26RS HB 801

House Bill 801

Actions

Last Action	03/02/26: to Committee on Committees (H)
Title	AN ACT relating to public schools, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.
Bill Documents	Introduced
Bill Request Number	1052
Sponsor	P. Flannery
Summary of Original Version	Amend KRS 157.615 to define "traditional school building"; amend KRS 157.621 to authorize a school district to levy a $.05 equivalent rate for school districts that meet specific district facilities requirements and other requirements; authorize the school district to levy an additional $.05 equivalent rate if the local board of education determines the first levy is insufficient to achieve facility goals; establishes a termination date for the levies of 25 years; provide equalization of the levy; establish conditions for receiving equalization of the levy; extend equalization of eqeualization funding for critical construction needs levy; amend KRS 160.290 to require a school district to consolidate or modify the attendance zones of a traditional school building with do not meet certain average daily attendance requirements; appropriate $3,500,000 in each year of the 2026-2028 fiscal biennium for the equalization of established levies; effective July 1, 2026; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
Index Headings of Original Version	Appropriations - School consolidation nickel, equalization Education, Elementary And Secondary - School consolidation nickel, establishment Education, Elementary And Secondary - School consolidation requirements, establishment Education, Finance - Critical construction needs levy, equalization, extension Education, Finance - School consolidation nickel, establishment, equalization Effective Dates, Emergency - School consolidation nickel, establishment Public Buildings And Grounds - School consolidation nickel, establishment Public Buildings And Grounds - School consolidation requirements, establishment Taxation - Critical construction needs levy, equalization, extension