Kentucky 26rs Session Status: Introduced

HB 759 — AN ACT relating to teacher certification.

  1. 1
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

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Summary

AN ACT relating to teacher certification.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Senate Floor Amendment 1

  2. G. Williams

  3. Retain original provisions, amend KRS 161.030 to prohibit the Education Professional Standards Board from issuing or renewing certificates to individuals who have been treated for or diagnosed with a disorder that is excluded from the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; require certification and renewal applications to include a sworn statement that the applicant has never been treated for or diagnosed with any listed disorder; direct certain state medical licensing boards to promulgate administrative regulations to require licensees to diagnose the listed disorders based on the disorder definitions established in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Third Edition, Revised); amend KRS 161.120 to include treatment for or a diagnosis with 1 of the listed disorders as grounds for revocation, suspension, or refusal to issue or renew certification by the Education Professional Standards Board; require the Education Professional Standards Board to investigate and respond to all complaints against a certificate holder alleging that the certificate holder exhibits easily identifiable behavioral signs or symptoms characteristic to a listed disorder; authorize the Education Professional Standards Board to compel a medical examination to evaluate whether a certificate holder meets the diagnostic criteria for a listed disorder, and require that the results be provided to the board as a condition of continued certification.

  4. Administrative Regulations And Proceedings - State Board of Medical Licensure, diagnostic requirements for designated disorders Boards And Commissions - Education Professional Standards Board, certificate eligibility, disqualifying disorders Boards And Commissions - Kentucky Board of Examiners of Psychology, diagnostic requirements for designated disorders Boards And Commissions - Kentucky Board of Nursing, diagnostic requirements for designated disorders Boards And Commissions - State Board of Medical Licensure, diagnostic requirements for designated disorders Civil Rights - Disorders excluded from the ADA, disqualification for educational certificates Disabilities - Disorders excluded from the ADA, disqualification for educational certificates Education, Elementary And Secondary - Employee certification eligibility, disqualification for disorders excluded from the ADA Education, Elementary And Secondary - Employees, compelled medical examination Federal Laws And Regulations - Disorders excluded from the ADA, disqualification for educational certificates Health And Medical Services - Education certificate holder, compelled medical examination for ADA excluded disorders Health And Medical Services - Education certification eligibility, disqualification for disorders excluded from the ADA Health Care Professionals - Diagnostic requirements for designated disorders Labor And Industry - Disorders excluded from the ADA, disqualification for educational certificates Licensing - Education Professional Standards Board, certificate eligibility, disqualifying disorders Licensing - Kentucky Board of Examiners of Psychology, diagnostic requirements for designated disorders Licensing - Kentucky Board of Nursing, diagnostic requirements for designated disorders Licensing - State Board of Medical Licensure, diagnostic requirements for designated disorders Mental Disability - Disorders excluded from the ADA, disqualification for educational certificates Mental Health - Disorders excluded from the ADA, disqualification for educational certificates Piggybacked Bills - SB 351 Teachers - Certification eligibility, disqualification for disorders excluded from the ADA Teachers - Compelled medical examination upon sufficient evidence of a disorder excluded from the ADA

Sponsorship breakdown

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0 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 138 not signed on

Sponsors (0)

None.

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (138)

138 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Pass

Passed 96 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 12000
Democrat 18001
Republican 66003
Total 96004
% of votes cast 96%0%0%4%
How each member voted (100)
Member Party Vote
Smith — Yea
Meredith — Yea
Huff T — Yea
Stevenson P — Yea
Thomas — Yea
Nemes — Yea
Bratcher S — Yea
Lewis C — Yea
Lewis D — Yea
Lewis S — Yea
Williams — Yea
Wilson — Yea
Adam Moore Democrat Yea
Adrielle Camuel Democrat Yea
Al Gentry Democrat Yea
Anne Gay Donworth Democrat Yea
Ashley Tackett Laferty Democrat Yea
Beverly Chester-Burton Democrat Yea
Chad Aull Democrat Yea
Daniel Grossberg Democrat Yea
Erika Hancock Democrat Yea
George Brown Jr. Democrat Yea
Joshua Watkins Democrat Yea
Lindsey Burke Democrat Not Voting
Lisa Willner Democrat Yea
Mary Lou Marzian Democrat Yea
Matthew Lehman Democrat Yea
Nima Kulkarni Democrat Yea
Rachel Roarx Democrat Yea
Sarah Stalker Democrat Yea
Tina Bojanowski Democrat Yea
Aaron Thompson Republican Yea
Adam Bowling Republican Not Voting
Amy Neighbors Republican Yea
Bill Wesley Republican Yea
Bobby McCool Republican Yea
Candy Massaroni Republican Yea
Chris Freeland Republican Yea
Chris Fugate Republican Yea
DJ Johnson Republican Yea
Daniel Elliott Republican Yea
Daniel Fister Republican Yea
David Hale Republican Yea
David Meade Republican Yea
David W. Osborne Republican Yea
Deanna Gordon Republican Yea
Emily Callaway Republican Yea
Felicia Rabourn Republican Yea
J.T. Payne Republican Yea
James Tipton Republican Yea
Jared Bauman Republican Yea
Jason Petrie Republican Yea
Jennifer Decker Republican Yea
Jim Gooch Jr. Republican Yea
John Blanton Republican Yea
John Hodgson Republican Yea
Josh Branscum Republican Yea
Josh Bray Republican Yea
Josh Calloway Republican Yea
Ken Fleming Republican Yea
Ken Upchurch Republican Yea
Kevin Jackson Republican Yea
Kim Banta Republican Yea
Kim Holloway Republican Yea
Kim King Republican Yea
Kimberly Poore Moser Republican Yea
Marianne Proctor Republican Yea
Mark Hart Republican Yea
Mary Beth Imes Republican Yea
Matt Lockett Republican Yea
Matthew Koch Republican Yea
Michael Sarge Pollock Republican Yea
Mike Clines Republican Yea
Mitch Whitaker Republican Yea
Myron Dossett Republican Yea
Nancy Tate Republican Yea
Patrick Flannery Republican Yea
Peyton Griffee Republican Yea
Randy Bridges Republican Yea
Rebecca Raymer Republican Yea
Richard White Republican Yea
Robert Duvall Republican Yea
Ryan Bivens Republican Yea
Ryan Dotson Republican Yea
Samara Heavrin Republican Yea
Savannah Maddox Republican Yea
Scott Sharp Republican Yea
Shane Baker Republican Yea
Shawn McPherson Republican Yea
Stephanie Dietz Republican Yea
Steve Riley Republican Yea
Steven Doan Republican Yea
Steven Rudy Republican Yea
Susan Witten Republican Yea
Suzanne Miles Republican Yea
T.J. Roberts Republican Yea
Timmy Truett Republican Yea
Tony Hampton Republican Not Voting
Vanessa Grossl Republican Yea
William Lawrence Republican Not Voting

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AN ACT relating to teacher certification.
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