| Last Action | to Education (S) | 
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| Title | AN ACT relating to classified employee benefits. | 
| Bill Documents | Bill | 
| Bill Request Number | 303 | 
| Sponsors | B. Yonts, D. Butler, J. Crenshaw, T. Edmonds, C. Embry Jr., K. Hall, R. Henderson, T. Pullin | 
| Summary of Original Version | Amend KRS 158.070 to permit public school employees other than teachers to participate in statewide professional meetings with substitutes when needed; amend KRS 161.011 to define "progressive discipline" as a process to deal with job-related behavior that does not meet expected and communicated performance standards; establish due process and hearing procedures for classified employees notified that their contracts will not be renewed; require the board policy to provide a process that includes for verbal and written warnings, public and private reprimands, probation with a corrective action plan, and suspensions with pay or without pay of up to seven days prior to termination; establish due process procedures for an employee who has completed four years of continuous active service; establish a process to require the commissioner of education to appoint a hearing officer upon request; establish the right of appeal to the Circuit Court in the county where the school district is located; provide service credit for limited status employees on approved military leave and for reemployment or reinstatement of an employee inducted into the Armed Forces of the United States. | 
| Index Headings of Original Version | Education, Elementary and Secondary - Classified employees, job benefits Retirement and Pensions - Benefits, military service State Agencies - Department of Education, hearing officer appointments | 
| Votes | Vote History | 
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| 01/06/09 | 
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| 01/07/09 | 
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| 02/06/09 | 
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| 02/10/09 | 
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| 02/11/09 | 
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| 02/23/09 | 
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| 02/24/09 | 
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| 02/26/09 | 
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