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HB35

HB35 Sponsored by Hubert Collins
Latest Action: 10/03/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on Education

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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: 02/06/2008 - To Education (S)

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Amend KRS 158.070 to prohibit a school district from establishing the first instructional day in a school term before the third Monday in August; allow a district to request a waiver to begin the instructional year prior to the third Monday in August; amend KRS 158.6453 to set the testing window for the statewide testing system as the last three weeks of each school district's school year.
Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 7, 2008

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Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to permit the General Assembly to enact laws permitting the operation of up to seven casinos by horse racing tracks licensed as of January 1, 2008, and up to five other casinos; to establish the distribution of casino gaming moneys; to submit to the voters for approval or disapproval.
Latest Action: 01/11/2008 - To Education (H)

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Amend KRS 158.6453 to designate that the start date for administering the state assessments be no earlier than the second Monday of May in each school year.

SB64

SB64 Sponsored by Dan Kelly
Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 185)

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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 161 to establish a certification incentive fund to support the development of institutes for persons pursuing Option 7 of the alternative certification routes established in KRS 161.048; establish priority for the institutes for purpose of certifying high school mathematics, chemistry, physics, and computer sciences teachers and middle school mathematics and earth science teachers, 2008-2009 to 2011-2012 academic years; require the Education Professional Standards Board to promulgate administrative regulations; EMERGENCY.

SR96

SR96 Sponsored by Dan Kelly
Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - WITHDRAWN

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Withdrawn
Latest Action: 01/09/2008 - To Education (S)

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Create 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 [...]

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Latest Action: 01/15/2008 - To Education (H)

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Create 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 [...]

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Latest Action: 01/29/2008 - To Education (H)

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Amend KRS 164.7881 to permit, beginning with the 2009-2010 academic year, eligible high school students to use a portion of their KEES award to pay for tuition for dual credit courses in which they are enrolled and will count toward a degree or career pathway; require that the funds they would have received during their postsecondary program be reduced over a four or five-year period equal to the amount used for dual credit; amend KRS 164.7885 to conform; make technical corrections to KRS 164.7874 and 164.7879.
Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - To Education (S)

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Amend KRS 156.557 to specify that formative and summative evaluations are based on observable behavior and written documentation; require evaluators to participate in an annual review of the district evaluation system.

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SR283

SR283 Sponsored by Dick Roeding
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Introduced in Senate; adopted by voice vote

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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

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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

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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

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Confirm the appointment of Mary S. Hammons to the Education Professional Standards Board for a term expiring September 18, 2011.
Latest Action: 03/20/2008 - Adopted by voice vote

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Honor Highlands High School for having been designated a 2007 No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon School by the United States Department of Education.
Latest Action: 03/26/2008 - To Education (S)

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Confirm the appointment of Sandy Sinclair-Curry to the Education Professional Standards Board for a term expiring September 18, 2008.
Latest Action: 03/26/2008 - To Education (S)

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Confirm the appointment of Gregory E. Ross to the Education Professional Standards Board for a term expiring June 7, 2008.
Latest Action: 03/05/2008 - To Education (H)

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Direct the Kentucky Department of Education and the Kentucky Board of Education to study the tiered design of the program to support education excellence in Kentucky during the 2008 Interim and to present legislative recommendations by December 1, 2008, to the Interim Joint Committee on Education.
Latest Action: 03/18/2008 - Recommitted to Education (H)

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Amend KRS 160.345 to establish procedures for filling personnel vacancies in schools, including the principal; to fill a principal vacancy the superintendent shall meet and discuss the criteria for the position and the search process with the council; permit the superintendent to appoint an interim principal to serve until the new principal assumes the duties of the position; amend KRS 158.153 and 158.6455 to conform.