Summary of Original Version

Amend KRS 157.069 to provide that when a local board of education assumes management of a state-operated vocational education and technology center, the center shall receive 100% of the funding it received as a state-operated center in the first year and 75% of the funding it received thereafter; provide that the remaining 25% of the funds shall be distributed to locally-operated centers that did not receive state supplemental funds previously; amend KRS 156.844 to require that when a local board of education assumes management of a state-operated vocational education and technology center, the local board must serve all districts serviced by the state-operated center; provide that when a local board of education assumes management of a state-operated vocational education and technology center, transferred certified employees who had tenure may be granted tenure and classified employees with four years of previous service may be offered a contract for at least five years.

Summary of Amendment: Senate Committee Substitute 1

Summary Retain original provisions, except amend KRS 157.069 to provide state supplemental funds to the locally operated secondary area centers that received state supplemental funds in fiscal year 2020-2021; require the transfer of state-operated vocational education and technology centers to local district management to be done by the 2022-2023 academic year to qualify for the new funding provisions; require the remaining 25% of transfer funding be first provided only to locally-operated centers that did not receive state funding for the current fiscal year; amend KRS 156.844 to require that transferred certified employees who had tenure shall be granted tenure and classified employees with four years of previous service shall be offered a contract for at least five years; EMERGENCY

Summary of Amendment: Senate Committee Amendment 1 -- J. Higdon

Summary Make title amendment.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 157.069, 156.844
Acts Chapter 40: 157.069, 156.844
Senate Committee Substitute 1: 157.069, 156.844
Current: 157.069, 156.844