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Last action · February 25, 2025

To Postsecondary Education (H)

Introduced February 14, 2025

House

Adjourned Sine Die

2025 Regular Session

HB558

AN ACT relating to Kentucky educational excellence scholarships.

Amend KRS 164.7881 to extend the expiration of KEES eligibility from five to eight years from high school graduation; amend KRS 164.7884 to conform.

Education, Finance Education, Higher

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This bill would give Kentucky students more time to use their Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarship (KEES) money. Currently, students must use their KEES funds within five years of graduating high school; this bill would extend that window to eight years. Who it may affect: Kentucky high school graduates who have earned KEES scholarships and plan to pursue higher education.

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