25RS SB 9

Senate Bill 9

Actions

Last Action	02/20/25: to State & Local Government (S)
Title	AN ACT relating to teacher benefit provisions and declaring an emergency.
Bill Documents	Introduced
Fiscal Impact Statement	Actuarial Analysis
Bill Request Number	382
Sponsors	J. Higdon, S. Funke Frommeyer
Summary of Original Version	Amend KRS 161.155 to require school districts to establish a policy by July 1, 2030, to provide up to 30 days maternity leave to each teacher and employer who gives birth; require school districts to pay the actuarial costs of sick leave to the Teachers' Retirement System (TRS) for future sick leave accruals in excess of 12 days each year; provide that the state will pay the actuarial costs for sick leave accrued as of June 30, 2025, plus up to 12 days accrued each year after June 30, 2025; provide that actuarial costs for sick leave for associations and agencies listed under KRS 161.220(4)(d) and (f) will be paid by the employer rather than the state; require each school district to annually report sick leave balances to TRS beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and specify contents of the report; amend KRS 161.400 to require TRS to annually report in the annual actuarial valuation the total liabilities and costs of the sick leave program created by KRS 161.155 and the annual leave program created by KRS 161.540(1)(f); amend KRS 161.643 to include new sick leave reporting requirements in the annual statutory reporting requirements for TRS employers; provide that the Auditor of Public Accounts shall perform a special audit of the sick leave program to ensure sick leave balances and costs are being reported correctly for the TRS, to determine if any entities are being provided retirement coverage in the system through participating employers listed in statute, and to require the system to pay the costs of the audit; EMERGENCY.
Index Headings of Original Version	Actuarial Analysis - Teachers' Retirement System, reporting and retirement costs, sick leave and maternity leave provisio Education, Elementary and Secondary - Teachers' Retirement System, sick leave and maternity leave provisions Effective Dates, Emergency - Teachers' Retirement System, sick leave and maternity leave provisions Public Officers and Employees - Teachers' Retirement System, sick leave and maternity leave provisions Retirement and Pensions - Teachers' Retirement System, sick leave, reporting and retirement costs State Agencies - Teachers' Retirement System, sick leave, reporting and retirement costs Teachers - Teachers' Retirement System, sick leave and maternity leave provisions

02/18/25	introduced in Senate to Committee on Committees (S)
02/20/25	to State & Local Government (S)