HB 415 KY

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Amend KRS 161.120 to modify disclosure requirements for certain complaints; remove requirement for a conference between the staff of the Education Professional Standards Board (EPSB) and a certificate holder after a determination of sufficient evidence; restructure provisions concerning written admonishments by EPSB and referrals to hearings; provide a timeline for EPSB hearings; modify the right of a certificate holder to request an expedited hearing; require the hearing to be conducted before a hearing officer who is a licensed attorney secured from the Office of the Attorney General; change the timeline for a superintendent's duty to report; amend KRS 160.380 to allow a superintendent to contact a prior employers and the EPSB concerning an applicant for a certified position; establish information that shall be provided to a requesting superintendent; provide record retention requirements; grant liability protections for qualifying disclosures.

• M. Clines Republican · primary
• G. Brown Jr. Democratic · primary

1. Jan 15, 2026 introduced in House · lower
2. Jan 15, 2026 to Committee on Committees (H) · lower
3. Jan 16, 2026 to Primary and Secondary Education (H) · lower
4. Feb 18, 2026 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) · lower
5. Feb 19, 2026 2nd reading, to Rules · lower
6. Feb 23, 2026 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 24 2026 · lower
7. Feb 25, 2026 3rd reading, passed 96-0 with Committee Substitute (1) · lower
8. Feb 26, 2026 received in Senate · upper
9. Feb 26, 2026 to Committee on Committees (S) · upper