AN ACT relating to career and technical education, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.
     Amend KRS 158.812 to express legislative goals for career and technical education; amend KRS 158.810 to define terms related to career and technical education; create a new section to KRS Chapter 156 to require the Department of Education to issue core content standards, assess student progress, and develop new courses relevant to college and career readiness; create a new section to KRS Chapter 158 to provide for the creation and use of evidence-based models assessing the needs of at-risk students; create a new section of KRS Chapter 157 to define terms related to career and technical education and to establish a career and technical education accessibility fund; amend KRS 158.814 to address unmet needs for career and technical education; amend KRS 158.816 to add criteria to the assessment of technical education students; amend KRS 18A.010 to exempt technology center employees from the count of full-time executive branch employees; provide short title; EMERGENCY.

     (Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)

     Jan 3-introduced in House; to Education (H)
     Jan 5-posted in committee
     Feb 28-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
     Feb 29-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 2, 2012
     Mar 1-taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 1, 2012; 3rd reading, passed 95-0
     Mar 2-received in Senate
     Mar 5-to Education (S)