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HB 759

BillStateKYHouse
AN ACT relating to teacher certification.
About This Bill
Latest Action · Mar 31, 2026
returned to Rules (S)
Session
2026RS
Introduced
Feb 25, 2026
Primary Sponsor
J. Payne· primary

Summary

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Amend KRS 161.048 to modify and reestablish alternative teacher certification options as alternative routes; establish the eligibility requirements of alternative routes; delete Option 2 certification; establish a route for current professional certificate holders to expand certification and the eligibility requirements; require the Education Professional Standards Board to maintain and publish a list of academic majors, academic minors, and graduate degree academic content areas and the corresponding areas for which they shall satisfy certification requirements; make current professional certificate holders eligible to expand certification through any alternative route; require holders of professional certificates under specific routes complete training requirements to be eligible for the first renewal of the certificate; provide that the Education Professional Standards Board may require a passing score on a professional skills assessment; amend KRS 161.032 and 164.757 to conform; repeal KRS 161.049.

Subjects

Boards And CommissionsEducation, Elementary And SecondaryEducation, VocationalTeachers

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