HB 304 Kentucky House · 2024 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to education and declaring an emergency.

Summary
Amend KRS 158.191 to ensure parental rights and involvement by requiring notification within two business days of specific events; require a district to adopt procedures that both encourage students to speak with parents and require facilitation of the discussion with parents; forbid a district or school from adopting policies that keep any student information confidential from parents or refuse information requested by a parent with specific exceptions; forbid a district from requiring school personnel or students to use nonconforming pronouns for any individual instead of just students, establish the type of mental health services that the section does not prohibit a district from seeking for students; amend KRS 158.1415 to prohibit a child in any grade level from receiving instruction on a specific topic a parent has provided written notice to the school asserting an objection due to religious or moral beliefs; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to establish a cause of action for violations; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to prohibit a disciplinary action or adverse employment action for an employee informing a parent of specific information about a student or declining to use a pronoun or title inconsistent with the individual's biological sex; amend KRS 158.193 to establish that a school employee may participate in voluntary, student-initiated, student-led prayer when invited to do so; EMERGENCY.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 18, 2024 Last action Mar 25, 2024
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Total actions
5
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Committee
2
Amendments
2
Mar 25, 2024
Introduced
floor amendment (2) filed
lower
Mar 12, 2024
Introduced
floor amendment (1) filed
lower
Jan 25, 2024
Committee
to Education (H)
lower
Jan 18, 2024
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Jan 18, 2024
Introduced
introduced in House
lower
14 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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