Kentucky
General Assembly

02/05/14	introduced in Senate
02/07/14	to Education (S)
02/13/14	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
02/14/14	2nd reading, to Rules
02/27/14	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 27, 2014 3rd reading, passed 37-0
02/28/14	received in House
03/04/14	to Education (H)
03/20/14	posted in committee
03/24/14	taken from Education (H) 1st reading returned to Education (H)
03/25/14	taken from Education (H) 2nd reading returned to Education (H)
03/26/14	reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title) floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute taken from Rules placed in the Orders of the Day
03/27/14	floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendment (3-title) filed 3rd reading, passed 78-18 with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title) received in Senate

Amendment	House Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Confirm Executive Order 2013-518, which reorganizes various offices in the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet; amend KRS 199.8943 to clarify participating agencies and schedule for implementing early child care and education provider rating system; provide definitions necessary for implementation; clarify applicability between public-funded and private programs; require the Early Childhood Advisory Council to provide annual progress reports to the Interim Joint Committee on Education and the Interim Joint Committee on Health and Welfare; limit duplication of administrative regulations across implementing agencies; amend KRS 199.8941 to sunset regulations on December 31, 2017 unless extended by legislation of the General Assembly; amend KRS 199.8996 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and the Early Childhood Advisory Council to report plan for sustaining quality-based system after depletion of federal funds.
Index Headings	Reorganization - Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, Executive Order 2013-518 State Agencies - Reorganization, Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, Executive Order 2013-518

Amendment	House Committee Amendment 1
Sponsor	D. Graham
Summary	Make title amendment.
Index Headings	Reorganization - Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, Executive Order 2013-518 State Agencies - Reorganization, Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, Executive Order 2013-518

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor	J. DeCesare
Summary	Confirm Executive Order 2013-518, which reorganizes various offices in the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet; delete all other provisions.
Index Headings	Reorganization - Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, Executive Order 2013-518 State Agencies - Reorganization, Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, Executive Order 2013-518

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 2
Sponsor	M. Denham
Summary	Retain original provisions; amend KRS 160.180 to specify annual training requirements for school board members; amend KRS 160.431 to require certification for a person initially employed as a school finance officer on or after July 1, 2015; 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 initially employed as a school finance officer on or after July 1, 2015.
Index Headings	Reorganization - Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, Executive Order 2013-518 State Agencies - Reorganization, Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, Executive Order 2013-518

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 3
Sponsor	M. Denham
Summary	Make title amendment.
Index Headings	Reorganization - Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, Executive Order 2013-518 State Agencies - Reorganization, Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, Executive Order 2013-518