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

Amend KRS 157.420 to preclude the Kentucky Board of Education from approving the working budget or salary schedule of a local board of education unless it incorporates a salary increase for certified and classified staff consistent with the percent increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U); EMERGENCY; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2026.

Introduced: January 6, 2026

Last action: January 13, 2026

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This bill would require local school district budgets to give all school employees, both teachers and other staff, a pay raise that keeps up with inflation as measured by a standard federal cost-of-living index. The state Board of Education could not approve a district's budget or pay schedule unless that raise is included. It would take effect July 1, 2026. Who it may affect: public school teachers and school staff across Kentucky, and local school districts.

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