AN ACT relating to schools identified for comprehensive support and improvement in schools.

This bill updates how Kentucky handles its lowest-performing schools, known as comprehensive support and improvement schools. It requires the state education department to annually identify these schools, evaluate whether each school's principal can lead a turnaround effort, provide professional learning for teachers in those schools, and direct district superintendents to adopt research-backed curriculum and high-quality teaching materials. The bill also removes the previous requirement that these schools hire an outside turnaround vendor. Who it may affect: students and families in Kentucky's lowest-performing schools, teachers and principals at those schools, and local school district superintendents.

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