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Read. Follow. Verify.Kentucky HB 882 revises public school student suspension, expulsion, and classroom removal rules
Last action · March 11, 2026: to Primary and Secondary Education (H)Sponsors: Timmy Truett and 1 other
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What This Bill Proposed
Kentucky HB 882 modifies school disciplinary procedures by allowing teachers to immediately remove disruptive students from classrooms, establishing criteria for mandatory 12-month expulsions, and setting guidelines for alternative placements and student transfers.
Changes disciplinary procedures and alternative education placements for public school students, impacting when students can be removed from classrooms or expelled for at least 12 months.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
students
Students face updated classroom removal rules, mandatory expulsion conditions, and alternative program placements.
teachers
Teachers gain the authority to immediately remove disruptive students from classrooms and must agree to any same-day reentry.
local boards of education
Boards must adopt policies regarding mandatory expulsions, alternative programs, and student transfer reviews.
Key Facts
- Teachers may immediately remove a student who is disruptive to the classroom environment and education process, and the student cannot reenter that classroom for the remainder of the school day without agreement from the teacher and the principal or assistant principal.
- A student removed from the same classroom three times within a 30-day period is considered chronically disruptive and may be suspended.
- Local boards of education must adopt policies requiring at least 12 months of expulsion for students who make threats posing a danger to students, faculty, or staff, or who bring a weapon to school.
- Boards may modify expulsion length on a case-by-case basis except for mandatory 12-month weapon or threat expulsions.
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- Expelled students must receive educational services in an appropriate alternative program or setting unless a board determines on the record that the student poses an unmanageable safety threat.
- Superintendents may place students in alternative programs or settings in lieu of expulsion or upon expiration of expulsion, subject to parent hearing rights.
- Receiving districts may review disciplinary records of students who withdraw from public or private schools before facing suspension or expulsion charges, and determine admission conditions.
- Suspension of exceptional children is considered a change of placement if removed for more than 10 consecutive days or a pattern totaling over 10 school days in a year.
Frequently Asked Questions
What happens if a student is removed from a classroom multiple times?
When is a 12-month expulsion mandatory?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
2 actions- Mar 11, 2026HouseCommitteeto Primary and Secondary Education (H)
- Mar 4, 2026HouseIntroducedintroduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)
Version history
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 75)
- Controversy50Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz30Current news / social attention level
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