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Read. Follow. Verify.Kentucky establishes math and science teacher scholarship pilot program with $4.175 million annual appropriation
Last action · March 9, 2026: to Postsecondary Education (H)Sponsors: Robert Duvall and 2 others
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What This Bill Proposed
Kentucky creates a two-year pilot scholarship program for students pursuing math or science teaching careers, funded by a $4.175 million annual for the 2026-2028 biennium. Each school district may receive up to $25,000 annually to distribute to eligible students, who must maintain a 3.2 GPA and agree to teach in the awarding district upon graduation.
Provides $25,000 per academic year in financial assistance to eligible future math and science teachers in exchange for a mandatory teaching commitment in local public school districts, backed by an emergency clause making the law effective upon passage.
Who It Would Have Affected
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Students pursuing math or science teaching careers
Eligible students may receive up to $25,000 per academic year in scholarship funds subject to GPA, FAFSA, and post-graduation teaching service requirements.
School districts
Superintendents must form a 4-member selection committee to evaluate applications, and districts receive up to $25,000 annually to distribute to eligible students.
Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority
The authority is tasked with administering the scholarship pilot program, distributing funds, managing promissory notes, and submitting annual reports.
Key Facts
- Establishes a math and science teacher scholarship pilot program for the 2026-2027 and 2027-2028 academic years.
- Appropriates $4,175,000 in General Fund moneys in each fiscal year of the 2026-2028 fiscal biennium to the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority.
- Allocates up to $25,000 annually for each school district to distribute to one or more eligible students who live in or graduated from the district.
- Requires pilot program participants to maintain at least a 3.2 grade point average on a 4.0 scale and complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
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- Mandates that scholarship recipients render qualified teaching service in a math or science subject area within the awarding school district as repayment.
- Sets repayment service tiers ranging from 1 year for total awards up to $10,000, up to a minimum of 4 years for awards between $25,001 and $100,000.
- Requires each school district superintendent to establish a 4-member selection committee consisting of the superintendent, one math teacher, one science teacher, and one lay resident member.
- Declares an emergency, making the act effective immediately upon passage and approval.
- Requires the authority to submit an annual report on teacher scholarships to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1 of each year.
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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 9, 2026HouseCommitteeto Postsecondary Education (H)
- Mar 2, 2026HouseIntroducedintroduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)
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Dedicated Biennial Appropriation
The act directly connects a $4.175 million annual general fund allocation to a newly created math and science teacher scholarship pilot program.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 75)
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
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