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KY SB121

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/23/2026

Primary Sponsor

Gex Williams

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Origin

Senate

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Amends waiver provisions for school districts, requiring the Kentucky Board of Education to consider waiver requests within 45 calendar days and allowing waivers related to school facility projects (construction, renovation, property acquisition) to remain effective indefinitely unless specifically set to expire

  • Changes Kentucky Board of Education nonvoting member selection to rotate among 7 Supreme Court districts (instead of 6 congressional districts) and requires student members to be sophomores at appointment (instead of juniors), with 1-year terms

  • Modifies class size exemption procedures by requiring the Kentucky Department of Education (rather than Board of Education) to grant temporary exemptions, with the Board reviewing all temporary exemptions within 45 business days

  • Transfers education technology planning responsibilities from the Council for Education Technology to the Kentucky Department of Education, and repeals KRS sections defining the Council and the teachers' computer purchase program

  • Adds the Carol Martin Gatton Kentucky FFA Leadership Training Center in Hardinsburg to facilities under the Department of Education's management, and allows Education Professional Standards Board certification fees to fund the Kentucky Educator Placement Service System

Legislative Description

AN ACT relating to education.

Education, Elementary and Secondary

Last Action

to Committee on Committees (S)

1/23/2026

Committee Referrals

Committee on Committees1/23/2026

Full Bill Text

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