Kentucky
General Assembly

01/07/14	introduced in House
01/08/14	to Education (H)
01/13/14	posting waived posted in committee
01/14/14	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title) floor amendments (1) and (2) filed to Committee Substitute
01/15/14	2nd reading, to Rules posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, January 16, 2014 floor amendment (3) filed to Committee Substitute
01/16/14	floor amendments (4) and (5) filed to Committee Substitute
01/23/14	floor amendment (6) filed to Committee Substitute
01/27/14	floor amendments (1) and (2) withdrawn
01/28/14	floor amendments (4) and (5) withdrawn
01/29/14	3rd reading floor amendment (6) defeated passed 58-41 with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title), floor amendment (3)
01/30/14	received in Senate
02/04/14	to Education (S)
03/18/14	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
03/19/14	2nd reading, to Rules
03/24/14	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 25, 2014
03/25/14	passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day floor amendment (3) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendment (2-title) filed
03/26/14	3rd reading, passed 34-3 with Committee Substitute, floor amendments (1) (2-title) and (3)
03/27/14	received in House to Rules (H) taken from Rules posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute, floor amendments (1) (2-title) and (3) House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute, floor amendment (1) House refused to concur in Senate floor amendments (2-title) and (3) received in Senate
04/15/14	to Rules (S) posted for passage for receding from Senate floor amendments (2-title) and (3) floor amendment (2-title) withdrawn Senate receded from floor amendment (3) passed 36-2 received in House passed 70-30 enrolled, signed by each presiding officer delivered to Governor
04/25/14	signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 136)

Amendment	House Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Amend KRS 160.180 to specify annual training requirements for school board members; amend KRS 160.431 to require certification for a person employed as a school finance officer; require promulgation of administrative regulations to specify school finance officer certification process; require financial reports to be made by a school finance officer and the commissioner of education; require an annual review of school district financial reports; specify annual training requirements for school finance officers; amend KRS 156.111 to specify annual training requirements for school superintendents; amend KRS 161.020 to require certification for a person employed as a school finance officer.
Index Headings	Fiscal Note - School finance officers, training requirements for Education, Elementary and Secondary - Commissioner of Education, required report by Education, Elementary and Secondary - School finance officers, required reports of Education, Elementary and Secondary - School finance officers, training requirements for State Agencies - Kentucky Department of Education, review of reports by

Amendment	House Committee Amendment 1
Sponsor	D. Graham
Summary	Make title amendment.
Index Headings	Fiscal Note - School finance officers, training requirements for Education, Elementary and Secondary - Commissioner of Education, required report by Education, Elementary and Secondary - School finance officers, required reports of Education, Elementary and Secondary - School finance officers, training requirements for State Agencies - Kentucky Department of Education, review of reports by

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor	T. Riner
Summary	Retain original provisions, except require a person seeking employment as school finance officer be deemed by a local board of education to have good moral and ethical judgment prior to employment.
Index Headings	Fiscal Note - School finance officers, training requirements for Education, Elementary and Secondary - Commissioner of Education, required report by Education, Elementary and Secondary - School finance officers, required reports of Education, Elementary and Secondary - School finance officers, training requirements for State Agencies - Kentucky Department of Education, review of reports by

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 2
Sponsor	T. Riner
Summary	Retain original provisions, except require a person seeking employment in a certified position in a local school district to be deemed by a local board of education to have good moral and ethical judgment prior to employment.
Index Headings	Fiscal Note - School finance officers, training requirements for Education, Elementary and Secondary - Commissioner of Education, required report by Education, Elementary and Secondary - School finance officers, required reports of Education, Elementary and Secondary - School finance officers, training requirements for State Agencies - Kentucky Department of Education, review of reports by

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 3
Sponsor	M. Denham
Summary	Retain original provisions, except establish January 1, 2015, as the effective date for the change in training requirements for school board members; require school board members with fewer than eight years experience to complete 12 hours of annual training and require school board members with more than eight years experience to complete eight hours annual training; require an annual financial report to be submitted by the finance officer to the department of education within six months after the end of the fiscal year; and require the department of education to review a district's annual financial report and, within two months of its receipt, provide the local board of education with a written report regarding the financial status of the district.
Index Headings	Fiscal Note - School finance officers, training requirements for Education, Elementary and Secondary - Commissioner of Education, required report by Education, Elementary and Secondary - School finance officers, required reports of Education, Elementary and Secondary - School finance officers, training requirements for State Agencies - Kentucky Department of Education, review of reports by

