Engrossed
2026 Regular Session

HB654

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AN ACT relating to school district reporting and declaring an emergency.

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.

Boards and CommissionsEducation, Elementary and SecondaryEffective Dates, EmergencyState Agencies

Introduced: February 18, 2026

Last action: March 12, 2026

To Committee On Committees (S)
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Legislative History

Feb 18, 2026 · House
Introduced In House
Feb 18, 2026 · House
To Committee On Committees (H)
Feb 25, 2026 · House
To Primary And Secondary Education (H)
Mar 4, 2026 · House
Reported Favorably, 1st Reading, To Calendar With Committee Substitute (1)
Mar 4, 2026 · House
Floor Amendment (1) Filed To Committee Substitute (clerical)
Mar 5, 2026 · House
2nd Reading, To Rules (clerical)
Mar 9, 2026 · House
Posted For Passage In The Regular Orders Of The Day For Tuesday, March 10 2026 (clerical)
Mar 11, 2026 · House
3rd Reading, Passed 94-0 With Committee Substitute (1) And Floor Amendment (1) (clerical)

Primary Sponsor

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Shane Baker

Representative · House District 085

Primary sponsor
Shane.Baker@kylegislature.gov
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Roll calls

March 11, 2026

House: 3rd reading, passed 94-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1)

Yea: 94
Nay: 0
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