AN ACT relating to school district reporting and declaring an emergency.
Summary
Amend KRS 160.345 to remove the Kentucky Department of Education's reporting requirement on school physical activity, prohibit the department or the Kentucky Board of Education from requiring a school to complete any component of a comprehensive school improvement plan that is not expressly required from that specific school by federal law or state statute; amend KRS 156.101 to remove superintendents' reporting requirement on instructional leaders who fail to complete required training; amend KRS 160.380 to remove superintendents' annual reporting requirement on a district's minority teacher recruitment process; amend KRS 158.1413 to remove superintendents' reporting requirement on school districts' essential workplace ethics programs; repeal KRS 158.867, relating to minimum requirements for summer learning camps; authorize the Kentucky Department of Education and Kentucky Board of Education to continue to collect designated existing reports; prohibit the Kentucky Department of Education and Kentucky Board of Education from requiring designated reports; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2026.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
House Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 18, 2026
Last action Mar 12, 2026
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The bill was renumbered and updated with new header information. The substantive policy content regarding school council composition, election procedures, and minority representation requirements remains unchanged, though the formatting of the text was adjusted throughout the document.
TECHNICAL
The document header was updated to reflect the current bill number (HB 654/GA) and a new page count (29 pages instead of 27), indicating the document has been finalized or reprinted.
Minor formatting adjustments were made to the text, such as changing the introductory phrase for definitions from 'For the purpose of' to 'As used in' and adjusting indentation in the list of excluded school types.
Floor votes · House Mar 11, 2026
How they voted
99–0
Passed · 6 other
Total votes 105
Mar 11, 2026
D
Democratic21
95% Yea
R
Republican84
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
10
Key actions
2
Committee
4
Amendments
1
Mar 12, 2026
Committee
to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Mar 11, 2026
Lower · Passed
3rd reading, passed 94-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1)
lower
Mar 4, 2026
Introduced
floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
lower
Mar 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
lower
Feb 25, 2026
Committee
to Primary and Secondary Education (H)
lower
Feb 18, 2026
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Feb 18, 2026
Introduced
introduced in House
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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