Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky SB256: AN ACT relating to interscholastic athletics.
Status: In committee, February 26, 2026
Amend KRS 156.070 to require the Kentucky Board of Education or any agency designated to manage interscholastic athletics to train administrators and coaches on how to prevent suicide.
What the bill says
An act relating to interscholastic athletics.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT relating to interscholastic athletics. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Section 1. KRS 156.070 is amended to read as follows: (1) The Kentucky Board of Education shall have the management and control of the common schools and all programs operated in these schools, including interscholastic athletics, the Kentucky School for the Deaf, the Kentucky School for the Blind, and community education programs and services. (2) The Kentucky Board of Education may designate an organization or agency to manage interscholastic athletics in the common schools, provided that the rules, regulations, and bylaws of any organization or agency so designated shall be approved by the board, and provided further that any administrative hearing conducted by the designated managing organization or agency shall be conducted in accordance with KRS Chapter 13B. (a) The state board or its designated agency shall assure through promulgation of administrative regulations that if a secondary school sponsors or intends to sponsor an athletic activity or sport that is similar to a sport for which National Collegiate Athletic Association members offer an athletic scholarship, the school shall sponsor the athletic activity or sport for which a scholarship is offered. The administrative regulations shall specify which athletic activities are similar to sports for which National Collegiate Athletic Association members offer scholarships. (b) …
Sponsors
- Casey Chambers Armstrong (D, SD-019) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : to Committee on Committees (S)
- : introduced in Senate
Subjects: Education, Elementary And Secondary, Athletics, Boards And Commissions, Public Health, Mental Health
Common questions
- What is SB256?
- SB256 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to interscholastic athletics.
- What does SB256 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to interscholastic athletics.
- What is the status of SB256?
- In committee as of February 26, 2026. Latest action: to Committee on Committees (S) (February 26, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB256?
- Casey Chambers Armstrong (D, SD-019).
- Where is the official record for SB256?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/sb256.html
Source: official Kentucky record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.