SB 4 KY

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Amend KRS 161.155 to specify that sick leave payments made to certified school employees who began participating in the Teachers' Retirement System (TRS) prior to January 1, 2022, and who retire from TRS on or after July 1, 2024, shall be limited to the sick leave accrued by the employee as of June 30, 2024, plus no more than 10 additional sick leave days accrued each fiscal year thereafter; provide that the 10 additional days eligible for payment shall not include personal leave, emergency leave, or other forms of non-sick leave balances; require each school district to annually report sick leave balances to TRS beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024 and specify contents of the report; amend KRS 161.152 and 161.154 to further clarify that emergency leave and personal leave shall not be converted to sick leave under KRS 161.155; amend KRS 161.400 to require TRS to annually report in the annual actuarial valuation the total liabilities and costs of the sick leave program created by KRS 161.155; amend KRS 161.623 to allow school districts to convert excess sick leave accrued annually in excess of 10 days specified by the bill to service credit in TRS the school district pays the cost of conversion; amend KRS 161.643 to include new sick leave reporting requirements in the annual statutory reporting requirements for TRS employers; provide that the Auditor of Public Accounts shall perform a special audit of the sick leave program to ensure sick leave balances are being reported correctly to TRS and specify that TRS shall pay the costs of the audit; EMERGENCY.

• J. Higdon Republican · primary
• D. Thayer · primary

1. Jan 23, 2024 introduced in Senate · upper
2. Jan 23, 2024 to Committee on Committees (S) · upper
3. Jan 25, 2024 to State & Local Government (S) · upper
4. Feb 7, 2024 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) · upper
5. Feb 8, 2024 2nd reading, to Rules · upper
6. Feb 13, 2024 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 14, 2024 · upper
7. Feb 14, 2024 3rd reading, passed 24-12 with Committee Substitute (1) · upper
8. Feb 15, 2024 received in House · lower
9. Feb 15, 2024 to Committee on Committees (H) · lower
10. Feb 28, 2024 to State Government (H) · lower
11. Mar 26, 2024 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) · upper
12. Mar 26, 2024 floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute , floor amendment (2) filed to bill · upper
13. Mar 27, 2024 2nd reading, to Rules · upper

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Current/Final · PDF
• Introduced · PDF