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HB 562

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AN ACT relating to alternative high school diplomas.
About This Bill
Latest Action · Apr 3, 2026
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 15)
Session
2026RS
Introduced
Feb 4, 2026
Primary Sponsor
T. Truett· primary

Summary

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Amend KRS 156.160 to require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations for an alternate high school diploma and a modified high school diploma; specify requirements for alternate and modified high school diplomas; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require the Department of Workforce Development to identify, compile, and publish a list of employers willing to employ individuals possessing an alternate high school diploma; amend KRS 158.140, 164.787, and 164.7882 to conform.

Subjects

Boards And CommissionsEducation, Elementary And SecondaryEducation, VocationalMental DisabilityState AgenciesWorkforce

Co-sponsors (27)

C. Fugate · primary
C. Aull · primary
S. Baker · primary
R. Bivens · primary
J. Blanton · primary
T. Bojanowski · primary
J. Branscum · primary
G. Brown Jr. · primary
B. Chester-Burton · primary
M. Dossett · primary
D. Fister · primary
P. Flannery · primary
A. Gentry · primary
D. Gordon · primary
D. Grossberg · primary
V. Grossl · primary
D. Hale · primary
T. Huff · primary
K. Jackson · primary
W. Lawrence · primary
D. Lewis · primary
S. Lewis · primary
S. McPherson · primary
K. Moser · primary
M. Pollock · primary
T. Smith · primary
B. Wesley · primary

Source

https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb562.html

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