Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HB661: AN ACT relating to school property.
Status: In committee, March 13, 2026
Amend KRS 162.055 to allow public school property to be utilized for employee housing; create a new section of KRS Chapter 162 to allow school boards or school district finance corporations to use property currently owned or newly leased to provide housing options for employees upon a determination that the use of land serves the educational purposes of the school district; make technical changes.
What the bill says
An act relating to school property.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT relating to school property. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Section 1. KRS 162.055 is amended to read as follows: (1) As used in this section: (a) "Nonschool hours" refers to those times occurring during the school week which precede or follow regular classroom instruction and also includes weekends, holidays, and vacation breaks; (b) "Public members of the community" includes, in addition to ordinary community members, both students who are not involved in a schoolsanctioned curricular or extracurricular activity during nonschool hours and school staff when not working as employees of the school; (c) "Recreation" includes any indoor or outdoor game or physical activity, either organized or unorganized, undertaken for exercise or sport; (d) "School property" includes all indoor or outdoor school structures, facilities, and land, whether owned, rented, or leased by the school or school district; and (e) "Sport" means an activity requiring physical exertion and skill, and which by its nature and organization is competitive, includes a set of rules, and is generally accepted in the community as a sport. (2) A local school board may authorize the use of school property by public members of the community during nonschool hours for the purpose of recreation, sport, academic, literary, artistic, or community uses pursuant to policies adopted by the local …
Sponsors
- Mike Clines (R, HD-068) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : returned to Primary and Secondary Education (H)
- : 1st reading
- : taken from Primary and Secondary Education (H)
- : to Primary and Secondary Education (H)
- : to Committee on Committees (H)
- : introduced in House
Subjects: Teachers, Education, Elementary And Secondary, Housing, Building, And Construction
Common questions
- What is HB661?
- HB661 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to school property.
- What does HB661 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to school property.
- What is the status of HB661?
- In committee as of March 13, 2026. Latest action: returned to Primary and Secondary Education (H) (March 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB661?
- Mike Clines (R, HD-068).
- Where is the official record for HB661?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hb661.html
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