HB 654 KY

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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.

• S. Baker Republican · primary

1. Feb 18, 2026 introduced in House · lower
2. Feb 18, 2026 to Committee on Committees (H) · lower
3. Feb 25, 2026 to Primary and Secondary Education (H) · lower
4. Mar 4, 2026 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) · lower
5. Mar 4, 2026 floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute · lower
6. Mar 5, 2026 2nd reading, to Rules · lower
7. Mar 9, 2026 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 10 2026 · lower
8. Mar 11, 2026 3rd reading, passed 94-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1) · lower
9. Mar 12, 2026 received in Senate · upper
10. Mar 12, 2026 to Committee on Committees (S) · upper