All Education, Elementary and Secondary Legislation - Kentucky

Amend KRS 56.770 to define "cabinet," "high-performance building," "high-performance building standards," and "public building"; amend KRS 56.772, 56.774, 56.775, 56.778, 56.783, and 56.784 to conform; amend KRS 56.775 to require that all construction or renovation of public buildings for which 50% or more of the total capital cost is paid by the Commonwealth be designed and constructed or renovated to meet the high-performance building standards; require that all buildings leased by the Commonwealth or any of its agencies meet the high-performance building standards; require incorporation of ENERGY STAR-qualified products to the extent feasible; create a new section of KRS 56.770 to 56.784 to create a High-performance Buildings Advisory Committee to make recommendations to the Finance and Administration Cabinet; require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations and develop standards and criteria; amend KRS 56.782 to require the Finance and Administration [...]

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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate an administrative regulation to implement a physical activity requirement; set forth the Kentucky Board of Education's and the Department of Education's responsibilities for the implementation of the physical activity requirements; 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 KRS 160.345 to require all public preschool through eighth grade programs to implement, no later than the 2009-2010 school year, 30 minutes per day or 150 minutes per week of structured moderate-to-vigorous physical activity incorporated into the school day; permit the physical activity to include a combination of classroom-based physical activity, structured recess, or other [...]

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Create new sections of KRS Chapter 160 to describe the intent of the General Assembly and the purposes of authorizing public charter schools; define terms; outline the requirements and limitations on the establishment of charter schools including what agencies may sponsor a charter school; describe local board of education's and sponsors roles and responsibilities; describe exemptions from law and required compliance areas for charter schools; describe the application, approval, and renewal processes; describe process and application process for existing schools to convert to charter schools; create new sections of KRS Chapter 156 to list the Kentucky Department of Education's and the Kentucky Board of Education's roles and responsibilities relating to charter school; require the Kentucky Board of Education to establish a Kentucky Charter School Advisory Committee for reviewing charter school applications; create a new section of KRS Chapter 157 to direct how state, local, and federal funds [...]

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Amend KRS 158.6451 to add an expectation relating to performing arts; amend KRS 158.6453 to restate the components of the assessment, accountability, and academic achievement program; eliminate the open-response questions requirement; require writing portfolios be maintained for each student in grade five to 12; limit rewrites of the writing portfolio; require writing assessments consisting of multiple-choice items emphasizing mechanics and editing at grades five, eight, and 11; require each school council to develop policies relating to the school's writing program; eliminate practical living and vocational education student testing from the assessment program but require a program evaluation of practical living and career and technical education annually; eliminate arts and humanities student testing from the assessment program but require a program evaluation of arts and humanities annually; require accelerated learning be provided any student whose scores on any of the assessments indicate [...]

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Create a new section of KRS 156 to require the Commissioner of Education to designate an entity within the department of education to manage interscholastic athletics; require the state board to promulgate administrative regulations and procedures related to interscholastic athletics; allow the department to contract with other entities to carry out identified requirements related to procedures or policies for interscholastic athletics; amend KRS 156.070 to add four nonpublic school representatives to the interscholastic athletics board of control; stagger the terms of nonpublic school members so that one member is elected in each even numbered year; prohibit the Kentucky Board of Education from promulgating rules, administrative regulations, or bylaws related to athletics that impact fewer than all classifications of schools unless a two-thirds majority of schools impacted vote to approve the change; amend KRS 156.070 to delete provisions that allow the Kentucky Board of Education to designate [...]

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