AN ACT relating to school administrators and declaring an emergency.
Amend KRS 157.350 to provide that in order to be eligible to receive support education excellence in Kentucky funds a school district shall not provide the superintendent or any administrator a percentage pay increase greater than the average percentage pay increase provided to classroom teachers within the district; amend KRS 156.070 to conform.
Introduced: January 27, 2026
Last action: March 27, 2026
In effect since March 27, 2026
This act carries an emergency clause, so it took effect as soon as it became law instead of waiting the usual 90 days after the session adjourned (Ky. Constitution § 55).
Plain-language summary
This bill requires that school districts receiving certain state education funding must not give superintendents or other administrators a higher percentage pay raise than the average raise given to classroom teachers in that district. It ties administrator pay increases to teacher pay increases as a condition of receiving that state funding. Districts that give administrators larger percentage raises than teachers could lose eligibility for those state dollars. Who it may affect: public school teachers, school administrators, superintendents, and local school districts across Kentucky.
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Legislative History
Primary Sponsor
Co-sponsors (2)
Roll calls
House: 3rd reading, passed 90-4 with Floor Amendment (1) and Floor Amendment (2-title)
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