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Bill AN ACT relating to education. Amend KRS 156.557 to increase the time period between mandatory summative evaluations for tenured certified school staff from once every three years to once every five years; provide that additional summative evaluations may be performed at the discretion of the individual's immediate supervisor but shall not be imposed as a uniform requirement across the system; amend KRS 158.060 to provide teachers access to their employment contract upon request; amend KRS 156.095 to require the Department of Education to create and local school districts to implement a four year recurring professional development training schedule that includes all required professional development trainings; provide that all certified school employees shall complete designated trainings within 12 months of initial hire and at least once every four years thereafter; consolidate state-required certified school personnel trainings; create new sections of KRS Chapter 158 to relocate language currently contained in KRS 158.060 related to the display of designated hotline information and the publication of and school lessons on evidence-based suicide prevention awareness information; amend KRS 158.070 to remove language regarding professional development trainings consolidated elsewhere; amend KRS 160.346 to prohibit the Department of Education from requiring comprehensive school improvement plans and comprehensive district improvement plans not expressly required by federal law; amend KRS 156.492, 157.360, and 158.4416 to conform; amend KRS 161.031 to remove the mandate for an induction program for new teachers; require a report identifying school districts that do not implement an induction program for new teachers; require the Department of Education to conduct a review of the reporting requirements imposed upon public schools and public school districts; eliminate all reporting requirements not expressly required by state statute or federal law; submit a report on the remaining reporting requirements; provide that the Act may be cited as the Red Tape Reduction Act. us/states/ky Kentucky General Assembly 2025RS HB 48 Kentucky HB 48 (2025RS)
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Kentucky HB 48 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to education.

Amend KRS 156.557 to increase the time period between mandatory summative evaluations for tenured certified school staff from once every three years to once every five years; provide that additional summative evaluations may be performed at the discretion of the individual's immediate supervisor but shall not be imposed as a uniform requirement across the system; amend KRS 158.060 to provide teachers access to their employment contract upon request; amend KRS 156.095 to require the Department of Education to create and local school districts to implement a four year recurring professional development training schedule that includes all required professional development trainings; provide that all certified school employees shall complete designated trainings within 12 months of initial hire and at least once every four years thereafter; consolidate state-required certified school personnel trainings; create new sections of KRS Chapter 158 to relocate language currently contained in KRS 158.060 related to the display of designated hotline information and the publication of and school lessons on evidence-based suicide prevention awareness information; amend KRS 158.070 to remove language regarding professional development trainings consolidated elsewhere; amend KRS 160.346 to prohibit the Department of Education from requiring comprehensive school improvement plans and comprehensive district improvement plans not expressly required by federal law; amend KRS 156.492, 157.360, and 158.4416 to conform; amend KRS 161.031 to remove the mandate for an induction program for new teachers; require a report identifying school districts that do not implement an induction program for new teachers; require the Department of Education to conduct a review of the reporting requirements imposed upon public schools and public school districts; eliminate all reporting requirements not expressly required by state statute or federal law; submit a report on the remaining reporting requirements; provide that the Act may be cited as the Red Tape Reduction Act.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Acts Chapter 145 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Final Passage — 961 (pass) · lower
  • PASS HB 48 W/ scs1 — 370 (pass) · lower
  • Pass — 981 (pass) · lower

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-07T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
  • 2025-01-07T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
  • 2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00 to Primary and Secondary Education (H) referral-committee
  • 2025-02-05T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-06T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
  • 2025-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 recommitted to Primary and Secondary Education (H)
  • 2025-02-19T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (2) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-21T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 25, 2025
  • 2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 98-1 with Committee Substitute (2) passage, reading-3
  • 2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
  • 2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
  • 2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 to Education (S) referral-committee
  • 2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 taken from Education (S)
  • 2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 1st reading reading-1
  • 2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 returned to Education (S)
  • 2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 taken from Education (S)
  • 2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading reading-2
  • 2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 returned to Education (S)
  • 2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
  • 2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 14, 2025
  • 2025-03-14T04:00:00+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 posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
  • 2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
  • 2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 passed 96-1 passage
  • 2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
  • 2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
  • 2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
  • 2025-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 145) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/aa898a4f-e909-4216-aee3-2c87ff94114b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).