All Education, Higher Legislation - Kentucky
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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 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. SR282
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. SR275
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Adopted 38-0 Bill Text Confirm the gubernatorial appointment of Sandy Sinclair-Curry to the Education Professional Standards Board. SR270
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Adopted 36-2 Bill Text Confirm the appointment of Mrs. Virginia G. Fox to the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education for a term expiring on December 31, 2012. SR269
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Adopted 36-2 Bill Text Confirm the gubernatorial appointment of Joseph S. Weis to the Council on Postsecondary Education. SR268
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Adopted 36-2 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. SR266
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Adopted 38-0 Bill Text Confirm the gubernatorial appointment of Gregory E. Ross to the Education Professional Standards Board. SR262
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Adopted 38-0 Bill Text Confirm the gubernatorial appointment of Donna Moore Campbell to the Council on Postsecondary Education. SR261
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Adopted 38-0 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. HR222
Latest Action: 03/18/2008 - To House Floor Bill Text Recognize the University of Kentucky football team for its outstanding academic accomplishments. HR211
Latest Action: 03/18/2008 - Adopted by voice vote Bill Text Recognize the University of Kentucky Libraries for preservation of the newspaper heritage of the Commonwealth. SR21
Latest Action: 11/07/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on State Government Bill Text Adjourn the Senate in loving memory and honor of Otto Wilson Goff. SR185
Latest Action: 03/07/2008 - To Senate Floor; adopted by voice vote Bill Text Honor the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce's Task Force on Postsecondary Education. SR174
Latest Action: 03/12/2008 - Adopted by voice vote Bill Text Honor Northern Kentucky University on its 40th anniversary. HB720
Latest Action: 03/05/2008 - To Education (H) Bill Text Amend KRS 164.020 to require the Council of Postsecondary Education to ensure transferability of credits among institutions; require the sending public institution to be responsible for all expenses incurred by a student who repeats a course that does not transfer to the receiving institution; EMERGENCY. HB694
Latest Action: 04/11/2008 - Signed by Governor Bill Text Amend KRS 164.785 to include in the list of schools in which a student can enroll and receive a Kentucky tuition grant an approved out-of-state postsecondary education institution licensed by the Council on Postsecondary Education to operate in Kentucky; allow students eligible for a Kentucky tuition grant to continue to be eligible in schools accredited by a regional accrediting association recognized by the United States Department of Education until June 30, 2013; beginning with the 2011-2012 school year, require postsecondary education institutions to be accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools or be reviewed and approved by the Council on Postsecondary Education to remain eligible as an institution in which a student may receive Kentucky tuition grant. Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - Adopted by voice vote Bill Text Honor the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce's Task Force on Postsecondary Education. HB681
Latest Action: 03/18/2008 - Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 19, 2008 Bill Text Amend KRS 164.170 to delete requirement for the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees to prepare and file stenographic transcripts of meetings; require minutes of the meeting to be prepared and filed. HB664
Latest Action: 02/29/2008 - To Education (H) Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 161 to require preservice teachers to complete a reading education course of study and a course of study that includes civic literacy, civic learning, and civic responsibility as a condition for certification. SJ166
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Adopted by voice vote Bill Text Direct the Kentucky Department of Education to develop, with partners, a cohesive and comprehensive statewide literacy plan that builds instructional and leadership capacity to support continuous improvement in literacy, especially adolescent literacy; identify policies, practices, and strategies; submit plan to Interim Joint Committee on Education no later than December 1, 2009. SB193
Latest Action: 03/03/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (S) Bill Text Amend KRS 337.010 to exempt elementary, secondary, and postsecondary school construction from the definition of "public works" relating to prevailing wage. HC166
Latest Action: 03/11/2008 - To Education (S) Bill Text Direct the staff of the Legislative Research Commission to conduct a comprehensive statewide study of postsecondary education student transfer to be completed by July 1, 2009. HC160
