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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to teacher recruitment and retention, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency."
description: "Create new sections of KRS Chapter 164 to establish the Teacher Recruitment Student Loan Forgiveness Pilot Program; define eligibility for the program; direct the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority to administer the program; provide monetary awards for student loan repayment for eligible students who complete qualified teaching service; establish the Teacher Recruitment Student Loan Forgiveness Pilot Program fund; establish the Student Teacher Stipend Program; define eligibility for the program; direct the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority to administer the program; provide an award of up to $5,000 to an eligible student teacher; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "HB 377"
citation: "Kentucky HB 377 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Regulations and Proceedings", "Appropriations", "Education", "Finance", "Education", "Higher", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "State Agencies", "Teachers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Chester-Burton", "J. Petrie", "K. Banta", "K. Timoney", "M. Clines"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-25T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f87a50e-bc9c-417d-a8e8-a50d7fd4b5c4"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb377.html"
source_hash: "9f2ab725adaa1a0b2dca704699deb21234d1157f4e91e24961a349fe556ebe67"
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 377 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to teacher recruitment and retention, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 164 to establish the Teacher Recruitment Student Loan Forgiveness Pilot Program; define eligibility for the program; direct the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority to administer the program; provide monetary awards for student loan repayment for eligible students who complete qualified teaching service; establish the Teacher Recruitment Student Loan Forgiveness Pilot Program fund; establish the Student Teacher Stipend Program; define eligibility for the program; direct the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority to administer the program; provide an award of up to $5,000 to an eligible student teacher; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
## 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/24RS/hb377/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 139** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0139.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb377/bill.pdf)
## Votes
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 377 — **pass** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- B. Chester-Burton — primary (person)
- J. Petrie — primary (person)
- K. Banta — primary (person)
- K. Timoney — primary (person)
- M. Clines — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 08, 2024
- **2024-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 87-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** to Education (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Education (S)
- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Education (S)
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Education (S)
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Education (S)
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules as a consent bill `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 28, 2024
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 139) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1f87a50e-bc9c-417d-a8e8-a50d7fd4b5c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).