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2026 Regular Session

HB654

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AN ACT relating to school district reporting and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 160.345 to remove the Kentucky Department of Education's reporting requirement on school physical activity, prohibit the department or the Kentucky Board of Education from requiring a school to complete any component of a comprehensive school improvement plan that is not expressly required from that specific school by federal law or state statute; amend KRS 156.101 to remove superintendents' reporting requirement on instructional leaders who fail to complete required training; amend KRS 160.380 to…

Introduced: February 18, 2026

Last action: March 12, 2026

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This bill reduces the number of reports that school districts and superintendents are required to submit to the Kentucky Department of Education and the Kentucky Board of Education. It removes specific reporting requirements related to student physical activity, training completion by instructional leaders, minority teacher recruitment, and workplace ethics programs, and it repeals minimum requirements for summer learning camps. It also limits the state education department and board from requiring schools to complete parts of…

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Legislative History

Feb 18, 2026 · House
Introduced In House
Feb 18, 2026 · House
To Committee On Committees (H)
Feb 25, 2026 · House
To Primary And Secondary Education (H)
Mar 4, 2026 · House
Reported Favorably, 1st Reading, To Calendar With Committee Substitute (1)
Mar 4, 2026 · House
Floor Amendment (1) Filed To Committee Substitute (clerical)
Mar 5, 2026 · House
2nd Reading, To Rules (clerical)
Mar 9, 2026 · House
Posted For Passage In The Regular Orders Of The Day For Tuesday, March 10 2026 (clerical)
Mar 11, 2026 · House
3rd Reading, Passed 94-0 With Committee Substitute (1) And Floor Amendment (1)
Yea: 94
Nay: 0
Absent: 6
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Portrait of Shane Baker
Shane Baker

Representative · House District 085

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Shane.Baker@kylegislature.gov
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