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Committee advances civics-education bill and related reporting cleanups
Summary
Senate Bill 68, which specifies K–12 civics instruction topics and includes technical cleanup language related to audits and an extension of a school guardian program, passed the subcommittee with a substitute.
Senate Bill 68, which requires K–12 schools to teach civics topics including the structure of the constitutional republic and the three branches of government, passed the Budget Review Subcommittee with a committee substitute. Presenters from the Kentucky Department of Education described the measure as a step to strengthen civics instruction and noted the substitute also includes technical cleanups related to reporting and auditing language.
Sen. Steve Rawlings and department staff Jay Ritter and Matt Ross described provisions that add civics topics and align reporting language; presenters acknowledged substitute language that cleans up an older statute concerning annual audits and noted the existing annual financial audit framework for districts remains in force through other statutes and processes.
Committee members asked specific technical questions, including clarification about a subsection that referenced the school guardian program established in 2024; presenters said the substitute extends that program one year as a floor amendment from the prior session. The chair announced SB 68 passed the subcommittee with the committee substitute attached.
The substitute will move forward with the committee’s recommendation; staff noted the changes were intended to clarify reporting language and to ensure civics topics are defined in statute.
