Education, Elementary and Secondary


4-H Capitol Experience, recognize event

Abused or neglected child, custody of, notice to schools

Academic standards and assessments, new review process for

Academic standards and assessments, review committees for

Age-appropriate education programs on abuse, establishment of

Alternative certification of teachers

Arts and humanities, high school graduation requirements, revision of

Automated external difibrillators in public school buildings, requirement for

Automated external difibrillators, training in use of

Bathrooms, biological sex, use only by

Bible literacy courses, creation of

Board of Education, membership, eligibility

Bullying of students, prohibition

Career-ready students, identification of

Center for Education & Workforce Statistics, require interventions reporting from

Charter school, authorizer fee, removal of

Charter school authorizer, final decision

Charter school authorizers, requirements for

Charter school authorizing, existing schools, impact on

Charter school authorizing, local discretion

Charter school, board of directors, members

Charter school, contract amendments

Charter school, conversion to

Charter school, enrollment in

Charter school enrollment, require priority enrollment preference for

Charter school, identify as nonprofit

Charter school, qualified teachers, hiring of

Charter school, reports required

Charter school, request exemptions from exiting statutes and regulations

Charter school, requirements for, applicants

Charter school, requirements for, authorizers of

Charter schools, authorizers of

Charter schools, distribution of moneys generated by categorical programs

Charter schools, student enrollment preference

Child abuse or neglect finding, required

Civic and financial literacy programs, review

Civic literacy course, requirement for high school graduation

Classified initial hires, necessity for national background check, discretion of superintendent

College Board's Seventh Annual Advanced Placement District Honor Roll, acknowledging winners of

Corporal physical discipline, use of prohibited

Cursive writing, require teaching of

Data and financial reporting system, use of

Dependency, neglect, or abuse petitions, schools filing

Digital Learning and Workforce Development Pilot Program, establishment of

Disproportionate minority contact with juvenile justice system, statistical reporting of

Districts of innovation, sunset provision for

Districts, online report of assessment results by

Drug awareness and prevention, students to receive instruction in

Dual Credit Scholarship Program, creation of

Dyslexia assessment and interventions, review

Dyslexia, definition of, required screening for

Dyslexia screening, require school districts to conduct or make referral for

Dyslexia screening, requirement for

Education Professional Standards Board, confirmation, Ashley Rebecca Fishback

Education Professional Standards Board, confirmation, Casey Michelle Gesenhues

Education Professional Standards Board, confirmation, David M. Graham to

Education Professional Standards Board, confirmation, Jon Robert Akers

Education Professional Standards Board, confirmation, R. Daniel Morgan

Education Professional Standards Board, confirmation, Rachel E. Colyers

Education Professional Standards Board, confirmation, Sandra Kay Ramsey

Education Professional Standards Board, confirmation, Sherry Wilson Powers

Education Professional Standards Board, confirmation, Thomas Ralph Salyer

Education Professional Standards Board, confirmation, Tracy Voils Adams

Education Professional Standards Board, confirmation, William A. Owens to

Education Professional Standards Board,confirmation, Sarah Lynn Burnett

Educational expenses, income tax deduction

Educational stability for a child, establish requirements

Employment, background checks of child abuse and neglect records

Essential skills curriculum, Department of Education to develop

Essential skills curriculum, graduation requirement, school district to provide

Essential skills program, school to provide

Essential skills training programs, review

Financial literacy course, requirement for high school graduation

Financial literacy program, high school inclusion, requirement of

Financial literacy program, require high school inclusion of

Gender-neutral language, insert

High School Equivalency Diploma, replace GED with

High school equivalency diploma, state agency children over 17

High school students, civics test, graduation requirement

Human trafficking hotline, require posting

Industry credential assessments, payment of costs for

Interim Joint Committee on Education, to receive testimony

Interscholastic extracurricular activities, participation in

Kentucky 4-H, recognize Capitol Experience event

Kentucky and United States history courses, requirements for

Kentucky Board of Education, confirmation, Alesa G. Johnson

Kentucky Board of Education, confirmation, Ben Lovell Cundiff

Kentucky Board of Education, confirmation, Gary Wayne Houchens

Kentucky Board of Education, confirmation, Milton C. Seymore

Kentucky Board of Education, confirmation, Richard F. Gimmel, Jr.

