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Education, Elementary And Secondary


Accountability system, local accountability, guidelines

Accountability system, state indicators, modification

Advanced coursework, middle school mathematics, requirements

Advertisement for public notices, procedures and thresholds

Alternate high school diploma, requirement

Alternative school placement, placement term, appeal

Assessment system, required assessments, modification

Athletics, girls flag football, KHSAA recognition

Autonomous vehicles, school buses, prohibition

Beyond the control of school, failed diversion, petition

Boards of education, local associations, collective bargaining, requirement

Bringing pet onto a public school running track, fine, establishment

Budget-setting process, school districts, establishment

Bullying prevention, Senate Bill 228, 10th anniversary, honoring

Center for Mathmatics, administration by Northern Kentucky University

Center for School Safety, wearable panic alert system, grants

Central office staff, substitute support staff assignment, requirement

Central office staff, substitute teacher assignment, requirement

CERS nonhazardous position, duty-related disability benefits

Certified and classified staff, salary schedule, increase

Certified nonpublic school employees, grooming, students and minors, prohibition

Child abuse, neglect, or dependency reports, access

Choking prevention, anti-choking devices, Heimlich maneuver, emergencies

Class size waivers, temporary exemption, Kentucky Department of Education

Classroom Library Grant Program, establishment

Commissioner of education, examination of local board records; authorization

Commonwealth Education Continuum, membership and duties

Commonwealth Education Continuum, removal

Competitive food sales, student-based enterprises, authorization

Compulsory attendance, exempt child, income tax credit

Constitution Day, observance in public schools, educational programming, requirement

Contiguous school districts, merger

Contract school employees, prohibition of unauthorized electronic communication

Contracts, Kentucky Buy American Act, compliance

County school boards, enrollment of 25,000 or more, membership

Criminal background checks performed for federal agencies

Damaging a public school running track, Class A misdemeanor

Damaging a public school running track, subsequent offense, Class D felony

Department of Education, annual report, student removed to be homeschooled, removal

Department of Education, data sharing for refugee report

District employees, notification to superintendent of charged felonies, requirement

Driver testing, instruction permit, remote testing in high schools, pilot project

Dual Credit Scholarship Program, participating institution, proprietary school, inclusion

Dual credit scholarship program, registered teacher apprenticeship program, eligibility

Dyslexia and dysgraphia, multitiered system of supports

Dyslexia, interventions, evidence-based

Dyslexia, local board of education, policy requirements

Dyslexia, study project, Kentucky Department of Education

Early Childhood Education Governance and Outcomes Task Force, establishment

Education Assessment and Accountability Review Subcommittee, tentative authorization of new reports

Education Opportunity Account Program tax credit, repeal

Education Professional Standards Board, due process procedures, modification

Education Professional Standards Board, public schools, authority

Education Professional Standards Board, superintendent notification, requirement

Education technology, total cost of ownership, assessment

Elected officials, eligibility for office, citizenship

Elementary and secondary education scholarship federal tax credit, 11th Amendment waiver, deletion

Elementary and secondary education scholarship federal tax credit, participation

Elementary and secondary education scholarship federal tax credit, participation, authorize

Elementary and secondary education scholarship federal tax credit, participation, modification

Eligible registered teacher apprenticeship dual credit program, program requirements, 2.75 GPA

Employee certification eligibility, disqualification for disorders excluded from the ADA

Employees, compelled medical examination

Employer contributions to Kentucky Educational Savings Plan Trust, income tax credit

Exceptional children, teacher maximum class and caseload sizes

Exceptional children, teachers, maximum caseload

Facilities use by students, individual privacy

Family accountability, intervention, and response teams, repeal

Family resource or youth services center, gender transition services, prohibition

Feminine hygiene products, no-cost provision to elementary and secondary students

FFA Leadership Training Center, Kentucky Department of Education, administrative responsibility

