Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HB562: AN ACT relating to alternative high school diplomas.
Status: Signed into law, April 3, 2026
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.
What the bill says
An act relating to alternative high school diplomas.
From the committee substitute text:
AN ACT relating to alternative high school diplomas. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Section 1. KRS 156.160 is amended to read as follows: (1) With the advice of the Local Superintendents Advisory Council, the Kentucky Board of Education shall promulgate administrative regulations establishing standards which school districts shall meet in student, program, service, and operational performance. These regulations shall comply with the expected outcomes for students and schools set forth in KRS 158.6451. Administrative regulations shall be promulgated for the following: (a) Courses of study for the different grades and kinds of common schools identifying the common curriculum content directly tied to the goals, outcomes, and assessment strategies developed under KRS 158.645, 158.6451, and 158.6453 and distributed to local school districts and schools. The administrative regulations shall provide that: 1. If a school offers American sign language, the course shall be accepted as meeting the foreign language requirements in common schools notwithstanding other provisions of law; 2. If a school offers the Reserve Officers Training Corps program, the course shall be accepted as meeting the physical education requirement for high school graduation notwithstanding other provisions of law; 3. Every public middle and high school's curriculum shall include instruction on the Holocaust and other cases of genocide, as defined by the United Nations Convention …
Sponsors
- Timmy Truett (R, HD-089) · primary sponsor
- Chris Fugate (R, HD-084)
- Chad Aull (D, HD-079)
- Shane Baker (R, HD-085)
- Ryan Bivens (R, HD-024)
- John Blanton (R, HD-092)
- Tina Bojanowski (D, HD-032)
- Josh Branscum (R, HD-083)
- George Brown (D, HD-077)
- Beverly Chester-Burton (D, HD-044)
- Myron Dossett (R, HD-009)
- Daniel Fister (R, HD-056)
Latest actions
- : signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 15)
- : delivered to Governor
- : enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- : enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- : passed 95-0
- : House concurred in Committee Substitute (1)
- : posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- : to Rules (H)
- : received in House
- : 3rd reading, passed 36-0 with Committee Substitute (1)
Votes
- House: Final Passage RCS# 379 (March 31, 2026): 95 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate: PASS HB 562 w/ SCS 1 (SCS 1) RSN# 3961 (March 19, 2026): 36 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House: Pass RCS# 100 (February 17, 2026): 96 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: State Agencies, Education, Elementary And Secondary, Mental Disability, Education, Vocational, Boards And Commissions, Workforce
Common questions
- What is HB562?
- HB562 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to alternative high school diplomas.
- What does HB562 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to alternative high school diplomas.
- What is the status of HB562?
- Signed into law as of April 3, 2026. Latest action: signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 15) (April 3, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB562?
- Timmy Truett (R, HD-089), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB562?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hb562.html
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