republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2024rs/hb-499.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to career and technical education funding, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency."
description: "Repeal and reenact KRS 157.069 to define terms; require the Office of Career and Technical Education within the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) to identify career and technical education programs or pathways as high cost or general cost; provide for a funding calculation from general fund appropriations for career and technical education based 60% upon weighted full-time equivalents enrollment and 40% upon specified incentives; provide for state-operated area technology center operating costs to be funded by the general fund appropriation to KDE; allow funds to be used for career and technical education programming for students in grades 5-8; disburse 75% of administrative operating funds previously designated to state-operated facility administrative costs that were converted to locally operated facilities to the locally operated facility and 25% to the career and technical education innovation and support fund for innovation and support of career and technical programs; create the career and technical education support fund; require the Office of Career and Technical Education to provide oversight of fund usage by recipients; require promulgation of necessary administrative regulations by Kentucky Board of Education; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2024; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "HB 499"
citation: "Kentucky HB 499 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Regulations and Proceedings", "Education", "Elementary and Secondary", "Education", "Finance", "Education", "Vocational", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Chester-Burton", "B. McCool", "D. Osborne", "G. Brown Jr.", "K. Timoney", "S. Rudy"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-18T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd418fab-f631-4783-8caa-8294cef27a1e"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb499.html"
source_hash: "d9e1a33e02278ade76b5c451ac40db7fcda446231065277dd6aab18f6375fae3"
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 499 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to career and technical education funding, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.

Repeal and reenact KRS 157.069 to define terms; require the Office of Career and Technical Education within the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) to identify career and technical education programs or pathways as high cost or general cost; provide for a funding calculation from general fund appropriations for career and technical education based 60% upon weighted full-time equivalents enrollment and 40% upon specified incentives; provide for state-operated area technology center operating costs to be funded by the general fund appropriation to KDE; allow funds to be used for career and technical education programming for students in grades 5-8; disburse 75% of administrative operating funds previously designated to state-operated facility administrative costs that were converted to locally operated facilities to the locally operated facility and 25% to the career and technical education innovation and support fund for innovation and support of career and technical programs; create the career and technical education support fund; require the Office of Career and Technical Education to provide oversight of fund usage by recipients; require promulgation of necessary administrative regulations by Kentucky Board of Education; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2024; 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/hb499/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 210** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0210.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb499/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 499 W/ scs1 sfa1 — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Chester-Burton — primary (person)
- B. McCool — primary (person)
- D. Osborne — primary (person)
- G. Brown Jr. — primary (person)
- K. Timoney — primary (person)
- S. Rudy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2024-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (2) `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute (2) `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 13, 2024
- **2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 92-0 with Committee Substitute (2) and Floor Amendment (2) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-03-15T04:00:00+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 with Committee Substitute (1) 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** taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 37-1 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1)
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1)
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** passed 95-0 `passage`
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2024-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 210) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd418fab-f631-4783-8caa-8294cef27a1e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).