Summary of Original Version

Repeal and reenact KRS 157.069 to define terms; require the Office of Career and Technical Education within the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) to identify career and technical education programs or pathways as high cost or general cost; provide for a funding calculation from general fund appropriations for career and technical education based 60% upon weighted full-time equivalents enrollment and 40% upon specified incentives; provide for state-operated area technology center operating costs to be funded by the general fund appropriation to KDE; allow funds to be used for career and technical education programming for students in grades 5-8; disburse 75% of administrative operating funds previously designated to state-operated facility administrative costs that were converted to locally operated facilities to the locally operated facility and 25% to the career and technical education innovation and support fund for innovation and support of career and technical programs; create the career and technical education support fund; require the Office of Career and Technical Education to provide oversight of fund usage by recipients; require promulgation of necessary administrative regulations by Kentucky Board of Education; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2024; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.

Summary of Amendment: House Committee Substitute 1

Summary Retain original provisions, except specify that concentrator means two credits.

Summary of Amendment: House Committee Substitute 2

Summary Retain original provisions; specify that concentrator means two credits; specify that area technology centers means state-operated centers; define "supplemental funding"; remove language that General Assembly may not appropriate or transfer funds for other purposes; require program qualification and funding distribution to be posted on the department's website.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 1 -- T. Smith

Summary Amend to require local boards of education to provide a one-time award to qualifying employees of a converted career and technical education center based on raises provided for executive branch employees, require the Kentucky Department of Education to calculate the amounts; allow the district to request reimbursement from the fund to support education excellence in Kentucky; appropriate funds in the amount of $2,000,000 to the Support Education Excellence in Kentucky Program budget to administer the awards; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 2 -- T. Smith

Summary Amend to add requirement for local boards of education to provide a one-time award payment to employees of converted area technology centers (ATCs) in the amount of the raise they would have received if the ATC had remained under state operation; appropriate to the fund to support education excellence in Kentucky $170,000 in 2023-2024 to support the payments; APPROPRIATION.

Summary of Amendment: Senate Committee Substitute 1

Summary Retain original provisions, except amend definition of "supplemental funding"; change appropriation to the learning and results services budget unit; make technical corrections.

Summary of Amendment: Senate Floor Amendment 1 -- D. Givens

Summary Retain original provisions; amend definition of "supplemental funding."

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 157.069
Acts Chapter 210: 157.069
House Committee Substitute 1: 157.069
House Committee Substitute 2: 157.069
Senate Committee Substitute 1: 157.069
Current/Final: 157.069
Current: 157.069