Rep. James Tipton

Condemn anti-Semitism in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Amend KRS 322.045 to allow a person to qualify for licensure as a land surveyor if he or she has graduated from a two-year board-approved program and has obtained a minimum of six years of progressive experience in land surveying, with four of those years under the direct supervision of a practicing land surveyor; allow graduates of two-year board-approved programs to be eligible to take the Fundamentals of Land Surveying Examination after two years of progressive experience in land surveying and the Principles and Practice of Land Surveying Examination after six years of progressive experience in land surveying; eliminate the board's responsibility to promulgate administrative regulations that establish requirements for consideration of experience gained before entering the graduate programs approved by the board.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to establish the Commonwealth Education Continuum; specify the membership of the continuum; establish the terms of members; require the Council on Postsecondary Education to act as the administrative body for the continuum; establish reporting requirements to the Interim Joint Committee on Education.

Extend the provisions of paragraph 3 of 2020 Executive Order 2020-277, related to temporary disability from occupational exposure to COVID-19 from September 7, 2021, to January 31, 2023; EMERGENCY.

Amend KRS 164.786 to increase the dual credit tuition rate ceiling amount; add eligibility for high school freshmen and sophomores; add career and technical education courses to the Dual Credit Scholarship; amend KRS 164.787 to delete the dual credit provisions from the Work Ready Kentucky Scholarship Program.

Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate the Private Clarence "Joe" Aubrey Memorial Bridge in Spencer County.

Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Darryl Owens.

Amend KRS 141.502 to update definition of "eligible student" to increase the limit of not more than 250% of the amount of household income necessary to establish eligibility for reduced-price meals; amend KRS 141.504 to allow funds in an education opportunity account to also be used for tuition or fees to attend a prekindergarten to grade twelve nonpublic school and remove the requirements for individuals to be residents of counties of 90,000 or more to utilize the funds for nonpublic schools; amend KRS 141.510 to require a copy of the account granting organization's determination letter granting them 501(c)(3) status to be submitted with their application; amend KRS 141.512 to allow an AGO, in the first year, to allocate less than 90 percent of the total annual contributions to EOAs; amend KRS 141.522 to delete the sunset provision from the tax credit for contributions made to AGOs; increase credit cap from $25,000,000 to $100,000,000 with certain stipulations.

Create the Lottery Trust Fund Task Force to study the various uses of the task fund, evaluate the performance of the various scholarship and grant programs funded by the fund, and develop and submit recommended changes to better align the uses of the fund to future needs; outline task force membership; require the task force to submit any findings and recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2022.

Recognize January 27, 2022, as International Holocaust Remembrance Day.