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COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY FISCAL NOTE STATEMENT
LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH COMMISSION
2023 REGULAR SESSION
MEASURE
2023 BR NUMBER 116 HOUSE BILL NUMBER 17
TITLE AN ACT relating to full-day kindergarten.
SPONSOR Representative Timmy Truett
FISCAL SUMMARY
STATE FISCAL IMPACT: YES NO UNCERTAIN
OTHER FISCAL STATEMENT (S) THAT MAY APPLY: ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS
LOCAL MANDATE CORRECTIONS IMPACT HEALTH BENEFIT MANDATE
APPROPRIATION UNIT(S) IMPACTED: Support Education Excellence in Kentucky (SEEK)
FUND(S) IMPACTED: GENERAL ROAD FEDERAL RESTRICTED
FISCAL ESTIMATES 2022-2023 2023-2024 ANNUAL IMPACT AT
FULL IMPLEMENTATION
REVENUES
EXPENDITURES Indeterminable
NET EFFECT (Indeterminable)
( ) indicates a decrease/negative
PURPOSE OF MEASURE: The purpose of the measure is to provide funding to kindergarten
students at the equivalent per-pupil rate of primary and secondary students.
FISCAL EXPLANATION : KRS 157.320(7) requires each kindergarten pupil to be counted at
one-half the per-pupil rate of primary and secondary students. This legislation would remove that
provision and codify current law (House Bill 1 2022 Regular Session) so kindergarten students
would be counted at the equivalent per-pupil rate of primary and secondary students.
This legislation does not take effect until July 1, 2024 and the enacted budget bill provides
funding for full-day kindergarten so there would be no fiscal impact until FY 25. All future costs
would depend on the per-pupil base funding levels set by the General Assembly.
For illustration purposes, the cost to increase funding for kindergarten from half-day to full-day
at $4,000 per-pupil was $119.4 million in FY22.
DATA SOURCE(S): LRC staff
PREPARER: Seth Dawson NOTE NUMBER: 24 REVIEW: JAB DATE: 2/10/2023