Latest Action: 02/26/2008 - To Education (H) Bill Text Create a Task Force on Student Financial Aid composed of four members appointed by the President of the Senate, two members appointed by the Minority Floor Leader of the Senate, four members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, two members appointed by the Minority Floor Leader of the House of Representatives, and six members appointed by the Governor; require that a report be submitted to the Governor and the Legislative Research Commission no later than December 1, 2008. HB627
Latest Action: 03/27/2008 - 2nd reading, to Rules Bill Text Amend KRS 194A.601 to require an annual report on the activities of the Office on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders and delete requirement for a quarterly report; require the office to receive reports and oversee implementation of recommendations from the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Advisory Council; amend KRS 194A.603 to require the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Advisory Council to provide advice and recommendations to the Office on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders and delete requirement that the council report to the Office on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders; provide for a council membership of 15 members and delete requirement for a minimum of 15 members; establish the membership of the council to include five members appointed by the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, eight members appointed by the Governor, and two members appointed by the chief executive officers of the state chapters of the Alzheimer's Association;[...] show full description HB622
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Recommitted to State & Local Government (S); reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title) ; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, April 15, 2008; passed 31-7 with Committee Substitute, co Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to direct the Kentucky Community and Technical College System to operate the East Kentucky Science Center and Planetarium on the campus of the Big Sandy Community and Technical College; the science center and planetarium shall advance science, mathematics, and technology; the president of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System shall appoint an advisory committee representative of the various educational and community entities in the region; the initial committee shall include the members who were serving on the board of directors of the East Kentucky Science Center on the effective date of this Act who shall continue to serve until their terms expire; require transfer of assets and employees to KCTCS. SR153
Latest Action: 02/26/2008 - Adopted by voice vote Bill Text Honor Kentucky Wesleyan College President Anne Cairns Federlein. HB595
Latest Action: 02/25/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (H) Bill Text Amend KRS 164.020 to require the council on postsecondary education to limit resident tuition at the state's public postsecondary education institutions to the 2007-2008 tuition level for 2 years; amend KRS 164.400 to require the boards of regents and trustees to limit incidental fees for resident students to the 2007-2008 level of fees for 2 years; EMERGENCY. SB166
Latest Action: 03/14/2008 - Reassigned to Appropriations & Revenue (S) Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 351 to establish scholarships on behalf of survivors of fallen coal miners; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164A to provide for administration of scholarship payments for survivors of fallen coal miners; create a new section of KRS Chapter 42 to provide for funding of scholarships. SB163
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed ; 3rd reading, passed 86-8 with floor amendments (1) and (2-title) Bill Text Amend KRS 36.474 to authorize the military family assistance trust fund to be used for educational expenses for members or veterans of the military who lost a limb while on military duty. HB536
Latest Action: 03/03/2008 - Floor amendment (1) filed Bill Text Amend KRS 164.7883 to permit an eligible postsecondary education student to use his or her scholarship award at any out-of-state institution that is located within fifteen miles of the Kentucky state border. HB550
Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 7, 2008 Bill Text 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. SB157
Latest Action: 04/14/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 113) Bill Text Amend KRS 161.750 to move the date of notification of nonrenewal of employment of certified school staff from April 30 to May 15; amend KRS 161.760 to move the date of salary notification for certified staff from 45 days before school starts to 45 days before school starts or June 15, whichever occurs earlier; move the date of notification of any reduction of duties of certified staff from 90 days before school starts to 90 days before school starts or May 15, whichever occurs earlier; amend KRS 161.011 to move the date of notification of nonrenewal of employment of classified school staff from April 30 to May 15; amend KRS 161.780 to reduce the time a teacher has to terminate his or her contract from 30 days prior to the first instructional day to 15 days prior to the first instructional day at a school to which the teacher is assigned. EMERGENCY. SR112
Latest Action: 02/13/2008 - Introduced in Senate; to Senate Floor; adopted by voice vote Bill Text Recognize Kentucky's 20 nonprofit, independent colleges and universities. HB530
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. HR121
Latest Action: 02/13/2008 - Introduced in House; adopted by voice vote Bill Text Recognize Kentucky's 20 nonprofit, independent colleges and universities. HB517
