Official record
Measure details
- Jurisdiction
- Kentucky
- Session
- 2026RS
- Chamber
- upper
- Classification
- bill
- Subjects
- Education, Elementary And Secondary, Reports Mandated, State Agencies
- Introduced / first action
- 2026-02-05 05:00:00
Source-supplied abstracts
Amend KRS 157.320 to define "at risk" and "teaming partner"; amend KRS 157.3175 to require each local school district to provide preschool to 4 year olds who reside in a household with an income at or below 160% of the poverty level until the end of the 2030-2031 school year and beginning with the 2031-2032 school year, require each local school district to provide preschool to each 4 year old who is at risk; provide requirements for program guidelines; require the Kentucky Department of Education to establish and maintain a statewide unified data system; create a new section of KRS Chapter 157 to require local school districts to maintain certification from the Head Start director that Head Start is fully utilized; provide penalties; require local school districts to prepare and submit preschool expansion plans to the deparment; require the department to promulgate administrative regulations regarding preschool expansion; require the department to submit a report the the Legislative Research Commission annually regarding preschool expansion.
Sponsors
- C. Armstrong (primary), primary
- G. Neal (primary), primary
- K. Berg (primary), primary
- G. Clemons (primary), primary
- K. Herron (primary), primary
- R. Thomas (primary), primary