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HB931 • 2026

AN ACT relating to children in foster care.

AN ACT relating to children in foster care.

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Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
B. Chester-Burton
Last action
2026-03-11
Official status
03/11/26: to Families & Children (H)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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AN ACT relating to children in foster care.

AN ACT relating to children in foster care.

What This Bill Does

  • AN ACT relating to children in foster care.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-11 Kentucky Legislative Research Commission

    to Families & Children (H)

  2. 2026-03-04 Kentucky Legislative Research Commission

    introduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)

Official Summary Text

AN ACT relating to children in foster care.

Current Bill Text

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AN ACT relating to children in foster care. 1
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 2
SECTION 1. A NEW SECTION OF KRS CHAPTER 199 IS CREATED TO 3
READ AS FOLLOWS: 4
As used in Sections 1 to 3 of this Act: 5
(1) "Cabinet" means the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; and 6
(2) "Trust fund" means the foster child tutoring and academic a ssistance trust fund 7
established in Section 3 of this Act. 8
SECTION 2. A NEW SECTION OF KRS CHAPTER 199 IS CREATED TO 9
READ AS FOLLOWS: 10
(1) The cabinet shall establish and operate a Tutoring and Academic Assistance 11
Grant program for children in foster care. 12
(2) The purpose of the program shall be to coordinate and facilitate tutoring and 13
academic assistance between school districts and communi ty organizations in 14
order to improve graduation rates and create stability in learning careers for 15
children in foster care. 16
(3) The cabinet shall establish processes and procedures for school districts and 17
community organizations to apply for grants from t he trust fund in order to 18
provide tutoring and academic assistance services to children in foster care. 19
SECTION 3. A NEW SECTION OF KRS CHAPTER 199 IS CREATED TO 20
READ AS FOLLOWS: 21
(1) There is hereby established in the State Treasury a trust and agency account to be 22
known as the foster child tutoring and academic assistance trust fund. The fund 23
shall consist of grants, contributions, appropriations, or other moneys made 24
available for the purposes of the trust fund. 25
(2) The fund shall be administered by the cabinet. 26
(3) Moneys in the trust fund shall be used to support tutoring and academic 27
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assistance services to children in foster care in the Commonwealth and shall be 1
awarded by the cabinet in accordance with Section 2 of this Act. 2
(4) Notwithstanding KRS 45.229, fund amounts not expended at the close of a fiscal 3
year shall not lapse but shall be carried forward to the next fiscal year. 4