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Latest Action: 10/03/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on Education Bill Text
Amend KRS 158.6453 to designate the last three weeks of the school year in each school district as the testing window for the Commonwealth Accountability Testing System no later than the 2009-2010 school year; amend KRS 158.6459 to conform.
Latest Action: 11/07/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on Education Bill Text
Amend 2006 Kentucky Acts Chapter 252, Part I, Operating Budget; E. Education Cabinet; 8. Career and Technical Education to direct the Education Cabinet to award raises for all certified and equivalent employees pursuant to KRS Chapter 151B that equal the same percentages and amounts that were provided local school teachers in fiscal years 2006-2007 and 2007-2008; EMERGENCY.
Latest Action: 07/20/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on Education Bill Text
Direct the Legislative Research Commission to designate legislative staff to study the cost of elementary, secondary, and postsecondary textbooks and related instructional materials.
Latest Action: 11/07/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on Education Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require counseling for tenth-grade students related to choosing an academic or career and technical track; amend KRS 156.160 to provide that the Kentucky Board of Education shall arrange the courses of study in an academic track and a career and technical track; amend KRS 158.6453 to require that the state assessments not be given prior to the first week of May of each school year.
Latest Action: 11/07/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on Education Bill Text
Direct the commissioner of education to convene a work group to review Holocaust curricula developed by other states and review the Kentucky core content to determine places where the study of the Holocaust may be included; require the work group to develop a curriculum guide that teachers may use to teach the history of the Holocaust; require the work group to submit a final report and curriculum guide to the commissioner of education and the Kentucky Board of Education no later than March 1, 2009; require the changes to the Kentucky core content be disseminated to local schools to be incorporated into the school curriculum for the 2009-2010 school year; specify that the Department of Education shall disseminate the final report and the curriculum guide to local districts and schools prior to the 2009-2010 school year.
Latest Action: 07/20/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on Education Bill Text
Amend KRS 164.7879 to increase the Kentucky educational excellence scholarship base and supplemental award amounts by 100 percent beginning with the 2008-2009 academic year; amend KRS 164.7874, 164.7881, and 164.7885 to conform.
Latest Action: 11/07/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on Education Bill Text
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 164 to establish the Kentucky 21st Century Scholars Program and Fund to provide enrolled students with up to 100 percent of the total cost of education at any state public college or university, minus the amount of any federal and state grants or scholarships the student receives if the student agrees to and refrains from illegally using drugs and alcohol during high school and college; set forth scholarship amounts available to students attending private or out-of-state institutions specify student eligibility requirements; direct the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority to administer the fund and promulgate administrative regulations to administer the program; amend KRS 141.010 to provide an income tax deduction for tuition paid for postsecondary education, reduced by the amount the student was awarded in federal and state grants and scholarships.
Latest Action: 07/20/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on Education Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to require the Kentucky Department of Education to develop and implement a parent education program; require a parent education program to be piloted in five school districts; require parent education program model demonstration sites; require expansion of the parent education program if funding is available.
Latest Action: 10/03/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on Education Bill TextCreate new section of KRS 160 to require 30 minutes per day, 150 minutes per week, or the equivalent minutes per month of structured moderate to vigorous physical activity in a minimum of 10 minute intervals beginning in the 2009-2010 school year for preschool through grade 6 and 2010-2011 for grades 7 and 8; permit the physical activity to be met through a combination of traditional classroom instruction, structured recess, and physical education; require the physical activity to be part of the existing school day and permit it to be considered part of the instructional day; require the Department of Education to promulgate administrative regulations to implement the physical activity requirement; require the department to develop a reporting mechanism for schools to report to the department on physical activities; require the department to report no later than November 1 of each year to the Interim Joint Committee on Education and the Interim Joint Committee on Health and Welfare; amend [...] show full description
Latest Action: 10/03/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on Education Bill Text
Amend KRS 164.7874 to make changes to the definitions for the Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarship (KEES) Program; make technical changes; amend KRS 164.7877 to make technical changes; amend KRS 164.7879 to double KEES awards, based on grade point average and ACT scores, by 2014-2015 through two incremental increases and to make technical changes; amend KRS 164.7881 to make technical changes; amend KRS 164.7883 to make technical and conforming changes; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to establish the proportional allocation of funds appropriated to the Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarship (KEES) Program, the College Access Program (CAP), and the Kentucky Tuition Grant (KTG) Program.
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Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Introduced in House; adopted by voice vote Bill Text
Confirm the gubernatorial appointment of Mary S. Hammons to the Education Professional Standards Board.
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Introduced in House; adopted by voice vote Bill Text
Confirm the gubernatorial appointment of Sandy Sinclair-Curry to the Education Professional Standards Board.
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Introduced in House; adopted by voice vote Bill Text
Confirm the gubernatorial appointment of Gregory E. Ross to the Education Professional Standards Board.
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Introduced in House; adopted by voice vote Bill Text
Confirm the gubernatorial appointment of Bobbie Sammons Stoess to the Education Professional Standards Board.
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Introduced in House; adopted by voice vote Bill Text
Confirm the gubernatorial appointment of Thomas James Stull to the Education Professional Standards Board.
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Introduced in Senate; adopted by voice vote Bill Text
Honor Dr. Bryan Blavatt, Superintendent of Boone County Schools, upon receipt of the Florence Rotary Citizen of the Year Award.
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Adopted 38-0 Bill Text
Confirm the reappointment of Thomas James Stull to the Education Professional Standards Board for a term expiring September 18, 2011.
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Adopted 38-0 Bill Text
Confirm the appointment of Bobbie Sammons Stoess to the Education Professional Standards Board for a term expiring September 18, 2011.
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Adopted 38-0 Bill Text
Confirm the appointment of Mary S. Hammons to the Education Professional Standards Board for a term expiring September 18, 2011.
Latest Action: 04/02/2008 - Introduced in House; adopted by voice vote Bill Text
Honor students from duPont Manual High School who were awarded third prize in C-SPAN's annual student documentary contest.
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