Kentucky · 2026 Regular Session · Bill
HB 654: AN ACT relating to school district reporting and declaring an emergency.
Passed one chamber Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
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Plain-language summary
HB 654 is a bill introduced in the Kentucky House on February 18, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: AN ACT relating to school district reporting and declaring an emergency. Most recent recorded action (March 12, 2026): to Committee on Committees (S).
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Official summary
Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.
Amend KRS 160.345 to remove the Kentucky Department of Education's reporting requirement on school physical activity, prohibit the department or the Kentucky Board of Education from requiring a school to complete any component of a comprehensive school improvement plan that is not expressly required from that specific school by federal law or state statute; amend KRS 156.101 to remove superintendents' reporting requirement on instructional leaders who fail to complete required training; amend KRS 160.380 to remove superintendents' annual reporting requirement on a district's minority teacher recruitment process; amend KRS 158.1413 to remove superintendents' reporting requirement on school districts' essential workplace ethics programs; repeal KRS 158.867, relating to minimum requirements for summer learning camps; authorize the Kentucky Department of Education and Kentucky Board of Education to continue to collect designated existing reports; prohibit the Kentucky Department of Education and Kentucky Board of Education from requiring designated reports; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2026.
Sponsors
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
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| 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
- to Committee on Committees (S)
- received in Senate
- 3rd reading, passed 94-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1)
- posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 10 2026
- 2nd reading, to Rules
- floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
- reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
- to Primary and Secondary Education (H)
- to Committee on Committees (H)
- introduced in House