House Bill 654

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Last Action 03/09/26: posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 10 2026
Title AN ACT relating to school district reporting and declaring an emergency.
Bill Documents Introduced
Bill Request Number 1336
Sponsor S. Baker
Summary of Original Version Amend KRS 160.345 to remove the Kentucky Department of Education's reporting requirement on school physical activity, prohibit the department or the Kentucky Board of Education from requiring a school to complete any component of a comprehensive school improvement plan that is not expressly required from that specific school by federal law or state statute; amend KRS 156.101 to remove superintendents' reporting requirement on instructional leaders who fail to complete required training; amend KRS 160.380 to remove superintendents' annual reporting requirement on a district's minority teacher recruitment process; amend KRS 158.1413 to remove superintendents' reporting requirement on school districts' essential workplace ethics programs; repeal KRS 158.867, relating to minimum requirements for summer learning camps; authorize the Kentucky Department of Education and Kentucky Board of Education to continue to collect designated existing reports; prohibit the Kentucky Department of Education and Kentucky Board of Education from requiring designated reports; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2026.
Index Headings of Original Version Boards And Commissions - Kentucky Board of Education, authority to require public school reports, limitations
Education, Elementary And Secondary - Public school reporting requirements, elimination and preservation of designated reports
Effective Dates, Emergency - Department of Education, public school reporting requirements, July 1, 2026
State Agencies - Kentucky Department of Education, authority to require public school reports, limitations
Jump to Proposed Amendments House Committee Substitute 1
House Floor Amendment 1

Actions

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02/18/26
  • introduced in House
  • to Committee on Committees (H)
02/25/26
  • to Primary and Secondary Education (H)
03/04/26
  • reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
  • floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
03/05/26
  • 2nd reading, to Rules
03/09/26
  • posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 10 2026

Proposed Amendments

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Amendment House Committee Substitute 1
Summary Retain original provisions, except remove KRS 156.101 and the amendments to it; amend KRS 158.647 to allow the Education Assessment and Accountability Review Subcommittee to tentatively authorize the Kentucky Department of Education and Kentucky Board of Education to require a new report not expressly authorized by state statute or federal law when the General Assembly is not in session; provide that tentative authorization expires upon sine die adjournment of the following regular session; expand the type of reports that the Kentucky Department of Education and Kentucky Board of Education are authorized to require to include designated new reports.
Index Headings Boards And Commissions - Kentucky Board of Education, new public school reporting requirements, limited authorization
Education, Elementary And Secondary - Education Assessment and Accountability Review Subcommittee, tentative authorization of new reports
Education, Elementary And Secondary - Public school reporting requirements, new reporting requirements, limited authorization
General Assembly - Education Assessment and Accountability Review Subcommittee, tentative authorization of new reports
Legislative Research Commission - Education Assessment and Accountability Review Subcommittee, tentative authorization of new reports
State Agencies - Kentucky Department of Education, new public school reporting requirements, limited authorization

Amendment House Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor S. Baker
Summary Make technical correction.
Index Headings Technical Corrections - HB 654, HCS 1

Last updated: 3/10/2026 6:13 PM (EDT)