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HB 298 Kentucky House · 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to schools identified for comprehensive support and improvement in schools.

Summary
Amend KRS 160.346 to require the Kentucky Department of Education to annually identify schools for comprehensive support and improvement (CSI); require the audit of a CSI school to include an assessment and recommendation regarding the principal's capacity to lead the turnaround effort; remove the required use of a turnaround vendor by a CSI school; require the department to establish professional learning for teachers in a CSI school; require the superintendent of the district in which the CSI school is located to adopt evidence-based curriculum and select high-quality instructional materials for the school.
Issues: ✓ EducationSupports EducationRequires professional learning for teachers in CSI schools and assesses principal capacity, strengthening school improvement efforts per bill language.85% confidence
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Feb 4, 2025 Signed Mar 26, 2025
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What changed between versions

Introduced → Current/Final · 5 edits
MODERATE
This bill modifies how Kentucky identifies schools needing support and changes the timeline for when schools enter different improvement categories. The changes affect which schools get targeted help and when they must receive it.
Scope change
The bill changes when schools enter different support categories and modifies the criteria for identifying schools needing comprehensive support.
TIMELINE

Removed the requirement that schools identified for targeted support must wait until the 2020-2021 school year to begin the process; now they are identified annually without that delay.

Changed the schedule for additional targeted support from every three years to an annual identification process.

ELIGIBILITY

Modified the criteria for comprehensive support and improvement by removing the requirement that schools must be in the lowest-performing five percent for three consecutive years before being identified.

DEFINITION

Reordered and renumbered the definitions section, changing letter designations from (a) through (f) to (a) through (f) with different numbering patterns for clarity.

REQUIREMENT

Changed the requirement for revised school improvement plans to be informed by all available indicators and include specific components like turnaround leadership development and evidence-based interventions.

Floor votes · House Mar 5, 2025

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
30
Key actions
10
Committee
10
Amendments
1
Mar 26, 2025
Signed into law
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 92)
lower
Mar 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
upper
Mar 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
lower
Mar 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
passed 35-0
lower
Mar 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Senate receded from Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (1), and Committee Amendment (1-title)
lower
Mar 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
posted for passage for receding from Senate Floor Amendment (1), Committee Substitute (1), and Committee Amendment (1-title)
lower
Mar 14, 2025
Committee
to Rules (S)
upper
Mar 13, 2025
Committee
to Rules (H)
lower
Mar 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
lower
Mar 12, 2025
Introduced
floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
lower
Mar 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
lower
Mar 7, 2025
Committee
to Education (S)
upper
Mar 6, 2025
Committee
to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Mar 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
3rd reading, passed 97-0 with Committee Substitute (1)
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
lower
Feb 7, 2025
Committee
to Primary and Secondary Education (H)
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Introduced
introduced in House
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.