Kentucky
General Assembly

02/04/25	introduced in Senate to Committee on Committees (S)
02/06/25	to Education (S)
02/13/25	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
02/14/25	2nd reading, to Rules posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 18, 2025
02/18/25	3rd reading, passed 36-0 with Committee Substitute (1)
02/19/25	received in House to Committee on Committees (H)
02/26/25	to Postsecondary Education (H)
03/07/25	taken from Postsecondary Education (H) 1st reading returned to Postsecondary Education (H)
03/11/25	reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) floor amendments (1) and (2) filed to Committee Substitute
03/12/25	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 13, 2025
03/13/25	3rd reading, passed 92-0 with Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) received in Senate to Rules (S) posted for passage for concurrence in House Floor Amendment (1), Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) Senate concurred in House amendment Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) passed 38-0 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House delivered to Governor
03/19/25	signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 33)

Amendment	Senate Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Amend KRS 161.028 to allow the head of an educator preparation program of an independent, nonprofit college or university to serve as a member of the Education Professional Standards Board.
Index Headings	Education, Elementary and Secondary - Education Professional Standards Board, membership State Agencies - Education Professional Standards Board, membership Boards and Commissions - Education Professional Standards Board, membership

Amendment	House Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Retain original provisions; amend KRS 164.295 to establish performance criteria for a comprehensive university to submit a proposal for a new doctoral program; establish criteria for the Council on Postsecondary Education to consider when reviewing a proposal for a new doctoral program submitted by a comprehensive university; require that the comprehensive university be responsible for the specialized resources necessary to evaluate a proposal for a new doctoral program submitted by a comprehensive university; require that the proposed program be included in the council's budget request for the next biennial budget; require the council to review the proposal and issue a recommendation to the General Assembly on the proposal; require the council to review any new program approved at least once every five years; require that a new doctoral program would not require this process to be followed if the program would not require additional general fund appropriations; include instructions for how programs studied under 24 RS SJR 170 should be handled; include that the University of Louisville and University of Kentucky doctoral degree program approval process should be consistent.
Index Headings	Education, Higher - Comprehensive universities, doctoral program approval, process and criteria State Agencies - Council on Postsecondary Education, doctoral program approval, process and criteria Universities and Colleges - Comprehensive universities, doctoral program approval, process and criteria

Amendment	House Committee Amendment 1
Sponsor	J. Tipton
Summary	Make title amendment.
Index Headings	Title Amendments - SB 77/GA

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor	D. Meade
Summary	Retain original provisions; provide additional performance criteria for a comprehensive university to submit a proposal for a new doctoral program based on regional performance.
Index Headings	Education, Higher - Comprehensive universities, doctoral program approval, expansion of criteria Universities and Colleges - Comprehensive universities, doctoral program approval, expansion of criteria

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 2
Sponsor	D. Meade
Summary	Retain original provisions; provide additional performance criteria for a comprehensive university to submit a proposal for a new doctoral program based on regional performance.
Index Headings	Universities and Colleges - Comprehensive universities, doctoral program approval, expansion of criteria Education, Higher - Comprehensive universities, doctoral program approval, expansion of criteria