2025 Regular SessionKentucky Legislature

HB427: AN ACT relating to postsecondary education.

Legislative Summary

Amend KRS 164.2951 to require the Council on Postsecondary Education to create statewide transfer pathways between the public postsecondary institutions in the high-demand baccalaureate programs; require the council to define, identify, and publish on its website a list of the high-demand baccalaureate programs and the available transfer pathways; require the council to maintain transfer pathways once created; require postsecondary institutions to accept transfer credit, earned or accepted at the prior institution within pathways as general education or program general education credit before applying credit as elective.

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Bill History

2/11/2025
introduced in House
House of Representatives
2/11/2025
to Committee on Committees (H)
House of Representatives
2/14/2025
to Postsecondary Education (H)
House of Representatives
2/18/2025
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
House of Representatives
2/19/2025
2nd reading, to Rules
House of Representatives
2/19/2025
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 20, 2025
House of Representatives
2/20/2025
3rd reading, passed 93-0
House of Representatives
2/21/2025
received in Senate
Senate
2/21/2025
to Committee on Committees (S)
Senate
2/26/2025
to Education (S)
Senate

Roll Call Votes

House: Third Reading RCS# 51
2/20/2025
93
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
7
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Engrossed(2/21/2025)
Chamber
Senate
Committee
Education(Senate)

Sponsors

Republican: 1

Documents

Introduced
Bill Text1/1/197034.4 KB
Engrossed
Bill Text1/1/197034.7 KB
Vote Image
Vote Image2/20/202522.8 KB