Latest Action: 02/26/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text Require construction or renovation of buildings financed primarily by the state to meet the LEED certified standard; provide some exemptions. HB523
Latest Action: 02/15/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (H) Bill Text Amend KRS 164.7883 to permit an eligible postsecondary education student to use his or her scholarship award for one year only in an out-of-state institution that charges Kentucky in-state tuition rates; require the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority to promulgate administrative regulations to implement procedures. HR123
Latest Action: 02/14/2008 - Adopted by voice vote Bill Text Honor and commend Allyson Hughes Handley for her dedicated service to the Council on Postsecondary Education. HB520
Latest Action: 03/11/2008 - Floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 42 to establish payments to or on behalf of survivors of fallen coal miners; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164A to provide for administration of scholarship payments for children of fallen coal miners; amend KRS 351.070 to require notification concerning fallen coal miners. HB514
Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 174) Bill Text Amend KRS 164A.080 to extend the allowable maturity dates of bonds. HC111
Latest Action: 02/26/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (S) Bill Text Urge Congress to restore funding to student loan programs. SB140
Latest Action: 02/11/2008 - To Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations (S) Bill Text Amend KRS 314.111 to require the Board of Nursing to approve a school of nursing and to deem the school in compliance with KRS 315.011 to 314.161 and KRS 314.991 if the school of nursing maintains an initial pass rate of 90% on the National Council Licensure Examination and fulfills all other standards required by the statutes and administrative regulations of the board. HB485
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (S); reported favorably, to Rules with committee amendment (2) ; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, April 15, 2008; 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with committee amendments (1-title) and (2) Bill Text Amend KRS 164.769 to prohibit the amount of a teacher scholarship award from exceeding the total cost of education; identify conditions under which teacher scholarship amounts are awarded. HB469
Latest Action: 02/07/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (H) Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to permit a tax credit for full-time college students; amend KRS 141.0205 to establish the order in which the credit is taken. SB131
Latest Action: 04/11/2008 - Signed by Governor Bill Text Amend KRS 161.520 to delete provision prohibiting survivor benefits from the Kentucky Teacher's Retirement System for legally adopted children unless adoption proceedings were initiated at least 1 year prior to the death of the member; make eligibility retroactive to legally adopted children born after January 1, 1990. SB123
Latest Action: 02/01/2008 - To Education (S) Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to provide that by the 2010-2011 school year students in the Kentucky Community and Technical College System have the opportunity to acquire a certificate, diploma, or associate degree; define terms; require that credit hours for a diploma and associate degree be accepted toward a degree at a four year postsecondary education institution; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to require the Council on Postsecondary Education to promulgate administrative regulations to require the four year institutions to accept associate degrees from the community and technical colleges to be applied toward a corresponding baccalaureate degree. HB416
Latest Action: 03/25/2008 - Recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H) Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164A to establish a student loan forgiveness program for licensed medical practitioners who obtain a doctoral degree after August 30, 2008, from a Kentucky university medical, dental medicine, or osteopathic medical program; require the Kentucky Higher Education Student Loan Corporation to administer the program and promulgate regulations; and establish eligibility requirements for loan forgiveness, including practice in a Kentucky community designated as a medically underserved community by the United States Department of Health and Human Services. Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate; delivered to Governor; signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 126) Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 214 to define terms "department" and "program"; establish a colon cancer screening program within the Department for Public Health to provide screening services to uninsured individuals age 50 to 64 and others at high risk; provide that services may be undertaken by private contract or operated by the department; permit the department to accept grants or awards of funds from federal or private sources; require the department to establish a data collection system; require the promulgation of administrative regulations; establish the Colon Cancer Screening Advisory Committee within the Kentucky Cancer Consortium; establish the membership of the advisory committee; require the advisory committee to provide recommendations for implementation and conduct of the colon cancer screening program; require the advisory committee to establish and provide oversight for a colon cancer screening public awareness campaign; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services [...] show full description HJ81
