AN ACT relating to status offenses.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 610 to establish a pilot program to be known as the Supporting Opportunities for Accountability and Restoration Program for children who are truant; require the pilot program to be established in no less than 10 public school districts; establish the responsive interventions to support and empower teams; establish criteria for participation and procedure for the program; create a new section of KRS Chapter 159 to establish the duties of…

Introduced: February 6, 2026

Last action: February 13, 2026

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This bill creates a pilot program called the SOAR Program in at least 10 Kentucky public school districts to address truancy through support services and family involvement rather than immediate court action. It sets up teams to assess family needs, requires parents to participate in diversion plans, and changes how habitual truancy is defined and tracked. It also prohibits placing children under 16 in secure detention facilities for status offenses, which are actions like truancy…

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