HB 464 — AN ACT relating to school district property and declaring an emergency.

Summary

Repeal and reenact KRS 162.060 to establish that local boards of education submit all plans for new public school buildings or additions or alterations of old buildings to the chief state school officer; prohibit the Kentucky Department of Education from requiring prior approval of the district's plans; prohibit a project for new school buildings from spending more than 10 percent of the project on the acquisition and improvement of land; provide a waiver process; amend KRS 156.160 to require the administrative regulation promulgated by the Kentucky Board of Education on the construction of school buildings be subject to a review and update process; provide for the approval and appeal process for a district's purchase or disposal of real property; provide a waiver and appeal process from standards for plans and specifications of buildings; amend KRS 156.095 to update language and require the department to establish a professional development program and a list of similar professional development offerings for district personnel on facilities management, construction, and management; require districts to use the professional development program; amend KRS 157.420 conform and authorize a district to use capital outlay funds to employ facility related personnel as defined by the department; establish the requirements for a district facilities plan; establish dangerous levels of radon within a school facility as an emergency that may be addressed outside the district facilities plan process and the funds that may be used to mitigate radon; amend KRS 157.440, 157.615, 157.620, 157.621, 157.622, 158.814, and 160.105 to conform; amend KRS 160.160 to remove the requirement for a district to obtain prior approval from the department for a mortgage or lien on a school building or for leasing a building; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2024; EMERGENCY.

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The bill repeals and reenacts KRS 162.060 to change the approval process for school building plans and modifies KRS 156.160 by updating its provisions regarding local education standards.

• KRS 162.060

  The chief state school officer shall be furnished a copy of all plans and specifications for new public school buildings contemplated by boards of education and for all additions to or alterations of old buildings. He shall examine or cause to be examined all such plans and specifications and shall approve or disapprove them in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Kentucky Board of Education. No board of education may award a contract for the erection of a new building or contract for an addition to or alteration of an old building until the plan has been approved by the chief state school officer. → (1) Each local board of education shall submit all plans and specifications for new public school buildings and all additions to or alterations of old buildings to the chief state school officer. (2) The Kentucky Department of Education shall not require a local board to seek approval for the plans or specification, but may require the local board to complete specific forms as appropriate for the purposes of recordkeeping and data collection. (3) No plans or specifications for new public school buildings or additions shall spend more than ten percent (10%) of the total cost of the project on the acquisition and improvement of the land. However, a local board may seek a waiver from this subsection from the chief state school officer or designee who shall approve or disapprove the waiver within thirty (30) days of submission. An approval shall be reported to the Kentucky Board of Education. A local board of education may appeal a disapproval to the Kentucky Board of Education at the next regular meeting.

  The approval process for school building plans is simplified, removing mandatory approval by the chief state school officer and allowing for specific recordkeeping instead.

• KRS 156.160

  The acquisition and use of educational equipment for the schools as recommended by the Kentucky Department of Education; → The acquisition and use of educational equipment for the schools as recommended by the Council for Education Technology;

  Changes the recommending body for educational equipment acquisition from the Kentucky Department of Education to the Council for Education Technology.

Action History

1. February 21, 2024

   recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)

2. February 14, 2024

   2nd reading, to Rules

3. February 13, 2024

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

4. February 08, 2024

   to Education (H)

5. February 05, 2024

   to Committee on Committees (H)

6. February 05, 2024

   introduced in House

Sponsors

• K. Timoney · Primary

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