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Read. Follow. Verify.Kentucky House Bill 301 allows public school teachers to recover up to 10 unpaid days for religious holiday observances
Last action · January 16, 2026: to State Government (H)Sponsor: Daniel Grossberg
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What This Bill Proposed
Kentucky House Bill 301 permits public school and university members of the Teachers' Retirement System to recover up to ten unpaid days missed for religious holiday observances by submitting a personal verification statement and performing comparable assigned duties. The measure declares an emergency, making it effective immediately upon passage and approval. Affected groups include nonuniversity and university members of the Teachers' Retirement System.
Members of the state retirement system who miss work for religious observances can preserve their full-year retirement without financial or service penalties, provided they complete comparable assigned duties for the recovered days.
- The Teachers' Retirement System of Kentucky manages retirement and benefit programs for public school and university educators across the Commonwealth. context
- Service credit determines eligibility for retirement benefits and is accrued based on days worked under employment contracts during a fiscal year. context
Who It Would Have Affected
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Nonuniversity members
Nonuniversity members gain the option to recover up to 10 unpaid days missed for religious holidays to maintain full service credit.
University members
University members gain the option to recover up to 10 unpaid days missed for religious holidays to maintain full service credit.
Employers of retirement system members
Employers must assign comparable duties and responsibilities for any days recovered by members under the religious holiday provision.
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This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
2 actions- Jan 16, 2026HouseCommitteeto State Government (H)
- Jan 9, 2026HouseIntroducedintroduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)
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Religious Holiday Accommodation in Retirement Credits
The bill introduces a formal mechanism to recover retirement service credit lost due to religious holiday observances, distinguishing between university and nonuniversity contract length requirements.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 45)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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