---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to primary school."
description: "Amend KRS 158.305 to require kindergarten students to be given a universal screener within the final 10 instructional days of the school year; beginning with the 2025-2026 school year require that a student remain in kindergarten for an additional year if he or she did not make adequate progress in kindergarten; prohibit a school from requiring a student who turns seven by August 1 to remain in kindergarten; require the school to reevaluate the reading improvement plan of any student remaining in kindergarten; allow a student provided an additional year in kindergarten to advance through the primary program when it is determined to be in the student's best interest."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2025RS"
identifier: "HB 240"
citation: "Kentucky HB 240 (2025RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children and Minors", "Education", "Elementary and Secondary"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4d28ff3-02d2-4fca-8f06-193cf64e667c"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/hb240.html"
source_hash: "eabc244cd625cb497732d4cdd1f72a5f5ccddf8b0a47b1f978cd9aca2b043141"
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 240 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to primary school.

Amend KRS 158.305 to require kindergarten students to be given a universal screener within the final 10 instructional days of the school year; beginning with the 2025-2026 school year require that a student remain in kindergarten for an additional year if he or she did not make adequate progress in kindergarten; prohibit a school from requiring a student who turns seven by August 1 to remain in kindergarten; require the school to reevaluate the reading improvement plan of any student remaining in kindergarten; allow a student provided an additional year in kindergarten to advance through the primary program when it is determined to be in the student's best interest.

## 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/25RS/hb240/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 103** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/25RS/documents/0103.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb240/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 240 W/ scs1 — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- Override Veto Final Passage HB 240 — **36–2** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage — **93–3** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Primary and Secondary Education (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 19, 2025
- **2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 95-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 13, 2025
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** passed 90-0 `passage`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2025-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Vetoed `executive-veto`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** posted for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** passed 93-3 `passage`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** passed 36-2 `passage`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 103) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e4d28ff3-02d2-4fca-8f06-193cf64e667c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).