AN ACT establishing the School Supplies for Kentucky Teachers Program.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 157 to define terms; establish the School Supplies for Kentucky Teachers Program to provide eligible classroom teachers with financial and technical support in purchasing school supplies; authorize the Kentucky Board of Education to adopt policies and promulgate administrative regulations necessary to administer the program; require the Kentucky Department of Education to enter into contracts for an online commerce platform and to identify online school supplies vendors for the program; provide that the Act may be cited as the School Supplies for Kentucky Teachers Act.

Introduced: February 19, 2025

Last action: February 27, 2025

To Primary And Secondary Education (H)

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This bill would create a new state program to help Kentucky classroom teachers pay for school supplies, providing them with financial support and access to an online shopping platform with approved vendors. The Kentucky Board of Education would oversee the program and set its rules, while the Department of Education would handle contracts with vendors. It aims to reduce the out-of-pocket costs many teachers face when stocking their classrooms. Who it may affect: public school teachers and students in Kentucky classrooms.

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