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Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA 2004)

For Information about the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA 2004) click the following link: IDEA 2004

Kentucky Legislature

The Kentucky Legislature convenes in Regular Session for 60 days on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January of even numbered years, and for 30 days on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January in odd-numbered years. The 141st Regular Session of the Kentucky General Assembly will convene January 2, 2007 and will adjourn March 30, 2007 . For the 2007 schedule, use the following link: http://www.lrc.ky.gov/sch_vist/07RS_calendar.pdf You can also check the calendar for meetings by calling 1-800-633-9650.

Contact Information:

The Kentucky Legislative Home Page contains links to email the Kentucky Legislature or individual Legislators, and a link to make comments. The link to the Home Page is below:

http://www.lrc.ky.gov/home.htm

If you are in Kentucky , you can call to leave a message at the numbers below.

Legislative Message Line
1-800-372-7181

TTY Message Line
1-800-896-0305

En Español
1-866-840-6574

Mail may be sent to:

Name of Your Senator/Representative
Legislative Offices
Capitol Annex
Frankfort , KY 40601

Bill Watch

Bill Watch is a free service that helps users to track legislation during the Kentucky Legislative Session. To learn more about Bill Watch visit:

http://kentucky.gov/services/billwatch/

There is even an Online Tutorial.

Informational links from the Kentucky Legislature’s web site:

This link will help you determine your Senator or Representative and provide contact information.

http://www.lrc.ky.gov/whoswho/whoswho.htm

Various calendars are available at this link.

http://www.lrc.ky.gov/sch_vist/schedule.htm

You can check the website or call the Calendar Line at 800-633-9650.

To learn more on the Legislative Branch or how a bill becomes law, or see a glossary of legislative terms try these links.

Legislative branch

How a Bill becomes Law

Glossary

This link provides information about the status of a Bill.

The 07RS Kentucky Legislative Record On-Line

Other links of interest, on the Kentucky ’s Legislature’s website:

KY Revised Statutes (KRS)

KY Administrative Regulations (KAR)

KY Acts

KY Constitution

Search the KRS, KAR, Constitution, Bills

Legislative History

Sites provided by various organization*:

Find your elected officials in Kentucky by zip code on this site it also gives local and U. S. Congressional officials.

Kentucky Council on Developmental Disabilities - Legislative Action Center

* The above sites are provided because of the information available on the site. Placement on this website does not constitute an endorsement of the organization or their political views by United Partners of KY.

Voting Information:

Important voter information can be found at the State Board of Elections website.

Kentucky: State Board of Elections - Overview

The deadline to register to vote is 28 days before election.

You may print a Voter Registration card from this site.

Kentucky: State Board of Elections - Register to Vote

Then submit the completed voter registration card to your local county clerk.

Click Kentucky: State Board of Elections - County Clerks for a listing of Kentucky ’s county clerks.