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Bill 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. 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. us/states/ky Kentucky General Assembly 2018RS HB 527 Kentucky HB 527 (2018RS)
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3 18 0 2018-02-26 2018-04-10 openstates ocd-bill/110298c3-9490-4e36-8cfb-e31255c7fc7a http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB527.htm c51a1dbb9b4fb17dba1eb8ce1354b45c3b13a58fb6c776f42bff7b675adcf88b 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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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
  2. HCS1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Most Recent Version (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/110298c3-9490-4e36-8cfb-e31255c7fc7a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).