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Kentucky · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 240: AN ACT relating to primary school.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 240 is a bill introduced in the Kentucky House on February 4, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: AN ACT relating to primary school. Most recent recorded action (March 27, 2025): delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 103).

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Amend KRS 158.305 to require kindergarten students to be given a universal screener within the final 10 instructional days of the school year; beginning with the 2025-2026 school year require that a student remain in kindergarten for an additional year if he or she did not make adequate progress in kindergarten; prohibit a school from requiring a student who turns seven by August 1 to remain in kindergarten; require the school to reevaluate the reading improvement plan of any student remaining in kindergarten; allow a student provided an additional year in kindergarten to advance through the primary program when it is determined to be in the student's best interest.

Sponsors

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
No sponsor recorded in source data.

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 103)
  2. enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
  3. enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
  4. received in House
  5. passed 36-2
  6. veto overridden
  7. posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
  8. to Rules (S)
  9. received in Senate
  10. passed 93-3
  11. veto overridden
  12. posted for consideration of Governor's veto

Showing 12 most recent of 39 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source