republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2025rs/hb-251.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to the evaluation of educator preparation programs.	Amend KRS 158.840 to require the Education Professional Standards Board, rather than the Council on Postsecondary Education, to ensure teacher education programs provide highly skilled teachers; require the board to report to the Legislative Research Commission every three years and regularly report program data to an external evaluator.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2025RS	HB 251	Kentucky HB 251 (2025RS)	bill	Education Elementary and Secondary Education Higher Legislative Research Commission Reports Mandated State Agencies Teachers Universities and Colleges	enacted		3	19	2	2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00	2025-03-15T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/ff736b1e-f805-4cff-b5aa-ab91efccf7bd	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/hb251.html	b85aa26917bca07c509547429dba9732256fad6c97b0e90c975e8a6b3ed0fdba	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 251 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to the evaluation of educator preparation programs.

Amend KRS 158.840 to require the Education Professional Standards Board, rather than the Council on Postsecondary Education, to ensure teacher education programs provide highly skilled teachers; require the board to report to the Legislative Research Commission every three years and regularly report program data to an external evaluator.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 17 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Pass — 91–0 (pass) · lower
• PASS HB 251 — 38–0 (pass) · lower

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2025-02-06T05:00:00+00:00 to Postsecondary Education (H) referral-committee
• 2025-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2025-02-12T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2025-02-14T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 18, 2025
• 2025-02-19T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 91-0 passage, reading-3
• 2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2025-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 to Education (S) referral-committee
• 2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 12, 2025
• 2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 38-0 passage, reading-3
• 2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2025-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ff736b1e-f805-4cff-b5aa-ab91efccf7bd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).