Kentucky
General Assembly

01/09/26	introduced in Senate to Committee on Committees (S)
02/17/26	to Education (S)
02/19/26	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
02/20/26	2nd reading, to Rules posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 24 2026
02/24/26	3rd reading, passed 27-10 with Committee Substitute (1)
02/25/26	received in House to Committee on Committees (H)
02/27/26	floor amendment (1) filed
03/09/26	to Primary and Secondary Education (H)
03/18/26	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute
03/19/26	2nd reading, to Rules posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 20 2026
03/20/26	floor amendments (3) and (4) filed to Committee Substitute
03/24/26	floor amendment (5) filed to Committee Substitute
03/25/26	3rd reading, passed 84-5 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendments (5), (3) and (2)
03/26/26	received in Senate to Rules (S) taken from Rules posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendments (2), (3) and (5) Senate concurred in Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendments (2), (3) and (5) passed 32-6 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House delivered to Governor

Amendment	Senate Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Retain original provisions except amend KRS 158.150 to require a local board of education to expel a student in grade 6 to 12 for at least 12 months if the student physically assaults, batters, or abuses school personnel without just cause or provocation on school property or at a school function; amend KRS 158.155 to require that school employees report intentional assault or intentional attempted assault of any school employee and intentional assault resulting in physical injury and to law enforcement unless the school employee has cause to believe a student's disability interfered with his or her ability to conform to the student code of conduct, amend penalty under KRS 158.990 to Class B and Class A misdemeanors; delete amendments to KRS 610.200 and KRS 635.020 from the bill.
Index Headings	Crimes And Punishments - Failure to report violence, penalties Education, Elementary And Secondary - Student violence, expulsion, requirement, grades 6 to 12 Education, Elementary And Secondary - Student violence, report, law enforcement, exception for student disability

Amendment	House Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Retain original provisions; amend KRS 158.150 to require a local board of education to expel a student who recklessly or intentionally caused or attempted to cause physical injury to a district employee; define terms; specify alternative program requirements and restrictions for expelling students; amend KRS 158.155 to require a school employee to report acts of intentional physical injury, or intentional attempted physical injury, and intentional or wanton damage to property; amend KRS 159.170 to require information regarding expulsions to be entered into the student information system within 5 days.
Index Headings	Education, Elementary And Secondary - Student causing physical injury, expulsion requirement, grades 6 to 12 Education, Elementary And Secondary - Student expulsion, requirements Education, Elementary And Secondary - Student expulsion, school records, requirements

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor	L. Burke
Summary	Retain original provisions, except amend KRS 158.150 relating to a 12-month expulsion period for students in grades 6 to 12 who physically assault, batter, or abuse school personnel, to remove provocation as a reason for why a child may not be expelled.
Index Headings	Education, Elementary And Secondary - Student violence, expulsion, requirement

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 2
Sponsor	D. Grossberg
Summary	Define "bus stop" and add bus stops to locations where student misconduct may trigger expulsions.
Index Headings	Education, Elementary And Secondary - Bus stop, student misconduct, expulsion, authorization Public Safety - Bus stop, student misconduct, expulsion, authorization Transportation - Bus stop, student misconduct, expulsion, authorization

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 3
Sponsor	C. Aull
Summary	Permit a board of education to refer an expelled student for evaluation to state and community agencies; establish a pathway for an expelled student to return to a school district prior to the end of the expulsion.
Index Headings	Children And Minors - Expelled student referral by board of education, authorization Children And Minors - Expelled student, return pathway, establishment Education, Elementary And Secondary - Expelled student referral by board of education, authorization Education, Elementary And Secondary - Expelled student, return pathway, establishment State Agencies - Expelled student referral by board of education, authorization Teachers - Expelled student, return pathway, establishment

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 4
Sponsor	L. Willner
Summary	Retain original provisions, except authorize upon expelling a student, a school board to refer the student for evaluation or treatment by an appropriate state or community agency.
Index Headings	Education, Elementary And Secondary - Student expulsion, services, referral, local board of education

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 5
Sponsor	J. Nemes
Summary	Retain original provisions; amend KRS 158.155(10) to require the reporting of an individual who has made threats of violence toward a school or student or knows that a firearm is present on school property to a law enforcement agency created by the board of education, not created by the board of education, or the Department of Kentucky State Police; require a law enforcement agency created by the board of education to submit a weekly report to a local law enforcement agency designated by the board of education of the reports received by the law enforcement agency created by the board.
Index Headings	Education, Elementary And Secondary - School employees, mandatory safety reporting, police Police, City And County - School employees, mandatory safety reporting Police, State - School employees, mandatory safety reporting