republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2025rs/sb-68.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to education."
description: "Amend KRS 158.645 to change the required learning capacities of Kentucky public school students; amend KRS 158.6451 to provide that schools shall expect a high level of academic achievement and shall develop students' ability to think critically and independently; amend KRS 156.010 to include career and technical education; amend KRS 160.345 to remove the reporting requirement relating to physical activity of students; amend KRS 157.065 to remove the reporting requirement relating to participation in breakfast programs; amend KRS 424.250 to reflect that school boards are tax levying authorities and do not file budgets with the county clerk; require district budgets to be published in the same manner as school financial reports; repeal KRS 157.061 and 158.856."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2025RS"
identifier: "SB 68"
citation: "Kentucky SB 68 (2025RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards and Commissions", "Children and Minors", "Education", "Elementary and Secondary", "Education", "Finance", "Publications", "Reports Mandated", "State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-25T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8af7b90-6551-4646-9baa-11fe8b6f0ff4"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/sb68.html"
source_hash: "e5bcfb739f3688738b4a29dd6775afaf25239b478e84ca5006b0583d81945908"
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 SB 68 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to education.

Amend KRS 158.645 to change the required learning capacities of Kentucky public school students; amend KRS 158.6451 to provide that schools shall expect a high level of academic achievement and shall develop students' ability to think critically and independently; amend KRS 156.010 to include career and technical education; amend KRS 160.345 to remove the reporting requirement relating to physical activity of students; amend KRS 157.065 to remove the reporting requirement relating to participation in breakfast programs; amend KRS 424.250 to reflect that school boards are tax levying authorities and do not file budgets with the county clerk; require district budgets to be published in the same manner as school financial reports; repeal KRS 157.061 and 158.856.

## 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/25RS/sb68/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 86** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/25RS/documents/0086.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/sb68/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Passage SB 68 W/ hcs1 — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 68 W/ scs1 sfa1 — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **90–0** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 06, 2025
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (H)
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Committee on Committees (H)
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** to Primary and Secondary Education (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 90-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1)
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1)
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** passed 37-0 `passage`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2025-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 86) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8af7b90-6551-4646-9baa-11fe8b6f0ff4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).