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Last action · February 25, 2025

To Primary And Secondary Education (H)

Introduced February 14, 2025

House

Adjourned Sine Die

2025 Regular Session

HB554

AN ACT relating to education funding integrity.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to define "foreign source"; preclude common schools from receiving funds from the Chinese government, Chinese Communist Party, or agents thereof; require reporting of foreign source funding in common schools; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to define "foreign source"; preclude public postsecondary education institutions schools from receiving funds from the Chinese government, Chinese Communist Party, or agents thereof; require reporting of foreign source funding in public postsecondary education institutions.

State Agencies Reports Mandated Education, Elementary and Secondary Education, Finance Education, Higher Education, Vocational

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This bill would prohibit Kentucky's public K-12 schools and public colleges and universities from accepting money from the Chinese government, the Chinese Communist Party, or their agents. It would also require those schools to report any funding they receive from foreign sources. The stated goal is to ensure transparency and integrity in how public schools are funded. Who it may affect: students and staff at Kentucky public K-12 schools and public colleges and universities, and school administrators responsible for reporting requirements.

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