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

Last action · January 15, 2026

To Postsecondary Education (H)

Introduced January 8, 2026

House

Adjourned Sine Die

2026 Regular Session

HB275

AN ACT relating to KEES scholarships for students attending noncertified schools.

Amend KRS 164.7874 to define "eligible noncertified school graduate"; amend definitions of "KEES award," "KEES award maximum," and "KEES base amount" for an eligible noncertified school graduate; amend KRS 164.7879 to establish an equivalent grade point average for eligible noncertified school graduates based on the graduate's ACT score; amend KRS 164.7881 and 164.7884 to conform.

Education, Elementary and Secondary Education, Finance Education, Higher Fiscal Note

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This bill would extend Kentucky Excellence in Education Scholarship (KEES) eligibility to graduates of noncertified schools, such as certain private or home schools, by creating a new definition for those graduates and establishing a way to calculate their grade point average using ACT scores for scholarship purposes. Currently, KEES awards are tied to GPA, so students from schools that do not issue traditional grades would need an alternative calculation method to qualify. This change would…

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