| Last Action | 01/04/22: to Committee on Committees (H) |
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| Title | AN ACT relating to public education and declaring an emergency. |
| Bill Documents | Introduced |
| Bill Request Number | 60 |
| Sponsors | J. Fischer, M. Prunty, L. Bechler, J. Calloway, D. Fister, D. Hale, M. Hart, K. King, N. Kirk-McCormick, S. Maddox, F. Rabourn, B. Reed, S. Sharp, N. Tate, R. White |
| Summary of Original Version | Amend KRS 158.183 to require a local board of education or board of a public charter school to ensure that no public school or public charter school offers any classroom instruction or discussion that incorporates designated concepts related to race, sex, and religion; provide that a school district employee that violates the prohibition is subject to disciplinary action; authorize the Attorney General to enforce the prohibition; authorize a penalty of $5,000 for each day a violation persists after the Attorney General issues notification that a violation has occurred; require the commissioner of education to deduct the penalty from funds distributed to a school district; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to provide that no student enrolled at a public postsecondary education institution shall be required to engage in any form of mandatory gender or sexual diversity training or counseling; title the Act the "Education Non-Discrimination Act"; EMERGENCY. |
| Index Headings of Original Version |
Education, Elementary and Secondary - Public education, prohibited instruction, concepts related to race, sex, and religion, penalties Education, Finance - Prohibited instruction, penalty for persistent violation, $5,000 per day Education, Higher - Public institutions, prohibited instruction, concepts related to race, sex, and religion Effective Dates, Emergency - Public education, prohibited instruction Teachers - Teaching prohibited concepts related to race, sex, and religion, discipline Universities and Colleges - Public institutions, prohibited instruction, concepts related to race, sex, and religion Children and Minors - Public education, prohibited instruction, concepts related to race, sex, and religion Boards and Commissions - Local boards of education, prohibited instruction, concepts related to race, sex, and religion Short Titles and Popular Names - Education Non Discrimination Act, END Act |
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