Kentucky
New Kentucky state laws take effect Thursday
FRANKFORT, Ky. (WKYT/WBKO) – The Kentucky structure specifies that new legal guidelines ought to go into impact 90 days after the adjournment of the final Normal Meeting session, which suggests a number of legal guidelines will go into impact Thursday, together with these impacting colleges.
- Ky. Home passes controversial constitution college funding invoice
- Lawmakers override slew of vetoes from Governor Beshear
HB 9 establishes funding for constitution colleges abs authorizes two pilot constitution college applications in Louisville and northern Kentucky.
SB 1 designates native superintendents because the lead official for choosing college curricula. It additionally requires social research instruction to align with core ideas in American civics.
HB 121 requires public remark of no less than quarter-hour at college board conferences. SB 151 requires colleges aside of the federal college breakfast program to supply college students as much as quarter-hour to eat breakfast throughout tutorial time.
Underneath HB 63, colleges will need to have a faculty useful resource officer by august 1. It additionally provides college districts the chance to create a faculty police division.
With SB 83, male-to-female transgender athletes might be prevented from taking part in ladies’ sports activities.
The Kentucky Normal Meeting handed 234 payments throughout this yr’s legislative session. A number of the legal guidelines taking impact embrace measures on the next subjects:
- Anti-SLAPP invoice: Home Invoice 222 seeks to guard freedom of speech. It is going to supply those that converse out in opposition to a matter of public curiosity safety from strategic lawsuits in opposition to public participation, referred to as SLAPP lawsuits.
- Constitution colleges: Home Invoice 9 establishes a funding mannequin for constitution colleges, constructing on laws from 2017 that first allowed charters in Kentucky. It additionally authorizes two pilot constitution college initiatives in Louisville and Northern Kentucky and modifications the appeals course of if training officers deny an utility for a brand new constitution college.
- Baby abuse: Home Invoice 263, referred to as Kami’s Regulation, makes prison abuse in opposition to a sufferer below 12 years of age a Class B felony.
- Baby fatalities: Underneath Senate Invoice 97, legislation enforcement are required to request a blood, breath or urine take a look at from dad and mom and caregivers suspected of being below the affect on the time of a suspicious little one demise. If consent shouldn’t be given, this invoice provides legislation enforcement the ability to request a search warrant.
- Crimes throughout emergencies: Senate Invoice 179 enhances penalties for crimes dedicated throughout a pure or man-made catastrophe declaration. Crimes embrace assault, housebreaking, prison trespass, prison mischief, theft, receiving stolen property and theft.
- Prison justice reform: Senate Invoice 90 requires pilot applications in no less than 10 Kentucky counties, offering deferred prosecutions, diversion or dismissal of fees for some low-level offenders based mostly on their participation in drug therapy and vocational providers.
- Demise penalty: Home Invoice 269 provides severe psychological sickness to the checklist of disabilities that disqualify offenders from execution – if signs have been occurring on the time of the offense.
- Due course of: Home Invoice 290 calls on state schools and universities to undertake a pupil code of conduct for non-academic disciplinary procedures and supply college students with due course of protections which might be just like these in prison and civil courts.
- Training: Senate Invoice 1 designates native superintendents because the lead official for choosing the suitable academic curriculum and supplies for native colleges. It additionally contains language from the Instructing American Ideas Act, which would require instruction in social research to align with an inventory of core ideas and paperwork that supporters say are central to American civics.
- Fentanyl: Generally known as Dalton’s Regulation, Home Invoice 215 requires these convicted of trafficking fentanyl, carfentanil or fentanyl derivatives to serve no less than 85% of their prison sentences, up from the present 50%. It additionally makes importing these medication from one other state or nation a Class C felony and deems offenders ineligible for a pretrial diversion.
- First responders: Senate Invoice 64 goals to guard the confidentiality of first responders who take part in peer help counseling applications. Supporters say it is going to profit hundreds of public security employees who incessantly expertise trauma on the job however might face repercussions from frank discussions in counseling.
- Creativeness Library: Senate Invoice 164 establishes the Creativeness Library of Kentucky Program. Based by nation music legend Dolly Parton, this worldwide literacy program gives free books month-to-month to kids from beginning to age 5. The state will present 50% of the funds.
- Incest: Senate Invoice 38 classifies incest as a violent offense. It additionally ensures that people responsible of incest full no less than 80% of their jail sentence.
- Pari-mutuel wagering: Home Invoice 607 taxes each pari-mutuel wager at an ordinary 1.5% fee, together with advance-deposit wagers and bets on simulcasts. It additionally directs more cash to the overall fund, makes the Kentucky Racing Fee accountable for self-funding, creates a self-exclusion checklist for downside gamblers and eliminates the observe admissions tax.
- Peace officer certifications: Home Invoice 206 prohibits anybody convicted of a misdemeanor sexual offense from serving as a peace officer.
