HB 162 KY

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Amend KRS 158.791 to specify the role of Department of Education in assisting local school districts with mathematics instruction, supports, and interventions; require the department to collaborate with designated agencies on mathematics programming, materials, and activities; amend KRS 158.840 to require students in grades four through eight needing to make accelerated progress in mathematics to receive intervention; require Council on Post Secondary to submit an annual report on the compliance of teacher preparation programs; require regular reports to an external evaluator on elementary and middle school mathematics instruction; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms; require the Department of Education to promulgate regulations defining multitiered supports for students in grades four through eight; require the department to provide technical support to school districts; require school districts to select a universal screener for mathematics by January 1, 2025; require schools to give the mathematics universal screener to all students in grades four through eight within the first 30 days of school beginning with the 2025-2026 school year; require the department to provide resources to teachers on specific screeners and instructional resources; require the department to establish reading teacher academies or coaching models by September 1, 2025, if funds are available; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to require postsecondary institutions offering teacher preparation programs in elementary education and middle school mathematics education to include kindergarten through grade 12 instructional strategies and Department of Education identified mathematics resources; require the Education Professional Standards Board (EPSB) to develop and maintain a list of approved teacher preparation assessments; require the EPSB to develop an evaluation rubric for teacher candidates; require the EPSB to report elementary and middle school mathematics teacher preparation program data to an external evaluator; amend KRS 158.842 to change the composition of the Committee for Mathematics Achievement; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to establish the Kentucky numeracy counts fund; provide that moneys in the fund shall not lapse; provide that the Act may be cited as the Kentucky Numeracy Counts Act.

• J. Tipton Republican · primary

1. Jan 5, 2024 introduced in House · lower
2. Jan 5, 2024 to Committee on Committees (H) · lower
3. Jan 17, 2024 to Education (H) · lower
4. Feb 13, 2024 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) · lower
5. Feb 14, 2024 2nd reading, to Rules · lower
6. Feb 15, 2024 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 16, 2024 · lower
7. Feb 20, 2024 floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute · lower
8. Feb 21, 2024 taken from the Orders of the Day · lower
9. Feb 21, 2024 recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H) · lower
10. Feb 27, 2024 reported favorably, to Rules · lower
11. Feb 27, 2024 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 28, 2024 · lower
12. Feb 28, 2024 3rd reading, passed 97-1 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1) · lower
13. Feb 29, 2024 received in Senate · upper
14. Feb 29, 2024 to Committee on Committees (S) · upper
15. Mar 8, 2024 to Education (S) · upper
16. Mar 14, 2024 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar · lower
17. Mar 15, 2024 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill · lower
18. Mar 25, 2024 posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 26, 2024 · lower
19. Mar 25, 2024 floor amendments (1-title) and (2) filed · lower
20. Mar 26, 2024 taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day · lower
21. Mar 26, 2024 passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day · lower
22. Mar 27, 2024 3rd reading, passed 34-0 with Floor Amendment (2) and Floor Amendment (1-title) · lower
23. Mar 27, 2024 received in House · lower
24. Mar 27, 2024 to Rules (H) · lower
25. Mar 28, 2024 posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Floor Amendment (2) and Floor Amendment (1-title) · lower
26. Apr 15, 2024 House concurred in Senate Floor Amendment (2) and Floor Amendment (1-title) · lower
27. Apr 15, 2024 passed 95-0 · lower
28. Apr 15, 2024 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House · lower
29. Apr 15, 2024 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate · upper
30. Apr 15, 2024 delivered to Governor · lower
31. Apr 19, 2024 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 222) · lower

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.

• Acts Chapter 222 · PDF
• Current/Final · PDF
• Introduced · PDF