---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to public education."
description: "AN ACT relating to public education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2019RS"
identifier: "SB 250"
citation: "Kentucky SB 250 (2019RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Elementary and Secondary", "Education", "Finance", "Purchasing", "Teachers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Adams", "J. Adams", "J. Donohue", "J. Schickel", "R. Thomas", "R. Thomas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 28
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-15T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1832004-b152-4532-b5e1-59651cfd5bd4"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/19RS/sb250.html"
source_hash: "7cd0a6b085d5b4a002434cb7939430c29e5f87b4e99ccb6d027247524858e186"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ky"]
---

# Kentucky SB 250 (2019RS) — AN ACT relating to public education.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/19RS/sb250/bill.pdf)

## Sponsors

- J. Adams — primary (person)
- J. Adams — primary (person)
- J. Donohue — primary (person)
- J. Schickel — primary (person)
- R. Thomas — primary (person)
- R. Thomas — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (S) `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Education (S)
- **2019-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Education (S)
- **2019-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1)
- **2019-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1), (2) and (3) filed to Committee Substitute
- **2019-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (4) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 26, 2019
- **2019-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (3) withdrawn
- **2019-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (1) and (2) defeated
- **2019-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** passed 31-6 with Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendment (4) `passage`
- **2019-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2019-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** to Local Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2019-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
- **2019-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2019-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 12, 2019
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) defeated
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** passed 54-42 `passage`
- **2019-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2019-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2019-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2019-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (KY Acts ch. 065) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c1832004-b152-4532-b5e1-59651cfd5bd4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).