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Bill AN ACT relating to alternative certification. Amend KRS 161.010 to include definitions for "provisional certificates," "professional certificates," and "college or university work of graduate grade"; amend KRS 161.048 to allow a veteran with a bachelor's degree in any area to be issued a provisional teaching certificate if other criteria are met; require a passing score on the GRE or its equivalent for certification of a person in a field other than education to teach in elementary, middle, or secondary programs; provide that after successful completion of the internship program candidates shall receive a professional certificate and be subject to the same renewal requirements as any other teacher with a professional certificate; amend KRS 161.095 to delete language that restricts continuing education related to maintaining a certificate. AN ACT relating to alternative certification. Amend KRS 161.010 to include definitions for "provisional certificates," "professional certificates," and "college or university work of graduate grade"; amend KRS 161.048 to allow a veteran with a bachelor's degree in any area to be issued a provisional teaching certificate if other criteria are met; require a passing score on the GRE or its equivalent for certification of a person in a field other than education to teach in elementary, middle, or secondary programs; provide that after successful completion of the internship program candidates shall receive a professional certificate and be subject to the same renewal requirements as any other teacher with a professional certificate; amend KRS 161.095 to delete language that restricts continuing education related to maintaining a certificate. us/states/ky Kentucky General Assembly 2017RS SB 117 Kentucky SB 117 (2017RS)
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Kentucky SB 117 (2017RS) — AN ACT relating to alternative certification. Amend KRS 161.010 to include definitions for "provisional certificates," "professional certificates," and "college or university work of graduate grade"; amend KRS 161.048 to allow a veteran with a bachelor's degree in any area to be issued a provisional teaching certificate if other criteria are met; require a passing score on the GRE or its equivalent for certification of a person in a field other than education to teach in elementary, middle, or secondary programs; provide that after successful completion of the internship program candidates shall receive a professional certificate and be subject to the same renewal requirements as any other teacher with a professional certificate; amend KRS 161.095 to delete language that restricts continuing education related to maintaining a certificate.

Version chain

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

  1. Most Recent Version (committee substitute) — source
  2. SB 117 (As Introduced) (committee substitute) — source
  3. SFA1 (committee substitute) — source

Timeline

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

  • 2017-02-07 Introduced in Senate introduction
  • 2017-02-08 To Education (S) referral-committee
  • 2017-02-09 Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar reading-1
  • 2017-02-09 Floor amendment (1) filed amendment-introduction
  • 2017-02-10 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
  • 2017-02-13 Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 15, 2017
  • 2017-02-15 3rd reading, passed 35-0 with floor amendment (1) reading-3, passage
  • 2017-02-16 Received in House
  • 2017-02-21 To Education (H) referral-committee
  • 2017-02-22 Posted in committee
  • 2017-02-24 Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar reading-1
  • 2017-02-27 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
  • 2017-02-27 Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wedneday, March 1, 2017
  • 2017-03-01 Taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day
  • 2017-03-06 3rd reading, passed 85-7 reading-3, passage
  • 2017-03-06 Received in Senate
  • 2017-03-06 Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
  • 2017-03-06 Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
  • 2017-03-06 Delivered to Governor
  • 2017-03-16 Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 14) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1d142c00-dfa6-422c-8f93-76454accc928. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).