Senate Bill 1 (SB1), passed in 2009 in Kentucky, requires the state to upgrade its standards for what students will learn to make them shorter, clearer, and better focused on preparing students for college, work, and global competition. SB1 also emphasizes incorporating technology and the Common Core standards. While SB1 stresses the importance of technology and professional development for teachers in technology usage, the text of SB1 does not explicitly mention school libraries.

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Kentucky’s Senate Bill 1 and
School Library
Administration

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A Giant Step for Kentucky Education
• The aim of the bill
• Senate Bill 1, passed in 2009, requires
Kentucky to upgrade its standards for what
students will learn. Our new law says the
standards must be shorter, clearer, and better
focused on students being ready for
college, work, and global competition.
• SB
1, Common Core, RTTT:
Three giant steps Prichard Blog
Thursday, January 14, 2010

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Add the Common Core Standards
June 2011 – All Eyes on Kentucky, a video related to the
Common Core Academic Standards and produced by
the School Improvement Network; click here to view.

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Technology in SB 1?
• Section 8: KRS 156.095
(3) Professional development programs shall
be made available to teachers based on their
needs which shall include but not be limited
to the following areas:
(h) Instructional uses of technology

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Statement from Henry County Schools
• Technology a must:
• with the implementation of No Child Left
Behind and specifically Senate Bill 1, in
Kentucky, using technology in our classrooms
is a must. Students of society today are more
tech-savvy and computer literate, so it goes
without saying, that in order to reach
them, we must speak their language--their
“tech” language. . . . Recently, our school
computer lab was updated with new
computers and since has seen a huge jump in
usage.
• Staci Hoene (1/17/2011 9:49am)

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School Libraries in SB1?
• Search the text and
find out!
• Go to:
• SENATE BILL 1 HIGHLIGHTS