Financial disclosure website, school district, requirement

Foster children, Tutoring and Academic Assistance Grant Program, establishment

Gender-appropriate pronouns, parental request, usage

Gender-neutral language, insertion

General tax rate levy, recall process

Governor's recommended State/Executive Branch Budget

Great Kentuckians education program

Habitual truancy, family diversion plan, requirements

Health and medical, policies, state agencies, deployment

Health course, organ donation, benefits

Healthy relationship instruction, age-appropriate, requirement for all grades

High School Equivalency Diploma, written or paper test, offered

Historical instruction, African and Native American history requirements

History of racism, curriculum, inclusion

Housing development districts, participation

Human growth and development instruction, requirements, parental notification

Human sexuality instruction, parental right to opt student out of instruction

Human sexuality programs, parental rights, opt out

ICE agents, educational campus, arrests, prohibition, encouraging

IEP, Section 504 plan, children of military families, comparable services

Imagination Library Program, interagency cooperation to increase enrollment

Immunizations for children, restrictions on requiring additional immunizations

Independent school districts, establishment

Independent school districts, merger

Individualized Education Program, resources

Insolvent school districts, merger

Interscholastic extracurricular activities, participation

Jefferson County Public Schools, future school name, José Martí, encouraging

KEES awards, base awards, adjustment, high school students

KEES base and supplemental awards, increase in amounts awarded

KEES supplemental amount, Cambridge Advanced International, inclusion

Kentucky Board of Education, athletics agency employees, complaint system, establishment

Kentucky Board of Education, membership, partisan election

Kentucky Board of Education, nonvoting teacher and student member, Supreme Court districts

Kentucky Communications Network Authority Board, Membership

Kentucky Department of Education, district employee training, requirement

Kentucky Department of Education, public school nurses, related data, report

Kentucky Department of Education, robotics competitions, eligible robotics teams, grant awards

Kentucky Educator Placement Service System, potential applicants

Kentucky Mentorship Month, January 2026

Kentucky Public Pensions Authority, supplemental payment for CERS retirees

Kentucky School Boards Association, 90th anniversary, honoring

Kentucky School for the Deaf, superintendent, appointment

Kindergarten, full day, requirement

Learning pods, protections

Learning pods, teacher certification requirements, exemption

Local accountability system, offset expenses, 1-time payment

Local board of education, candidates, certification of qualification for membership, requirement

Local board of education, candidates, qualification for membership, proof requirement

Local board of education, chairperson, term establishment

Local board of education, conflicts of interest, eligibility requirements

Local board of education, county district election divisions, reestablishing

Local board of education, eligibility for office, citizenship

Local board of education member, candidacy requirements, citizenship restrictions

Local board of education member, recall election, establishment

Local board of education, members, employment of relatives

Local board of education, number of members, determination

Local board, superintendent contracts, published

Local board, superintendent salary and benefits, published

Local board, superintendent salary and benefits upon separation, published

Local boards of education, code of ethics for board membership, enforcement

Local boards of education, authority to review summative evaluations

Local boards of education, collective bargaining agreement, prohibition

Local boards of education, informational material, Type 1 diabetes

Local boards of education, in-service training requirements, finance

Local boards of education, reaffirmation of authority

Local school board, student journalism protection, adoption of policies

Local school boards and school districts, food procurement, exemption

Local school boards, student representative, requirement

Local school district employees, grooming, students and minors, prohibition

Local school district, preschool programs

Local school districts, disaster relief student attendance days, allowance

Local superintendent, recall election, establishment

Maternity leave, Office of Career and Technical Education, state-operated vocational facilities

Math and science teacher scholarship pilot program, KHEAA, establishment

Medicaid Benefits Program, preschool education, appropriation

Menstrual products, distribution in schools

Middle school advanced mathematics policy, requirement

Misconduct involving minor, nondisclosure agreement, prohibition

Misconduct involving minors, nondisclosure agreement, prohibition

Misdemeanor sex crimes, hiring of offenders by school superintendent, prohibition

Modified high school diploma, requirement

Moral instruction, public schools, requirements

National Blue Ribbon Schools, 2025, Notre Dame Academy, congratulating

New public school construction, Transportation Cabinet, analysis of access routes

