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SB 6 Kentucky Senate · 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to the Support Education Excellence in Kentucky Program.

Summary
Amend KRS 157.320 to include costs paid on behalf of districts in the definition of "Support Education Excellence in Kentucky"; define "distributable cost" and "on-behalf cost"; amend KRS 157.330 to include appropriations of on-behalf costs in the fund to support education excellence in Kentucky; amend KRS 157.360 to provide for the calculation of total cost of the program to support education excellence in Kentucky to include on-behalf costs and distributable costs; provide for the calculation; provide for the determination of on-behalf costs; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2026.
Issues: ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesAmends budget calculations to include more costs in education program funding, ensuring full coverage of district expenses and strengthening program finances.90% confidence ✓ EducationSupports EducationBill amends education fund definitions to include 'on-behalf costs,' expanding funding mechanisms for school programs under the 'Support Education Excellence' initiative.95% confidence
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 18, 2025 Last action Mar 13, 2025
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What changed between versions

Introduced → Current/Final · 3 edits
MINOR
This bill amends the Kentucky Education Finance Act to update definitions related to teacher experience calculations and introduce new definitions for fringe benefit costs. The changes clarify how teacher experience is credited over multiple school years and establish how certain state-paid benefits should be calculated for funding purposes.
Scope change
The bill's scope remains focused on education funding definitions, but the applicability of teacher experience calculations has been modified to allow credit across two school years rather than just one.
DEFINITION

Updated the definition of 'Experience' to allow teachers to earn one year of experience credit by working 140 days in each of two consecutive school years, rather than requiring 140 days in a single year.

Added a new definition for 'Fringe benefit costs' to clarify that state expenditures for benefits like Teachers' Retirement System payments made on behalf of school districts should be included in funding calculations.

TECHNICAL

Minor formatting changes including renumbering of subsections and updating document metadata (bill number and dates) to reflect the current version of the legislation.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 4, 2025

How they voted

36–7
Passed
Total votes 43
Mar 4, 2025
D Democratic6
6 Nay
100% Nay
R Republican37
36 Yea 1 Nay
97% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
20
Key actions
3
Committee
6
Amendments
1
Mar 13, 2025
Introduced
floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
upper
Mar 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1)
upper
Mar 7, 2025
Committee
to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
lower
Mar 5, 2025
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Mar 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
3rd reading, passed 31-7 with Committee Substitute (1)
upper
Feb 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
upper
Feb 20, 2025
Committee
to Education (S)
upper
Feb 18, 2025
Committee
to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Feb 18, 2025
Introduced
introduced in Senate
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.