Kentucky 2024 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 3 R · 1 D cosponsors

HB 377 — AN ACT relating to teacher recruitment and retention, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.

Last action — signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 139)

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 25, 2024. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Andy Beshear (Democratic) on April 09, 2024.

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High chance

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 96% · high confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 5 sponsors

    5 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (3 R · 1 D) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 164 to establish the Teacher Recruitment Student Loan Forgiveness Pilot Program; define eligibility for the program; direct the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority to administer the program; provide monetary awards for student loan repayment for eligible students who complete qualified teaching service; establish the Teacher Recruitment Student Loan Forgiveness Pilot Program fund; establish the Student Teacher Stipend Program; define eligibility for the program; direct the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority to administer the program; provide an award of up to $5,000 to an eligible student teacher; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

166 added · 223 removed

166 line(s) added, 223 removed.

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UNOFFICIAL COPY 24 RS HB 377/GA AN ACT relating to teacher recruitment and retention, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.
CHAPTER 139 1 CHAPTER 139 ( HB 377 ) AN ACT relating to teacher recruitment and retention, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.
(e) "Qualified teaching service" means teaching in a classroom the majority of Page 1 of 8 HB037710.100 - 35 - XXXX 3/8/2024 9:28 AM GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 24 RS HB 377/GA each school day for at least eighty (80) days each semester in a public school of the Commonwealth while satisfying a one (1) year contract, except that an individual having a disability defined by Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C.
(e) "Qualified teaching service" means teaching in a classroom the majority of each school day for at least eighty (80) days each semester in a public school of the Commonwealth while satisfying a one (1) year contract, except that an individual having a disability defined by Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C.
or Page 2 of 8 HB037710.100 - 35 - XXXX 3/8/2024 9:28 AM GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 24 RS HB 377/GA (b) Having declared a major that is an eligible program of study, a maximum award of up to two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per semester or summer term.
or Legislative Research Commission PDF Version ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY (b) Having declared a major that is an eligible program of study, a maximum award of up to two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per semester or summer term.
(e) The authority shall establish, by administrative regulation, the terms and Page 3 of 8 HB037710.100 - 35 - XXXX 3/8/2024 9:28 AM GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 24 RS HB 377/GA conditions for the award and cancellation and repayment of teacher recruitment awards, including but not limited to the selection criteria, eligibility for renewal awards, amount of award payments, deferments, the rate of repayment, and the interest rate thereon.
(e) The authority shall establish, by administrative regulation, the terms and conditions for the award and cancellation and repayment of teacher recruitment awards, including but not limited to the selection criteria, eligibility for renewal awards, amount of award payments, deferments, the rate of repayment, and the interest rate thereon.
(c) If, after awarding all eligible renewal applicants, funds are not depleted, Page 4 of 8 HB037710.100 - 35 - XXXX 3/8/2024 9:28 AM GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 24 RS HB 377/GA initial applications shall be ranked according to regulatory selection criteria, and awards shall be made to eligible applicants until funds are depleted.
(c) If, after awarding all eligible renewal applicants, funds are not depleted, initial applications shall be ranked according to regulatory selection criteria, and awards shall be made to eligible applicants until funds are depleted.
(b) The fund shall consist of state general fund appropriations, gifts and grants from public and private sources, and federal funds.
CHAPTER 139 3 (b) The fund shall consist of state general fund appropriations, gifts and grants from public and private sources, and federal funds.
Page 5 of 8 HB037710.100 - 35 - XXXX 3/8/2024 9:28 AM GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 24 RS HB 377/GA (a) "Academic term" means a fall or spring academic semester;
(a) "Academic term" means a fall or spring academic semester;
Page 6 of 8 HB037710.100 - 35 - XXXX 3/8/2024 9:28 AM GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 24 RS HB 377/GA (4) (a) Beginning with the 2024-2025 academic year, to the extent funds are available, the authority may award a student teacher stipend of up to five thousand dollars ($5,000) to an eligible student during the academic term in which the student is a student teacher.
(4) (a) Beginning with the 2024-2025 academic year, to the extent funds are available, the authority may award a student teacher stipend of up to five thousand dollars ($5,000) to an eligible student during the academic term in which the student is a student teacher.
(7) Funds awarded to an eligible student under this section shall not be considered student financial aid in the year the funds are received.
Legislative Research Commission PDF Version ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY (7) Funds awarded to an eligible student under this section shall not be considered student financial aid in the year the funds are received.
The participating institution in which the eligible student is enrolled Page 7 of 8 HB037710.100 - 35 - XXXX 3/8/2024 9:28 AM GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 24 RS HB 377/GA while a student teacher;
The participating institution in which the eligible student is enrolled while a student teacher;
Page 8 of 8 HB037710.100 - 35 - XXXX 3/8/2024 9:28 AM GA
Signed by Governor April 9, 2024.
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Action History

  1. signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 139)

  2. delivered to Governor

  3. enrolled, signed by President of the Senate

  4. enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House

  5. received in House

  6. 3rd reading, passed 38-0

  7. posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 28, 2024

  8. reported favorably, to Rules as a consent bill

  9. returned to Education (S)

  10. 2nd reading

  11. taken from Education (S)

  12. returned to Education (S)

  13. 1st reading

  14. taken from Education (S)

