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Committee roundup: two concurrent resolutions and one K‑12 promotion bill pass unanimously
Summary
The Senate Education Committee also approved two concurrent resolutions establishing task forces and approved House Bill 240 on primary-school advancement policies; all three items passed unanimously with favorable expression.
In addition to the larger bills heard in depth, the Senate standing committee on education advanced three other items with brief presentations and unanimous committee approval.
Senate Concurrent Resolution 76: The committee passed SCR 76 unanimously. Senator Amanda Mays Bledsoe presented the measure, which would direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish a Kentucky School for the Deaf Governance Task Force to examine governance options and relationships between the school and the state education department. Bledsoe noted the Kentucky School for the Deaf was established by the Kentucky General Assembly on April 10, 1823, and currently serves a small student population. The committee recorded the motion and, after a roll call, the clerk announced "Senate concurrent resolution 76 passes unanimously with favorable expression."
Senate Concurrent Resolution 131: Senator Max Wise presented SCR 131, described as a carryover from an interim 2024 task force and proposed to continue a legislator-only task force to examine district effectiveness and student achievement. The committee voted and the clerk announced "Senate concurrent resolution 131 passes unanimously with favorable expression."
House Bill 240: Representative Truitt presented House Bill 240, relating to primary-school advancement and so-called "ungraded primary" promotion decisions. The original house language required that kindergarten students not ready for first grade be held back one year; an amendment adopted in committee made retention permissive in kindergarten but mandatory in first grade under certain conditions, giving schools discretion to try struggling students in first grade before requiring retention. Representative Truitt and several senators spoke in support; the committee recorded a unanimous passage and the clerk announced "House bill 240 passes with favorable expression unanimously."
All three measures were advanced to the Senate calendar with favorable reports. These items were handled early in the session and drew relatively limited public testimony in the committee record.
