Last Action | to Education (H) |
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Title | AN ACT relating to early high school graduation and making an appropriation therefor. |
Bill Documents |
Bill
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Bill Request Number | 229 |
Sponsor | K. Winters |
Summary of Original Version | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to be numbered KRS 158.142 to establish the option for early high school graduation beginning in the 2012-2013 school year; define the curriculum requirements for early graduation and admission into a Kentucky public two-year institution or four-year university; establish the Early Graduation Scholarship Certificate and the processes for awarding it and using it; create a new section of KRS 164 to create the early graduation scholarship fund to be administered by the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority; amend KRS 157.360 to describe how state funds from the SEEK appropriation will be transferred to the scholarship fund to support early high school graduates; amend KRS 158.140 to limit the powers of the Kentucky Board of Education or a local board from imposing graduation requirements that would prohibit a student from pursuing an early graduation program; amend KRS 164.7879 to prescribe how an annual KEES award for an early graduate would be calculated; amend KRS 157.420 to conform; APPROPRIATION. |
Index Headings of Original Version |
Education, Higher - Postsecondary education, acceptance of early high school graduates State Agencies - Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority, administrator of funds Education, Finance - High school early graduation certificate, definition of Education, Higher - Early high school graduates, KEES awards, process for determining Appropriations - Early graduation scholarship fund Education, Elementary and Secondary - Early graduation program of study, creation of Education, Finance - Early graduation trust fund, creation of |
Proposed Amendments | Senate Committee Substitute 1 |
Votes | Vote History |
01/07/11 |
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02/01/11 |
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02/09/11 |
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02/10/11 |
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02/15/11 |
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02/16/11 |
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02/17/11 |
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Amendment | Senate Committee Substitute 1 |
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Summary | Retain original provisions, except specify that students shall obtain a qualifying benchmark score on each of the end-of-course examinations that make up the high school achievement portion of the accountability system under KRS 158.6453 and that students obtain a qualifying benchmark score on a world language proficiency assessment approved by the Kentucky Board of Education. |
Index Headings |
Education, Higher - Postsecondary education, acceptance of early high school graduates State Agencies - Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority, administrator of funds Education, Finance - High school early graduation certificate, definition of Education, Higher - Early high school graduates, KEES awards, process for determining Appropriations - Early graduation scholarship fund Education, Elementary and Secondary - Early graduation program of study, creation of Education, Finance - Early graduation trust fund, creation of |
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