2024 Regular Session - Day 37 - HB 471, Rep. Chris Freeland

thank you Mr Speaker ladies and gentlemen House Bill 471 is a addition to a bill we passed about six years ago House Bill 399 which was an important bill for our military families we've got about 185,000 kids throughout the nation that are moving due to military orders so in Kentucky with Fort Campbell and Fort Knox this is a s uh certainly important for what we're doing here in Kentucky and uh this bill simply adds to that and adds something that the Department of Defense had noticed and in their study that they did this last January that Kentucky has a green for advanced enrollment and this is uh according to their support for military connected students but we do still have a red for not including two essential elements that this bill will fix it simply adds that a specific specification that military orders can be used to establish residency for enrollment and that families don't need to appear in person to enroll and I want to thank the Eric Sherman with the Department of Defense for his help in this and uh this legislation is something that our schools are already doing it's just not in their policy so this would uh help us as our goal to continue to be the most military friendly state in the nation and this will uh enhance that quite a bit so if uh anyone has any questions I'll be glad to ask answer them the best I can and if not I move for p message