Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HB415: AN ACT relating to educators.
Status: In committee, February 26, 2026
Amend KRS 161.120 to modify disclosure requirements for certain complaints; remove requirement for a conference between the staff of the Education Professional Standards Board (EPSB) and a certificate holder after a determination of sufficient evidence; restructure provisions concerning written admonishments by EPSB and referrals to hearings; provide a timeline for EPSB hearings; modify the right of a certificate holder to request an expedited hearing; require the hearing to be conducted before a hearing officer who is a licensed attorney secured from the Office of the Attorney General; change the timeline for a superintendent's duty to report; amend KRS 160.380 to allow a superintendent to contact a prior employers and the EPSB concerning an applicant for a certified position; establish information that shall be provided to a requesting superintendent; provide record retention requirements; grant liability protections for qualifying disclosures.
What the bill says
An act relating to educators.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT relating to educators. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Section 1. KRS 161.120 is amended to read as follows: (1) Except as described in KRS 161.795, the Education Professional Standards Board may revoke, suspend, or refuse to issue or renew; impose probationary or supervisory conditions upon; issue a written reprimand or admonishment; or any combination of those actions regarding any certificate issued under KRS 161.010 to 161.100, or any certificate or license issued under any previous law to superintendents, principals, teachers, substitute teachers, interns, supervisors, directors of pupil personnel, or other administrative, supervisory, or instructional employees for the following reasons: (a) Being convicted of, or entering an "Alford" plea or plea of nolo contendere to, notwithstanding an order granting probation or suspending imposition of any sentence imposed following the conviction or entry of the plea, one (1) of the 2. A misdemeanor under KRS Chapter 218A, 508, 509, 510, 522, 525, 529, 530, or 531; or 3. A misdemeanor involving a student or minor. A certified copy of the conviction or plea shall be conclusive evidence of the conviction or plea; (b) Having sexual contact as defined in KRS 510.010(7) with a student or minor. Conviction in a criminal proceeding shall not be a requirement for disciplinary action; (c) Committing any act …
Sponsors
- Mike Clines (R, HD-068) · primary sponsor
- George Brown (D, HD-077)
Latest actions
- : to Committee on Committees (S)
- : received in Senate
- : to Committee on Committees (H)
- : received in House
- : 3rd reading, passed 96-0 with Committee Substitute (1)
- : passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendments (2) and (3)
- : floor amendment (1) withdrawn
- : posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 24 2026
- : 2nd reading, to Rules
- : reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
Votes
- House: Pass RCS# 149 (February 25, 2026): 96 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Teachers, Education, Elementary And Secondary, Boards And Commissions, Administrative Regulations And Proceedings
Common questions
- What is HB415?
- HB415 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to educators.
- What does HB415 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to educators.
- What is the status of HB415?
- In committee as of February 26, 2026. Latest action: to Committee on Committees (S) (February 26, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB415?
- Mike Clines (R, HD-068), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB415?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hb415.html
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