Last Action | 03/01/22: to Committee on Committees (H) |
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Title | AN ACT relating to public employee trainings and declaring an emergency. |
Bill Documents | Introduced |
Bill Request Number | 1320 |
Sponsors | J. Decker, M. Lockett, R. Heath |
Summary of Original Version | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 18A to prohibit trainings that promote bigotry, critical social justice, or revisionist history; provide that a public employer shall not discipline a public employee for refusing to participate in a training that violates the prohibition; require public employers to review trainings to ensure compliance; provide that willful or repeated violations shall be considered a violation of the employee code of conduct that justifies disciplinary sanction, create a cause of action for a violations; require a qualified plaintiff to exhaust the administrative remedies set forth in KRS Chapter 344 prior to bringing the action; provide that nothing in the section shall be interpreted to limit academic freedom of postsecondary faculty members or restrict the conduct or speech of students; amend KRS 344.010 to include public employee training that violates these provisions under the definition of " discrimination"; amend KRS 344.040 to provide that a pubic employer's actions to promote bigotry, critical social justice, or revisionist history shall create a presumption that the employer has knowingly created or contributed to a hostile work or learning environment; provide that the Act shall be severable; EMERGENCY. |
Index Headings of Original Version |
Education, Higher - Public postsecondary student trainings, diversity and inclusion, restrictions and requirements Effective Dates, Emergency - Public employee trainings, prohibitions Public Officers and Employees - Public employee trainings, diversity and inclusion, restrictions and requirements State Agencies - State employee trainings, diversity and inclusion, restrictions and requirements State Employees - Trainings, diversity and inclusion, restrictions and requirements |
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