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HB591 • 2026

AN ACT relating to a performing arts career pathway.

AN ACT relating to a performing arts career pathway.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
S. Bratcher
Last action
2026-02-13
Official status
02/13/26: to Primary and Secondary Education (H)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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AN ACT relating to a performing arts career pathway.

AN ACT relating to a performing arts career pathway.

What This Bill Does

  • AN ACT relating to a performing arts career pathway.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-13 Kentucky Legislative Research Commission

    to Primary and Secondary Education (H)

  2. 2026-02-06 Kentucky Legislative Research Commission

    introduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)

Official Summary Text

AN ACT relating to a performing arts career pathway.

Current Bill Text

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AN ACT relating to a performing arts career pathway. 1
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 2
Section 1. KRS 158.814 is amended to read as follows: 3
(1) In order to ensure that high -quality, relevant secondary career and technical 4
programs are available to students in all school districts that enable them to gain the 5
academic and technical skills to meet high school graduation requirements and for 6
successful transition to postsecondary education, work, or the military and to 7
support present -day and future needs of Kentucky employers, the Department of 8
Education shall: 9
(a) Review and revise as needed the equipment and facilities standards for each 10
career and technical education program identified and described in the career 11
and technical education supplement to the Kentucky program of studies and 12
published by the Department of Education; and 13
(b) Determine the statewide unmet needs for career and technical education 14
capital projects, including renovations and expansions of existing facilities 15
and the construction of new technology centers, through a needs assessment 16
process. This process shall be tied to specific criteria in determining if the 17
current programs or career pathways offered in locally and state -operated 18
facilities are appropriate for the students in the school districts served as well 19
as for determining if new programs are needed. T he statewide assessment of 20
capital needs for career and technical education shall be incorporated into the 21
local school district facility plan as required by KRS 157.420. The Kentucky 22
Board of Education shall incorporate criteria within the administrative 23
regulations relating to school facility plan requirements to prioritize need for 24
career and technical education programming, regardless of whether the 25
programs are locally or state-operated. 26
(2) The Kentucky Department of Education shall develop a career pathway or a 27
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program within a career pathway focused on education in performing arts to be 1
offered in locally and state-operated career and technical education programs. 2
(3) The Career and Technic al Education Advisory Committee established in KRS 3
156.806 shall be consulted in carrying out the requirements of this section. 4