education (S)
     Mar 22-reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules Education (S); floor amendments (1) and (2) filed
     Mar 24-recommitted to Education (S); reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1) as a Consent Bill; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 24, 2006; 3rd reading; floor amendments (1) and (2) withdrawn ; passed 36-0 with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)
     Apr 10-received in House; posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)
     Apr 11-House refused to concur in Senate Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title) ; Conference Committee appointed in House; received in Senate; posted for passage for receding from Senate Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title) ; Senate refused to recede from Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title) ; Conference Committee appointed in Senate; Conference Committee report filed in House and Senate; Conference Committee report adopted in House and Senate; Free Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate; Free Conference Committee report filed in House and Senate
     Apr 12-Free Conference Committee report adopted in Senate; passed 36-0; received in House; Free Conference Committee report adopted in House; passed 92-0; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
     Apr 22-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 221)

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