---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the educational stability of children in out-of-home placements. Create a new section of KRS 199.800 to 199.805 to provide that the Department for Community Based Services shall place a foster child within the school district where the child was enrolled immediately prior to placement if practicable; require the department to make the determination on whether a foster child shall remain enrolled in the school of origin based upon a determination of the best interest of the child; provide that the cost of transportation shall not be a factor in the determination of the best interest of the child; require reasonable transportation to be offered if the department determines it is in the best interest of the child to remain enrolled in the school of origin after placement in a new school district; establish procedures for enrolling a foster child if changing the child's school of enrollment is in the best interest of the child; require the district in which the foster child is enrolled upon successful completion of high school graduation requirements to issue a diploma to the child."
description: "AN ACT relating to the educational stability of children in out-of-home placements. Create a new section of KRS 199.800 to 199.805 to provide that the Department for Community Based Services shall place a foster child within the school district where the child was enrolled immediately prior to placement if practicable; require the department to make the determination on whether a foster child shall remain enrolled in the school of origin based upon a determination of the best interest of the child; provide that the cost of transportation shall not be a factor in the determination of the best interest of the child; require reasonable transportation to be offered if the department determines it is in the best interest of the child to remain enrolled in the school of origin after placement in a new school district; establish procedures for enrolling a foster child if changing the child's school of enrollment is in the best interest of the child; require the district in which the foster child is enrolled upon successful completion of high school graduation requirements to issue a diploma to the child."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2018RS"
identifier: "HB 527"
citation: "Kentucky HB 527 (2018RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Reed", "J. Carney", "M. Prunty", "S. Riley"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-02-26"
last_action: "2018-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/110298c3-9490-4e36-8cfb-e31255c7fc7a"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB527.htm"
source_hash: "c51a1dbb9b4fb17dba1eb8ce1354b45c3b13a58fb6c776f42bff7b675adcf88b"
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 527 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to the educational stability of children in out-of-home placements. Create a new section of KRS 199.800 to 199.805 to provide that the Department for Community Based Services shall place a foster child within the school district where the child was enrolled immediately prior to placement if practicable; require the department to make the determination on whether a foster child shall remain enrolled in the school of origin based upon a determination of the best interest of the child; provide that the cost of transportation shall not be a factor in the determination of the best interest of the child; require reasonable transportation to be offered if the department determines it is in the best interest of the child to remain enrolled in the school of origin after placement in a new school district; establish procedures for enrolling a foster child if changing the child's school of enrollment is in the best interest of the child; require the district in which the foster child is enrolled upon successful completion of high school graduation requirements to issue a diploma to the child.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 527 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB527/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **HCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB527/HCS1.pdf)
3. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB527/bill.pdf)

## Sponsors

- B. Reed — primary (person)
- J. Carney — primary (person)
- M. Prunty — primary (person)
- S. Riley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-26** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-02-28** To Health and Family Services (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-06** Posted in committee
- **2018-03-08** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute `reading-1`
- **2018-03-09** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-03-13** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 14, 2018
- **2018-03-14** 3rd reading, passed 95-0 with Committee Substitute `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-15** Received in Senate
- **2018-03-16** To Health & Welfare (S) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-03-22** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-03-27** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 29, 2018
- **2018-03-29** 3rd reading, passed 37-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-29** Received in House
- **2018-03-29** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2018-03-29** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2018-03-29** Delivered to Governor
- **2018-04-10** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 147) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/110298c3-9490-4e36-8cfb-e31255c7fc7a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).