Noncertified school graduates, KEES base amount, inclusion

Noncertified school student, KEES award amounts, inclusion

Nonpublic school students, interscholastic athletics participation, authorization

Nonresident pupil enrollment, admissions process, tuition, policy requirements

Non-school bus passenger vehicle, maximum passenger limit, 10 passengers including driver

Non-school bus passenger vehicles, driver qualifications, local policy for activity transportation

Non-school bus passenger vehicles, school activity, transportation, driver qualifications

Occupational license tax for schools, rate increase requirements

Official custodian, open records request, proof of identification, requirement

Open meeting requirements, substantial compliance, voidable actions

Open Meetings Act, public comment requirement, recess restrictions, notice of agenda

Open records requirements, curriculum and instructional materials, establishment

Part-time pupil enrollment, requirements

Performance-Based Education Task Force, establishment

Principal leadership development practicum, establishment

Principal leadership development practicum, partnership, modification

Proactive admissions program, information on students

Proactive admissions program, information on students that opt in, collection and distribution

Proactive postsecondary admissions program, reporting of student data, notification to students

Proactive postsecondary admissions program, student data reported, expansion

Probationary employment service credit, purchase, contributions

Professional development, certified personnel, compensation

Property tax rate, petition, procedure

Puberty instruction, fifth grade and below, authorization

Public agency boards, attendance, policy and procedure, permission

Public agency boards, member information, website, publish

Public charter school boards, informational material, Type 1 diabetes

Public charter school employees, grooming, students and minors, prohibition

Public charter schools, charter contract, requirements

Public charter schools, repeal

Public education agencies, employee compensation, publication

Public education, diversity, equity and inclusion activities, omnibus bill

Public elementary students, instructional technology, limitation of use

Public question, advocacy restrictions, penalties

Public question, advocacy restrictions, penalties, cause of action

Public school district, third-party lobbyist compensation, prohibition

Public school reporting requirements, elimination and preservation of designated reports

Public school reporting requirements, new reporting requirements, limited authorization

Public school students, Student Secular Bill of Rights, investigation and enforcement

Public schools, Ten Commandments, reading and display, requirements

Public Schools Week in Kentucky, designation

Publication requirements for taxes

Purchases of used vehicles and equipment, bids not required

Purchases of used vehicles and equipment, bids optional

Race and protective hairstyles, discrimination in schools, prohibition in disciplinary codes

Rape in the third degree, school employee, intercourse with a student, prohibition

Read Across America Day, endorsement

Recess, inclusion in instructional day, minimum time requirements by grade level

Refugee assistance, cost of attendance, estimation

Religious institutions, sales and use tax, exemption

Renewal of lapsed teaching certification, eligibility requirements

Running track, public access, requirement

Scholarship granting organizations, in-state office, requirement

Scholarship granting organizations, recipient data report, requirement

Scholarship granting organizations, recipient schools eligibility, nondiscrimination requirement

School advisory councils, elections, notice

School advisory councils, hiring of principal, nonbinding nomination

School advisory councils, school-based policies, local boards of education, review, approval

School board members and candidates for legislative office, employment, protection

School buildings, immigration enforcement, prohibition

School bus stop arm cameras, installation, civil penalty, enforcement

School bus stop cameras, placement and use

School consolidation nickel, establishment

School consolidation requirements, establishment

School district applicant, employment history request, deadline

School district applicants, disclosure of abusive conduct

School district applicants, employment history request, deadline

School district employees, substitute services

School district employees, supplemental one-time payment, requirement

School district facility projects, waivers, no expiration

School districts, administrator salaries, limitation

School districts, boundary divisions, deadline

School districts, superintendent salary, limitation

School materials, complaint process, removal

School nutrition, free and reduced-price meal programs, study to expand access

School nutrition, reimbursement to school districts

School of innovation pilot project, establishment

School property, employee housing, affordable housing, allowable uses

School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact, adoption

School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact Commission, restriction on limitation of liability