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 4
Sponsor	T. Riner
Summary	Retain original provisions, except require a candidate for the position of school finance officer in a school district to submit written assurance that he or she intends to exercise good moral and ethical judgment.
Index Headings	Fiscal Note - School finance officers, training requirements for Education, Elementary and Secondary - Commissioner of Education, required report by Education, Elementary and Secondary - School finance officers, required reports of Education, Elementary and Secondary - School finance officers, training requirements for State Agencies - Kentucky Department of Education, review of reports by

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 5
Sponsor	T. Riner
Summary	Retain original provisions, except require a candidate for an administrative position in a school district to submit written assurance that he or she intends to exercise good moral and ethical judgment; require a candidate for a non-administrative position in a school district to be found to be of sound ethical character as determined by a criminal background check.
Index Headings	Fiscal Note - School finance officers, training requirements for Education, Elementary and Secondary - Commissioner of Education, required report by Education, Elementary and Secondary - School finance officers, required reports of Education, Elementary and Secondary - School finance officers, training requirements for State Agencies - Kentucky Department of Education, review of reports by

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 6
Sponsor	J. DeCesare
Summary	Delete school finance training requirements and ethics training requirements for school board members and school superintendents; delete certification process for school finance officers; require financial reports to be made by a school finance officer and the commissioner of education; require an annual review of school district financial reports; specify annual training requirements for school finance officers.
Index Headings	Fiscal Note - School finance officers, training requirements for Education, Elementary and Secondary - Commissioner of Education, required report by Education, Elementary and Secondary - School finance officers, required reports of Education, Elementary and Secondary - School finance officers, training requirements for State Agencies - Kentucky Department of Education, review of reports by

Amendment	Senate Committee Substitute 1
Impact Statements	Fiscal Note
Summary	Retain original provisions except change training hour requirements for board members who begin initial service on or after January 1, 2015; identify specific training topics; require certification for a person employed on or after July 1, 2015 as a school finance officer.
Index Headings	Fiscal Note - School finance officers, training requirements for Education, Elementary and Secondary - Commissioner of Education, required report by Education, Elementary and Secondary - School finance officers, required reports of Education, Elementary and Secondary - School finance officers, training requirements for State Agencies - Kentucky Department of Education, review of reports by

Amendment	Senate Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor	M. Wilson
Summary	Clarify that persons seeking initial employment as a school finance officer on or after July 1, 2015, hold a certificate of legal qualification for the position issued by the Department of Education.
Index Headings	Fiscal Note - School finance officers, training requirements for Education, Elementary and Secondary - Commissioner of Education, required report by Education, Elementary and Secondary - School finance officers, required reports of Education, Elementary and Secondary - School finance officers, training requirements for State Agencies - Kentucky Department of Education, review of reports by

Amendment	Senate Floor Amendment 2
Sponsor	J. Denton
Summary	Make title amendment.
Index Headings	Fiscal Note - School finance officers, training requirements for Education, Elementary and Secondary - Commissioner of Education, required report by Education, Elementary and Secondary - School finance officers, required reports of Education, Elementary and Secondary - School finance officers, training requirements for State Agencies - Kentucky Department of Education, review of reports by

Amendment	Senate Floor Amendment 3
Sponsor	J. Denton
Summary	Retain original provisions, except amend KRS 199.896 to require licensed child-care centers that provide instructional and educational programs that operate for a maximum of 20 hours per week and which a child attends for no more than 16 hours per week be exempted from the licensure requirements of 922 KAR 2:090, 922 KAR 2:110, and 922 KAR 2:120.
Index Headings	Fiscal Note - School finance officers, training requirements for Education, Elementary and Secondary - Commissioner of Education, required report by Education, Elementary and Secondary - School finance officers, required reports of Education, Elementary and Secondary - School finance officers, training requirements for State Agencies - Kentucky Department of Education, review of reports by