AN ACT relating to student rights.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms and establish student rights related to secular education and religious liberty; direct school districts to establish a formal grievance procedure for students, parents, and staff to report violations of those rights and set minimum requirements for the procedure; create a cause of action for violations of those rights that permits students or parents of students to bring an action for a violation of those…

Introduced: February 24, 2026

Last action: February 24, 2026

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This bill, called the Student Secular Bill of Rights, would establish formal rights for students related to keeping public school education free from religious influence, and would require school districts to set up a grievance process for reporting violations. Students or parents could sue over violations within two years and recover legal fees, and schools would no longer be required to display "In God We Trust," recite the Lord's Prayer, or emphasize religious aspects of…

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