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Kentucky 2026RS

HB 649

AN ACT relating to education.

Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-11-11 12:11:04 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Kentucky
Session
2026RS
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
Boards And Commissions, Education, Elementary And Secondary, Effective Dates, Delayed, Public Officers And Employees, Public Works
Introduced / first action
2026-02-17 05:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Amend KRS 160.210 to require a county school district having reached an end-of-year enrollment of 25,000 or more students to add 2 board members appointed by the Auditor of Public Accounts; require the appointed members to reside in the district, hold bachelor's degrees, and have at least 5 years of finance experience; specify that appointed members shall not serve more than 2 consecutive terms; amend KRS 156.132 to authorize the commissioner of education to remove an appointed local board member for malfeasance, misfeasance, incompetence, or gross neglect of duty; amend KRS 160.160, 160.170, 160.180, and 160.190 to conform; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2027

Sponsors

Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. returned to Primary and Secondary Education (H)

  2. 2nd reading

    reading-2
  3. taken from Primary and Secondary Education (H)

  4. returned to Primary and Secondary Education (H)

  5. 1st reading

    reading-1
  6. taken from Primary and Secondary Education (H)

  7. to Primary and Secondary Education (H)

    referral-committee
  8. to Committee on Committees (H)

    referral-committee
  9. introduced in House

    introduction

Recorded votes

Roll calls

No recorded vote is supplied for this bill.

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Related measures

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