School safety, school mapping data program

School social workers, school psychologists, national certification, stipend

School superintendent, personnel contracts, requirements

School-based decision making councils, writing program policy, requirement

School-based Medicaid program, requirements

Schools, authorization to carry concealed deadly weapons

SEEK, district eligibility, restrictions

SEEK Program, appropriation increase

Serious physical injury or death, investigation, requirements

Sex discrimination, prohibition

Sex offenders, residing within 3,000 feet of specific locations, prohibitions

Sexual abuse in the first degree, school employee, sexual contact with a student, prohibition

Sick leave, payment to school district employees for excess sick leave prior to retirement

Sick leave, use for observance of religious holidays not on school calendar

Social media accounts, official communications, political topics or questions, requirement

Social studies academic standards, Kentucky Department of Education, revision

Sodomy in the third degree, school employee, intercourse with a student, prohibition

Special education classrooms, video and audio surveillance system, requirements

State accountability system, state indicators, requirements

State employee health plan, community supported agriculture purchases, wellness rewards, inclusion

State/Executive Branch Budget

Status offender, detention, requirements

Student attendance days, school calendar amendment, waiver

Student behavior, removal from classroom, option

Student journalists and student media advisors, protections

Student lunch period, 30 minute minimum duration

Student violence, expulsion, requirement

Student violence, expulsion, requirement, grades 6 to 12

Student violence, report, law enforcement, exception for student disability

Student violence, report, requirement

Students, anaphylaxis treatment, possession and administration of intranasal epinephrine at schools

Success Sequence, instruction, requirements

Suicide prevention training for coaches, KHSAA, requirement

Sunscreen, application, local board policy

Superintendent access to applicant records, open records request, authorization

Superintendent, authority to initiate summative evaluations

Superintendent, contract, published

Superintendent investigations, local board report, requirement

Superintendent removal process, requirements

Superintendent reporting requirements, Education Professional Standards Board, establishment

Superintendent, salary and benefits, published

Superintendent, salary and benefits upon separation, published

Superintendent with compensation greater than commissioner, Senate confirmation, require

Superintendents, authority and duties, consolidated local govenment county school district

Superintendents, writing program policy, selection

Teacher bill of rights, creation

Teacher bill of rights, notification and posting, requirement

Teacher certification alternative routes, reestablishment

Teacher certification alternative routes, renewal requirements, establishment

Teacher planning time, required supervision and instruction, compensation

Teachers of exceptional children, salary supplement, establishment

Teachers, personnel and certification records, disclosure, requirement

Teachers' retirement, service credit, optional makeup days, religious holidays

Teachers' Retirement System, annual leave, retirement costs

Teachers' Retirement System, housekeeping bill

Technology center employees, postsecondary tuition waiver

Ten Commandments, reading or posting in public schools

Three-cueing system of instruction, prohibition

Truancy, Supporting Opportunities for Accountability and Restoration Program, eligibility

Truancy, Supporting Opportunities for Accountability and Restoration Program, pilot project

Ultra-processed foods, ban

Unauthorized electronic communication, limited exclusion for designated staff

Unauthorized electronic communication, permitted exclusions

Unauthorized electronic communication, reduction in scope of exclusions, enforcement flexibility

Unauthorized electronic communication with students, disciplinary and investigation flexibility

Unauthorized electronic communication with students, expansion of permitted exclusions

Undesignated glucagon, administration to students

Undesignated glucagon, storage and administration

Urban agriculture, promotion

Video teleconference meetings, attendance, members, requirements

Video teleconference meetings, in person attendance, final actions, requirements

Virtual program, nonresident pupil enrollment, restrictions

Vital statistics, data collection, male and female, identification

Waiver approval authority, Kentucky Board of Education, modification

Waiver approval process, Kentucky Board of Education, modification

Wearable panic alert system, implementation

Work Ready Kentucky Scholarship Program, eligible institution, proprietary school, inclusion

Youth organizations, provision of information on school property

Youthful offender designation, notice


Last updated: 3/9/2026 7:15 PM (EDT)