  15. to Education (S)

  16. to Committee on Committees (S)

  17. received in Senate

  18. 3rd reading, passed 87-0 with Committee Substitute (1)

  19. posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 08, 2024

  20. 2nd reading, to Rules

  21. reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)

  22. to Education (H)

  23. to Committee on Committees (H)

  24. introduced in House

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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5 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 133 not signed on

Sponsors (5)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (133)

133 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

PASS HB 377

Passed 38 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 3000
Republican 28000
Unaffiliated 7000
Total 38000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (38)
Member Party Vote
Turner — Yea
Schickel — Yea
Southworth — Yea
Westerfield — Yea
Thayer — Yea
Yates — Yea
Harper Angel — Yea
Cassie Chambers Armstrong Democrat Yea
Gerald A. Neal Democrat Yea
Karen Berg Democrat Yea
Amanda Mays Bledsoe Republican Yea
Brandon J. Storm Republican Yea
Christian McDaniel Republican Yea
Danny Carroll Republican Yea
David P. Givens Republican Yea
Donald Douglas Republican Yea
Gary Boswell Republican Yea
Greg Elkins Republican Yea
Jared Carpenter Republican Yea
Jason Howell Republican Yea
Jason Nemes Republican Yea
Jimmy Higdon Republican Yea
Julie Raque Adams Republican Yea
Lindsey Tichenor Republican Yea
Matthew Deneen Republican Yea
Max Wise Republican Yea
Michael Meredith Republican Yea
Nick Wilson Republican Yea
Phillip Wheeler Republican Yea
Rick Girdler Republican Yea
Robby Mills Republican Yea
Robert Stivers Republican Yea
Robin L. Webb Republican Yea
Shelley Funke Frommeyer Republican Yea
Stephen West Republican Yea
Tom Smith Republican Yea
Wade Williams Republican Yea
Walker Thomas Republican Yea

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Pass

Passed 87 Yea · 0 Nay · 11 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 14001
Republican 63009
Unaffiliated 10001
Total 870011
% of votes cast 89%0%0%11%
How each member voted (98)
Member Party Vote
Dixon — Yea
Bentley — Yea
Palumbo — Yea
Pratt — Yea
Timoney — Yea
Graham — Yea
Raymond — Yea
Heath — Yea
Justice — Not Voting
Bratcher K. — Yea
Stevenson C — Yea
Adrielle Camuel Democrat Yea
Al Gentry Democrat Yea
Ashley Tackett Laferty Democrat Yea
Beverly Chester-Burton Democrat Yea
Chad Aull Democrat Yea
Daniel Grossberg Democrat Yea
George Brown Jr. Democrat Yea
Keturah J. Herron Democrat Yea
Lindsey Burke Democrat Yea
Lisa Willner Democrat Not Voting
Nima Kulkarni Democrat Yea
Pamela Stevenson Democrat Yea
Rachel Roarx Democrat Yea
Sarah Stalker Democrat Yea
Tina Bojanowski Democrat Yea
Adam Bowling Republican Yea
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 Not Voting
David Hale Republican Yea
David Meade Republican Yea
David W. Osborne Republican Yea
Deanna Gordon Republican Yea
Derek Lewis Republican Not Voting
Emily Callaway Republican Yea
Felicia Rabourn Republican Yea
James Tipton Republican Yea
Jared Bauman Republican Yea
Jason Nemes Republican Yea
Jason Petrie Republican Yea
Jennifer Decker Republican Yea
Jim Gooch Jr. Republican Yea
John Blanton Republican Not Voting
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 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 Meredith Republican Yea
Michael Sarge Pollock Republican Yea
Mike Clines Republican Yea
Myron Dossett Republican Not Voting
Nancy Tate Republican Yea
Nick Wilson Republican Yea
Patrick Flannery Republican Yea
Randy Bridges Republican Yea
Rebecca Raymer Republican Yea
Richard White Republican Not Voting
Robert Duvall Republican Not Voting
Ryan Dotson Republican Yea
Samara Heavrin Republican Yea
Savannah Maddox Republican Not Voting
Scott Lewis Republican Not Voting
Scott Sharp Republican Yea
Shane Baker Republican Not Voting
Shawn McPherson Republican Yea
Stephanie Dietz Republican Yea
Steve Bratcher Republican Yea
Steve Rawlings 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
Thomas Huff Republican Yea
Timmy Truett Republican Yea
Tom Smith Republican Yea
Wade Williams Republican Yea
Walker Thomas Republican Yea
William Lawrence Republican Yea

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Subjects

finance education
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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 377 do?
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 164 to establish the Teacher Recruitment Student Loan Forgiveness Pilot Program; define eligibility for the program; direct the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority to administer the program; provide monetary awards for student loan repayment for eligible students who complete qualified teaching service; establish the Teacher Recruitment Student Loan Forgiveness Pilot Program fund; establish the Student Teacher Stipend Program; define eligibility for the program; direct the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority to administer the program; provide an award of up to $5,000 to an eligible student teacher; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
Who sponsors HB 377?
HB 377 is sponsored by Kim Banta (Republican), Jason Petrie (Republican), Beverly Chester-Burton (Democrat), Mike Clines (Republican), and K. Timoney.
What is the current status of HB 377?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 25, 2024. Enacted.
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