AN ACT relating to school districts.
Summary
Amend KRS 160.041 to provide a merger process for contiguous school districts; require the Kentucky Board of Education to determine the terms of merger for an insolvent district if no agreement between the school districts can be reached; require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate regulations regarding mergers due to insolvency.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Mar 2024
House Passage
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 10, 2024
Last action Mar 8, 2024
Floor votes · House Mar 5, 2024
How they voted
80–13
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 98
Mar 5, 2024
D
Democratic20
50% Nay
R
Republican78
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
10
Key actions
2
Committee
5
Mar 8, 2024
Committee
to Education (S)
upper
Mar 6, 2024
Committee
to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Mar 5, 2024
Lower · Passed
3rd reading, passed 80-13 with Committee Substitute (1)
lower
Feb 27, 2024
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
lower
Jan 17, 2024
Committee
to Education (H)
lower
Jan 10, 2024
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Jan 10, 2024
Introduced
introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
James Tipton
RRepublican
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