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Senate Bill 61

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Last Action signed by Governor (Acts Chapter 104)
Title AN ACT relating to early high school graduation and making an appropriation therefor.
Bill Documents Bill
Impact Statements Fiscal Note
Bill Request Number 810
Sponsor M. Wilson
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 2014-2015 school year; define the curriculum requirements for early graduation and conditional admission into a Kentucky public two-year institution or four-year university; 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; establish the Early Graduation Scholarship Certificate and the processes for awarding it and using it; create a new section of KRS Chapter 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, Elementary and Secondary - Early graduation program of study, creation of
Education, Finance - Early graduation trust fund, creation of
Education, Finance - High school early graduation certificate, definition of
Education, Higher - Early high school graduates, KEES awards, process for determining
Education, Higher - Postsecondary education, acceptance of early high school graduates
State Agencies - Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority, administrator of funds
Appropriations - Early graduation scholarship fund
Proposed Amendments House Committee Substitute 1
House Floor Amendment 1
Votes Vote History

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02/05/13
  • introduced in Senate
02/07/13
  • to Education (S)
02/20/13
  • taken from Education (S)
  • 1st reading
  • returned to Education (S)
02/21/13
  • reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules
02/25/13
  • posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 25, 2013
  • 3rd reading, passed 24-12
02/26/13
  • received in House
02/27/13
  • to Education (H)
03/01/13
  • taken from Education (H)
  • 1st reading
  • returned to Education (H)
03/04/13
  • taken from Education (H)
  • 2nd reading
  • returned to Education (H)
  • posting waived
  • posted in committee
03/07/13
  • floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
  • reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute
03/11/13
  • taken from Rules
  • placed in the Orders of the Day
  • 3rd reading, passed 98-0 with Committee Substitute, floor amendment (1)
  • received in Senate
  • posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute, floor amendment (1)
  • Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute, floor amendment (1)
  • passed 37-0
03/12/13
  • enrolled, signed by each presiding officer
  • delivered to Governor
03/22/13
  • signed by Governor (Acts Chapter 104)

Proposed Amendments

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Amendment House Committee Substitute 1
Impact Statements Fiscal Note
Summary Retain original provisions except replace the credits and courses required for early graduation with the requirements for graduation set by the Kentucky Board of Education; delete AP/IB course and grade point average requirements; delete conditional admission provisions; delete exemption from additional graduation requirements; encourage, instead of require, access for middle school students to high school English and algebra; revise the scholarship award amount to one-half of the average per-pupil SEEK appropriation; require high schools to report early graduates to the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority; change the amount to be transferred to the scholarship fund to one-half of the SEEK appropriation for early graduates; clarify one-half of the SEEK appropriation shall be retained by the graduates' districts; provide fourth year of KEES award for any student who graduates in three years.
Index Headings Education, Elementary and Secondary - Early graduation program of study, creation of
Education, Finance - Early graduation trust fund, creation of
Education, Finance - High school early graduation certificate, definition of
Education, Higher - Early high school graduates, KEES awards, process for determining
Education, Higher - Postsecondary education, acceptance of early high school graduates
State Agencies - Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority, administrator of funds
Appropriations - Early graduation scholarship fund

Amendment House Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor C. Rollins II
Summary Revise early high school graduation requirements; provide that the Kentucky Board of Education or a local board of education shall not impose additional graduation requirements on a student pursuing early graduation that would prohibit the student from graduating in less than four years; make technical corrections.
Index Headings Education, Elementary and Secondary - Early graduation program of study, creation of
Education, Finance - Early graduation trust fund, creation of
Education, Finance - High school early graduation certificate, definition of
Education, Higher - Early high school graduates, KEES awards, process for determining
Education, Higher - Postsecondary education, acceptance of early high school graduates
State Agencies - Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority, administrator of funds
Appropriations - Early graduation scholarship fund

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