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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: 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 new sections of KRS Chapter 164 to establish the Kentucky Education Covenant Trust Fund; establish the Kentucky Postsecondary Education Covenant Award to provide an eligible student with 100% 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; specify student eligibility requirements; direct the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority to administer the covenant trust fund and to promulgate administrative regulations to establish the components required to implement the covenant awards program; amend KRS 164.020 to freeze university tuition for the Fall 2009 academic term through the Spring 2011 academic term at Spring 2009 academic term tuition levels.
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.
Latest Action: 07/20/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on Education Bill Text
Amend KRS 164.020, setting forth the duties of the Council on Postsecondary Education, to provide that tuition at any state postsecondary education institution shall remain at the level of the 2007-2008 academic year through the 2009-2010 academic year; limit any tuition increase beginning with the 2010-2011 academic year by an amount no higher than the most recent percent increase in the nonseasonally adjusted annual average Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers.
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Latest Action: 11/07/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on State Government Bill Text
Urge the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to make initiatives toward reducing the cost and increasing the support and quality of care for people suffering from asthma.
Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - To Education (S) Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to create the 21st Century Skill Center at Morehead State University; describe purposes; require appointment of board of directors and specify membership representation.
Latest Action: 03/25/2008 - Taken from committee Judiciary (S); 2nd reading; returned to Judiciary (S) Bill Text
Amend KRS 516.010, relating to forgery, to define "academic degree"; amend KRS 516.030 to expand forgery in the second degree to include forgery of an academic degree.
Latest Action: 01/09/2008 - To Education (S) Bill TextCreate a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to establish the Math and Science Teacher Forgivable Loan Program to increase the number of middle and high school math and science teachers; require KHEAA to administer the fund; identify the conditions under which a loan would be made; identify priorities for loan distribution; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to establish the Middle School Math and Science Scholars Program; require the program to offer two-year renewable grants to middle schools to support intensive, accelerated student learning in math and science; require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations to define the grant process; set forth activities that may be supported by the program; require the program to focus attention on attracting members of subpopulations with academic achievement gaps; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to establish the Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate incentive fund for the establishment and [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Introduced in House; adopted by voice vote Bill Text
Confirm the appointment of Mrs. Lisa Frazier Osborne to the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education for a term expiring on July 31, 2012.
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 appointment of Mr. Joseph S. Weis to the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education for a term expiring on December 31, 2011.
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Introduced in House; adopted by voice vote Bill Text
Confirm the appointment of Ms. Donna Moore Campbell to the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education for a term expiring on December 31, 2013.
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 House; adopted by voice vote Bill Text
Confirm the appointment of Mr. David P. Schoepf to the Governor's Postsecondary Education Nominating Committee for a term expiring on April 14, 2012.
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Introduced in Senate; adopted by voice vote Bill Text
Honor Dr. Ed Hughes, President of Gateway Community and Technical College, upon receipt of the Florence Rotary Citizen of the Year award.
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