---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to teachers."
description: "Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to define terms; establish a student loan forgiveness program for teachers obtaining certification through an expedited certification process with a residency component; authorize the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority to promulgate administrative regulations to administer the program; create the Option 9 scholarship fund; amend KRS 161.048 to create an Option 9 expedited alternative certification pathway through the use of a residency program; establish requirements for residency program; establish eligibility for district participation; APPROPRIATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "HB 277"
citation: "Kentucky HB 277 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Regulations and Proceedings", "Appropriations", "Education", "Elementary and Secondary", "Education", "Finance", "Education", "Higher", "Teachers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Fugate", "C. Massey", "K. Banta", "K. Timoney", "M. Imes", "R. Heath", "R. Huff", "T. Smith", "T. Truett", "W. Thomas"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-12T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5943099-4fa0-46b0-ae35-9d97f277d902"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb277.html"
source_hash: "e75cdf6ab86574dd1920f1b45011f60a280ee0ea4140d3eac7c3dc78883a7d99"
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 HB 277 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to teachers.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to define terms; establish a student loan forgiveness program for teachers obtaining certification through an expedited certification process with a residency component; authorize the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority to promulgate administrative regulations to administer the program; create the Option 9 scholarship fund; amend KRS 161.048 to create an Option 9 expedited alternative certification pathway through the use of a residency program; establish requirements for residency program; establish eligibility for district participation; APPROPRIATION.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb277/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 161** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0161.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb277/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 277 — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- C. Fugate — primary (person)
- C. Massey — primary (person)
- K. Banta — primary (person)
- K. Timoney — primary (person)
- M. Imes — primary (person)
- R. Heath — primary (person)
- R. Huff — primary (person)
- T. Smith — primary (person)
- T. Truett — primary (person)
- W. Thomas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 16, 2022
- **2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 97-0 with Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendments (1) and (2) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (S)
- **2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Committee on Committees (S)
- **2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** to Education (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Education (S)
- **2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Education (S)
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules as a consent bill `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 29, 2022
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 36-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 161) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e5943099-4fa0-46b0-ae35-9d97f277d902`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).