Kentucky · 2026 Regular Session · Bill
HB 759: AN ACT relating to teacher certification.
Passed one chamber Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
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Plain-language summary
HB 759 is a bill introduced in the Kentucky House on February 25, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: AN ACT relating to teacher certification. Most recent recorded action (March 31, 2026): returned to Rules (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 161.048 to modify and reestablish alternative teacher certification options as alternative routes; establish the eligibility requirements of alternative routes; delete Option 2 certification; establish a route for current professional certificate holders to expand certification and the eligibility requirements; require the Education Professional Standards Board to maintain and publish a list of academic majors, academic minors, and graduate degree academic content areas and the corresponding areas for which they shall satisfy certification requirements; make current professional certificate holders eligible to expand certification through any alternative route; require holders of professional certificates under specific routes complete training requirements to be eligible for the first renewal of the certificate; provide that the Education Professional Standards Board may require a passing score on a professional skills assessment; amend KRS 161.032 and 164.757 to conform; repeal KRS 161.049.
Sponsors
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- returned to Rules (S)
- posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 31 2026
- 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill
- floor amendment (1) filed
- reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
- to Education (S)
- to Committee on Committees (S)
- received in Senate
- 3rd reading, passed 96-0
- posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 09 2026
- 2nd reading, to Rules
- reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
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