26RS SB 196

Senate Bill 196

Actions

Last Action	02/12/26: to Committee on Committees (S)
Title	AN ACT relating to grooming.
Bill Documents	Introduced
Bill Request Number	1945
Sponsors	A. Reed, L. Tichenor, J. Adams, S. Funke Frommeyer, A. Mays Bledsoe, M. Nunn, S. Rawlings, C. Richardson, R. Webb, S. West, G. Williams
Summary of Original Version	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to define "grooming behavior"; amend KRS 161.120 to add, current and recent former students to the list of individuals upon which the Education Professional Standards Board may refuse to issue or take disciplinary action against a certificate if the applicant or certificate holder engaged in sexual contact with the specified individuals; amend KRS 160.390 to require superintendents to include employment terms prohibiting sexual contact between an employee of the district and specified individuals; amend KRS 160.1596 to require as a term of the public charter school contract that all employees and contractors refrain from sexual contact with specified individuals; amend KRS 156.160 to require the Kentucky Board of Education to require certified nonpublic schools to require employee prohibitions on sexual contact between an employee of the school and specified individuals.
Index Headings of Original Version	Education, Elementary And Secondary - Local school district employees, grooming, students and minors, prohibition Education, Elementary And Secondary - Public charter school employees, grooming, students and minors, prohibition Education, Elementary And Secondary - Public charter schools, charter contract, requirements Education, Elementary And Secondary - School superintendent, personnel contracts, requirements Teachers - Grooming, students and minors, prohibition Boards And Commissions - Education Professional Standards Board, grooming, students and minors, prohibition Boards And Commissions - Kentucky Board of Education, certified nonpublic schools, grooming, students and minors, prohibition Children And Minors - Grooming by school employees, prohibition Education, Elementary And Secondary - Certified nonpublic school employees, grooming, students and minors, prohibition