Latest Action: 04/28/2008 - Filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State (having become law) (Acts Ch. 188) Bill Text Provide that the mandates, directives, and initiatives in the 2008-2010 State/Executive Branch Budget memorandum have the force and effect of law; EMERGENCY. HB406
Latest Action: 04/18/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 127) Bill Text The State/Executive Branch Budget: appropriate from the General Fund (Tobacco), General Fund, Restricted Funds, Federal Funds, Road Fund, Highway Bonds, Bond Funds, Agency Bonds, Capital Construction Surplus, Investment Income, and other funds, $450,394,600 in fiscal year 2007-2008, $26,466,006,200 in fiscal year 2008-2009, and $23,651,187,800 in fiscal year 2009-2010, as follows: HB392
Latest Action: 03/03/2008 - To Education (S) Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to create the Board of Student Body Presidents, an advisory board to the legislative and executive branches on postsecondary education issues and student concerns. SB115
Latest Action: 01/30/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (S) Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require the secretary of the Education Cabinet to convene representatives of the Council on Postsecondary Education, the Kentucky Community and Technical College System, the postsecondary education institutions, the Kentucky Department of Education, and the secondary area technology centers to design a program to establish 12 transition academies in high schools to implement a curriculum that will allow students to earn at least 30 hours of college credit toward a postsecondary education credential; require that the curriculum include an academic and career track with career choices decided by the community partners; require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations establishing a competitive grant program to fund transition academies; require state funded grant awards of $100,000 each year and a required match of $100,000 match from local education partners and $100,000 from local public and private partners; permit [...] show full description HR72
Latest Action: 01/29/2008 - Adopted by voice vote Bill Text Recognize February as Financial Aid Awareness Month. SB108
Latest Action: 01/28/2008 - To Judiciary (S) Bill Text Amend KRS 403.720 to include dating partners among the class of persons allowed to obtain domestic violence protective orders; amend KRS 403.725 to permit college students and military personnel to apply for emergency protective orders and domestic violence orders; amend KRS 431.005 to conform. Latest Action: 02/27/2008 - To Education (S) Bill Text Confirm the gubernatorial appointment of David P. Schoepf to the Governor's Postsecondary Education Nominating Committee. Latest Action: 02/01/2008 - Posting withdrawn Bill Text Confirm the gubernatorial appointment of Allen L. Paul to the Education Professional Standards Board to represent secondary school teachers. Latest Action: 04/10/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 47) Bill Text Amend KRS 45A.070 to expand the definition of "best value" to include provision of items equal to those named in the contract specifications; amend KRS 45A.170 to require the inclusion of best value procurement in contract specifications; amend KRS 162.065 to require the inclusion of best value provisions in school construction contract specifications; amend KRS 164A.585 to best value provisions in construction contracts at public colleges and universities. HB336
Latest Action: 01/24/2008 - To Education (H) Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 161 to establish a teacher advancement fund to provide tuition assistance to the public postsecondary education institutions for teachers completing a master's degree or the continuing education option for Rank II; the teacher advancement fund shall be administered by the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority under administrative regulations which shall be promulgated by December 1, 2008; beginning July 1, 2009, a practicing teacher in a public school who agrees to teach for five years after completion of the Rank II shall receive tuition assistance at a public postsecondary education institution for courses leading to a master's degree or the continuing education option for Rank II; provide a schedule of reimbursement for a teacher who does not complete the five-year teaching commitment; prohibit a teacher from receiving the tuition assistance if the teacher is receiving other federal or state funds for tuition costs. Latest Action: 02/13/2008 - To State & Local Government (S) Bill Text Confirm the gubernatorial appointment of Joseph S. Weis to the Council on Postsecondary Education for a term ending December 31, 2011. Latest Action: 02/13/2008 - To State & Local Government (S) Bill Text Confirm the appointment of Donna Moore Campbell to the Council on Postsecondary Education for a term expiring December 31, 2013. Latest Action: 02/13/2008 - To State & Local Government (S) Bill Text Confirm the appointment of Lisa F. Osborne to the Council on Postsecondary Education; term expires July 31, 2012. SB91
Latest Action: 01/22/2008 - To Education (S) Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to recruit and provide incentives to legal residents who have a least 90 credit hours in pos |
