26RS SB 249

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Last Action	03/17/26: to Committee on Committees (H)
Title	AN ACT relating to workforce development and declaring an emergency.
Bill Documents	Current Introduced
Bill Request Number	2055
Sponsor	P. Wheeler
Summary of Original Version	Create a new section of KRS 151B to grant the governor, in consultation with the Kentucky Workforce Innovation Board, the authority to approve all eligible workforce training programs for federal Workforce Pell Grants and coordinate approval of eligible workforce training programs to avoid duplicative payments; require the board to establish an internal procedure to determine that a program meets applicable federal requirements and ensure that the implementation of this procedure does not impose requirements more restrictive than or inconsistent with any applicable federal rules governing the Workforce Pell Grants; EMERGENCY.
Index Headings of Original Version	Advisory Boards, Commissions, And Committees - Kentucky Workforce Innovation Board, internal procedure, federal requirements Education, Higher - Workforce Pell Grants, workforce training Governor - Approval of eligible workforce training programs, requirement Workforce - Workforce Pell Grants, workforce training Education, Finance - Workforce Pell Grants, workforce training Effective Dates, Emergency - Workforce Pell Grants, workforce training Federal Laws And Regulations - Workforce Pell Grants, workforce training
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02/25/26	introduced in Senate to Committee on Committees (S)
03/11/26	to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)
03/12/26	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
03/13/26	2nd reading, to Rules posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 16 2026
03/16/26	3rd reading, passed 35-0
03/17/26	received in House to Committee on Committees (H)