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Kentucky 2026RS

HB 562

AN ACT relating to alternative high school diplomas.

Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-11-11 12:11:04 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Kentucky
Session
2026RS
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
Boards And Commissions, Education, Elementary And Secondary, Education, Vocational, Mental Disability, State Agencies, Workforce
Introduced / first action
2026-02-04 05:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Amend KRS 156.160 to require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations for an alternate high school diploma and a modified high school diploma; specify requirements for alternate and modified high school diplomas; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require the Department of Workforce Development to identify, compile, and publish a list of employers willing to employ individuals possessing an alternate high school diploma; amend KRS 158.140, 164.787, and 164.7882 to conform.

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Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 15)

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  2. delivered to Governor

  3. enrolled, signed by President of the Senate

    passage
  4. enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House

    passage
  5. passed 95-0

    passage
  6. House concurred in Committee Substitute (1)

  7. posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)

  8. to Rules (H)

    referral-committee
  9. received in House

  10. 3rd reading, passed 36-0 with Committee Substitute (1)

    passage, reading-3
  11. passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day

  12. passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day

  13. posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 17 2026

  14. 2nd reading, to Rules

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  15. reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)

    committee-passage
  16. to Education (S)

    referral-committee
  17. to Committee on Committees (S)

    referral-committee
  18. received in Senate

  19. 3rd reading, passed 96-0

    passage, reading-3
  20. posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 17 2026

  21. 2nd reading, to Rules

    reading-2
  22. reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar

    committee-passage
  23. to Primary and Secondary Education (H)

    referral-committee
  24. to Committee on Committees (H)

    referral-committee
  25. introduced in House

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