Kentucky Educator Placement Service System Certification Fee Authorization
Summary
The Kentucky General Assembly passed HB727, amending KRS 161.028 and KRS 160.152 to authorize the Education Professional Standards Board to use certification fee proceeds for the Kentucky Educator Placement Service System (KEPS). The bill also requires KEPS to allow educator applicants to create and submit applications to multiple school districts.
What changed
HB727, passed by the Kentucky General Assembly on March 31, 2026 (94-0 House, 38-0 Senate), amends Kentucky Revised Statutes 161.028 and 160.152 to authorize the Education Professional Standards Board to use certification fee proceeds for developing and maintaining the Kentucky Educator Placement Service System (KEPS). The bill requires KEPS to enable potential applicants to submit applications to multiple school districts simultaneously.
The Education Professional Standards Board should prepare to allocate certification fee revenue toward KEPS system development and maintenance. School districts utilizing KEPS must prepare to receive and process multi-district applications from educator candidates. Implementation will follow standard procedures for amendments to Kentucky Revised Statutes.
What to do next
- Update KEPS system functionality to allow multi-district application submissions
- Allocate certification fee proceeds for KEPS development and maintenance per amended KRS 161.028
- Review and update district hiring procedures to accommodate multi-district applications
Source document (simplified)
ChangeBridge / Kentucky / HB727 Passed HB727 House Bill Passed 2026-03-12
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Educator Placement Service System.
Amend KRS 161.028 to authorize the Education Professional Standards Board to use proceeds from certification fees for the development and maintenance of the Kentucky Educator Placement Service System (KEPS); amend KRS 160.152 to require KEPS to allow a potential applicant to create and submit applications to multiple school districts; make technical changes.
Bill Details
State Kentucky
Session 2026 Regular Session
Chamber House
Official Source apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb727....
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Sponsors
Steve Riley (Rep - R) Kevin Jackson (Rep - R) Scott Lewis (Rep - R)
Action History
2026-03-31 H posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) 2026-03-31 H to Rules (H) 2026-03-31 H received in House 2026-03-31 S 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) 2026-03-26 S posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 27 2026 2026-03-26 S reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) as a consent bill 2026-03-25 S returned to Education (S) 2026-03-25 S 2nd reading 2026-03-25 S taken from Education (S) 2026-03-24 S returned to Education (S) 2026-03-24 S 1st reading 2026-03-24 S taken from Education (S) 2026-03-18 S to Education (S) 2026-03-12 S to Committee on Committees (S) 2026-03-12 S received in Senate 2026-03-11 H 3rd reading, passed 94-0 2026-03-09 H posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 10 2026 2026-03-05 H 2nd reading, to Rules 2026-03-04 H reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar 2026-03-03 H to Primary and Secondary Education (H) 2026-02-24 H to Committee on Committees (H) 2026-02-24 H introduced in House
Votes
2026-03-11 House: Veto Override RCS# 235 Yea: 94 Nay: 0 2026-03-31 Senate: Third Reading RSN# 4064 Yea: 38 Nay: 0
Committee Referrals
2026-02-24 H Committee On Committees 2026-03-03 H Primary and Secondary Education 2026-03-05 H Rules 2026-03-12 S Committee on Committees 2026-03-18 S Education 2026-03-31 H Rules
Amendments
0000-00-00 Senate Committee Substitute 0000-00-00 Senate Committee Amendment
Bill Text Versions
0000-00-00 Introduced 0000-00-00 Engrossed
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Education, Elementary and Secondary State Agencies Teachers Legislative data powered by LegiScan (CC BY 4.0)
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