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Last action · February 27, 2025

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Introduced February 19, 2025

House

Adjourned Sine Die

2025 Regular Session

HB719

AN ACT relating to school counselors and making an appropriation therefor.

Appropriate necessary funds to the SEEK Program budget unit to provide financial assistance to local school districts for employment of school counselors; APPROPRIATION.

Education, Elementary and Secondary Education, Finance State Agencies Appropriations Budget and Financial Administration

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This bill would set aside state funding to help local school districts pay for school counselors. The money would be distributed through the SEEK Program, which is the main formula the state uses to send education dollars to districts. It aims to make it easier for schools across Kentucky to hire or retain counselors. Who it may affect: K-12 students, school counselors, and local school districts.

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