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Adjourned sine die. The bill was pending when the session ended, so it did not pass.

Last action · January 13, 2026

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Introduced January 6, 2026

House

Adjourned Sine Die

2026 Regular Session

HB19

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.

Education, Elementary and Secondary Education, Finance Education, Vocational Effective Dates, Emergency State Agencies Teachers

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This bill would require local school districts to give all staff, both certified (such as teachers) and classified (such as bus drivers and custodians), a salary raise that keeps pace with inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index. The Kentucky Board of Education could not approve a school district's budget or salary schedule unless it includes this inflation-based increase. It would take effect July 1, 2026. Who it may affect: public school teachers and other school district employees across Kentucky, as well as local school boards responsible for setting budgets.

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