Live United Day, declaring February 16, 2017 as

Low performing schools, intervention and assistance process, revision of

Mills, Sarah, 2017 Kentucky Middle School Teacher of the Year, highway sign honoring

Multiplication tables, memorization of

Observance of holidays, teacher restriction on

Opportunity schools, approval of

Performing arts, practical living, and foreign language, standards review process, implementation

Portable automated external difibrillators in public school buildings, requirement for

Portable automated external difibrillators, training in use of

Prescription opioid abuse prevention, require instruction on

Professional development, inclusion of dyslexia in

Professional growth and effectiveness system, revisions to

Program reviews and audits, requirements deleted

Property taxes, public hearing requirement for all school district tax levies

Public charter schools, authorizers of, definition

Public charter schools, board membership for

Public charter schools, enrollment provisions for

Public charter schools, options for, description

Public charter schools, qualified teachers for, requirement for

Publication of district financial statement, alternative method of

Regional achievement academy, definition of

Regional achievement academy, student enrollment

Regional achievement zone, definition of

Religious and political expression and assembly in schools

Religious text literacy courses, creation of

Response-to-intervention, require districts to report implementation of

Response-to-intervention system, addition of advanced learners to

Response-to-intervention system, school district policy for

Roadway snow removal, school bus drivers encouraged to apply

Safe haven policies by public schools, conflicts with JROTC requirements, urge reconsideration of

Scholarship tax credit, creation

School and district intervention and assistance, revisions to

School attendance areas, exceptions

School attendance, school closest to home, exemption for magnet, charter, and alternative schools

School attendance, school closest to home, traditional schools exempted

School Body Armor Fund, establishment of

School councils, advisory role of

School district calendar committee, establishment

School employees, relatives as substitutes for certified or classified personnel

School evaluation, inclusion of arts, practical living & career, and foreign language

School facilities, deadly weapons, concealed carry prohibited without permission

School health coordinator position, establishing

School intervention and assistance, revision of progress requirements for

School personnel, require background checks

School principal, wellness policy developed by

School property, concealed deadly weapons, permit holders, lifting prohibitions on

School superintendent, duties of

School superintendent, hiring of school personnel by

School superintendent, school policies established by

Schools, online report of assessment results by

Sexual abuse awareness and protection

Sick leave, interdistrict donation of

Sick leave, transfer to Education Professional Standards Board

Skillern, Ron A., Kentucky Teacher of the Year, honoring

State accountability system, deletion of school improvement results from

State accountability system, revisions to

State Advisory Committee for Educational Improvement, abolishment of

State assessment system, deletion of national norm-referenced tests from

State assessment system, revisions to

State/Executive Branch Budget, amendment of

Student athletes, concussion protocol for

Student health services, protocols and guidelines

Student privacy, ensuring

Student speech, clarify reference to

Students with Special Needs Scholarship Program, establishment of

Substance abuse and prevention awareness; instruction in; district to provide

Superintendent, leave of absence, compliance with medical privacy law

Superintendent, leave of absence, compliance with medical privacy laws

Superintendent screening committee, addition of equity council member

Superintendent screening committee, authorization to add student representative

Taxes, public hearing requirement for all school district property tax levies

Teacher preparation programs, inclusion of dyslexia in

Teacher scholarship, add forgiveness for teaching dual credit

Teachers, continuing education requirements, removal of

Teachers, leave of absence, compliance with medical privacy law

Teachers, leaves of absence, compliance with medical privacy laws

Teachers, recertification of

Teachers' Retirement System, housekeeping bill

Test requirement, eliminate for certain students

Tobacco use in schools and on school property, prohibition

Tribunal appeal procedures, hearing officer role in

Universal screening, requirement for

Variable student instructional year, establishment and conditions for using

Verification of immigration status, public contracts and public agencies

Veteran, certification as teacher

Virtual school program, allowing districts to participate in

Visual and performing arts, provide program standards may be developed for

Writing program, requirements for, addition of


Last updated: 1/16/2019 3:02 PM (EST)