Amend KRS 157.3175 to require school districts provide a full-day preschool education program for eligible three and four-year-olds; establish eligibility for the program; require that preschool for three year old children continue to be funded through a grant process and preschool programs for four-year-old children be funded under KRS 157.310 to 157.440; require preschool programs to operate on the school district calendar; require transportation be provided; amend KRS 158.031 to include preschool education programs for four-year-old children in the primary school program; amend KRS 157.320 to remove the definition of "kindergarten full-time equivalent pupil in average daily attendance"; amend KRS 157.360 to remove a reference to the kindergarten full-time equivalent; amend KRS 158.030 to include a preschool education program for four-year-old children in the definition of "common school"; remove language allowing kindergarten to operate for less than six hours on a school day; amend KRS 158.060 and 160.1596 to conform.
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Amend KRS 199.894 to define "outdoor nature-based child-care center"; amend KRS 194A.381 to exempt outdoor nature-based child-care centers from the requirements for youth camps; amend KRS 199.8941 to allow monetary incentives for outdoor nature-based child-care centers; amend KRS 199.8943 to expand the quality rating system to outdoor nature-based child-care centers; amend KRS 199.895 to specify evacuation plans for outdoor nature-based child-care centers; amend KRS 199.8951 to establish epinephrine auto-injector requirements for outdoor nature-based child-care center; amend KRS 199.896 to require licensure standards for outdoor nature-based child-care centers; amend KRS 199.8962 and 199.897 to require operational standards for outdoor nature-based child-care centers; amend KRS 199.898 to establish the rights of operators of outdoor nature-based child-care centers; amend KRS 199.990 to outline penalties for licensure violations of outdoor nature-based child-care centers; amend KRS 311.645 related to emergency allergy treatment standards for outdoor nature-based child-care centers to conform.
Amend KRS 6.190 to provide for annual salaries for members of the General Assembly; require each member of the General Assembly to be paid on the first and fifteenth day of each month; amend KRS 6.211 to delete an old date reference; amend KRS 6.225 to allow reimbursement for travel expenses for the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives if engaged in their duties when the General Assembly is not in session, in addition to their annual salary; amend KRS 7.110 to provide travel allowances to members of the General Assembly for attending interim joint committee meetings when the General Assembly is not in session; provide that the travel allowance are in addition to a member's annual salary; repeal KRS 6.213; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2025.
Repeal and reenact KRS 344.010 to define various terms; amend KRS 344.020, relating to the purpose of the Kentucky's civil rights chapter, to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity; amend KRS 344.025, 344.040, 344.050, 344.060, 344.070, and 344.080, relating to prohibited discrimination in various labor and employment practices, to include discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity; amend KRS 344.100 and 344.110 to conform; amend KRS 344.120 and 342.140, relating to prohibited discrimination in places of public accommodation and advertisements therefor, to include discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity; amend KRS 344.170, 344.180, 344.190, 344.300, and 344.310, relating to the state and local human rights commissions, to include prohibition of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity in the scope of their powers and duties; amend KRS 344.360, 344.370, 344.380, and 344.680, relating to prohibited discrimination in certain housing, real estate, and other financial transactions, to include discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity; amend KRS 344.367, relating to prohibited discrimination in certain insurance sales, to include discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity; amend KRS 344.400, relating to prohibited discrimination in certain credit transactions, to include discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity; make various technical amendments; amend KRS 18A.095 to conform.
Honor classified employees in public schools.
Amend KRS 139.472 to define and exempt from sales and use tax breast pumps, breast pump storage and collection supplies, and breast pump kits from August 1, 2024, to July 31, 2028, and require the Department of Revenue to report the exemption each September 1; amend KRS 131.190 to authorize the department to report the exemption to the Legislative Research Commission; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2024.
Repeal KRS 338.062, relating to occupational safety and health standards.
Amend KRS 2.110 to remove Robert E. Lee Day, Confederate Memorial Day, and Jefferson Davis Day from the list of public holidays.
Amend KRS 156.160 to require public middle and high school curriculum to include instruction on the history of racism.
Amend KRS 161.155 to require school districts to provide up to 40 days of maternity leave to teachers without a deduction of salary; require accrued sick leave to be taken first and concurrently; allow a teacher to reserve up to 30 days of sick leave; amend various sections of KRS to conform.