- Porch pirates: Senate Invoice 23 cracks down on individuals who steal packages off entrance porches, also known as porch pirates. The invoice makes it a Class D felony to steal or destroy packages from frequent carriers and supply providers equivalent to Amazon or FedEx.
- Public help: Home Invoice 7 revamps public help advantages and seeks to fight fraud with new guidelines round profit eligibility. It additionally seeks to extend accountability from the state Cupboard for Well being and Household Companies and encourage wholesome selections for these receiving dietary help.
- Spiritual providers: Home Invoice 43 requires equal therapy of homes of worship and spiritual organizations throughout a state of emergency.
- College board conferences: Home Invoice 121 requires a public remark interval of no less than quarter-hour at native college board conferences, except nobody is signed as much as converse. It additionally requires that any board guidelines and insurance policies relating to conduct apply throughout the remark interval.
- College breakfasts: Senate Invoice 151 calls on colleges within the Federal College Breakfast Program to supply college students as much as quarter-hour to eat breakfast throughout tutorial time.
- College useful resource officers: Home Invoice 63 calls on native college districts to put a faculty useful resource officer in every college by Aug. 1 if they will afford the price. It additionally permits native college boards to determine a police division for the district.
- Serving alcohol: Home Invoice 252 clears the way in which for 18-year-olds to promote and serve alcoholic drinks.
- Pupil psychological well being: Home Invoice 44 permits college boards to incorporate provisions of their pupil attendance coverage for excused absences as a consequence of a pupil’s psychological or behavioral well being standing.
- Swatting: Home Invoice 48 makes falsely reporting an incident that ends in an emergency response – generally known as “swatting” – a Class D felony.
- Telecommunicators: Home Invoice 79 expands the Regulation Enforcement Skilled Growth Wellness Program to help telecommunicators who’re dealing with post-traumatic stress dysfunction or work-induced stress. It is going to additionally improve coaching and assets for telecommunicators associated to emphasize problems.
- Transgender athletes: Senate Invoice 83 will stop male-to-female transgender college students from taking part in ladies’ sports activities, beginning within the sixth grade and persevering with by school.
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Kentucky
South Carolina lands talented player out of transfer portal following LaNorris Seller news
Former Western Kentucky offensive lineman Rodney Newsom will transfer to play for South Carolina this upcoming season, On3’s Pete Nakos reported. Newsom spent just one season with the Hilltoppers and will have two years of eligibility remaining.
The 6-foot-3 offensive lineman played in all 14 games at WKU this past season. He joined the team in the offseason after spending one year at Itawamba Community College in Mississippi.
Newsom played high school football at Briarcrest Christian (TN), where he was a three-star recruit in the 2020 class. He ranked as the No. 2,256 overall player and No. 158 interior offensive lineman in the cycle according to the On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies.
Newsom began his college career at Memphis and played two seasons with the Tigers prior to going to Itawamba. As a transfer, he ranks as the No. 119 overall player and No. 11 interior offensive lineman according to On3’s Transfer Portal Player Rankings.
Rodney Newsom is the seventh commitment in the Gamecocks’ transfer portal class, joining EDGE Jaylen Brown (Missouri), interior offensive lineman Nick Sharpe (Wake Forest), tight end Jordan Dingle (Kentucky), defensive tackle Gabriel Brownlow-Dindy (Texas A&M), LB Shawn Murphy, and QB Air Noland (OSU).
The portal officially opened on Monday, Dec. 9, 2024. More than 2,800 FBS scholarship players entered their names into the NCAA’s transfer database during the 2023-24 school year. Removing those who withdrew or went pro, the final total sat at 2,707 transfers.
So far this cycle, 2,160 players have entered the transfer portal with 676 of those already having committed to new schools.
To keep up with the latest players on the move, check out On3’s Transfer Portal wire.
The On3 Transfer Portal Instagram account and Twitter account are excellent resources to stay up to date with the latest moves.
LaNorris Sellers signs new NIL deal with South Carolina for 2025 return
South Carolina star quarterback LaNorris Sellers has inked a new NIL deal with the Gamecocks’ NIL collective Garnet Trust, securing his return to Columbia for the 2025 season. Sellers holds an On3 NIL Valuation of $2.7 million.
His new deal now secures his return for 2025. Sellers put together an impressive 2024 season after taking over as South Carolina’s starting quarterback. He threw for 2,274 yards and 17 touchdowns in the air while adding 655 rushing yards and seven touchdowns on the ground.
Those numbers helped lead the Gamecocks to a 9-3 record, including a six-game win streak to end the year to just miss out on the College Football Playoff.
South Carolina had to hold off suitors for Sellers, as multiple schools made efforts in recent weeks for the quarterback to jump in the transfer portal. Garnet Trust declined to give specifics on the agreement but sources told On3 it’s on pace with other top quarterback deals in college football.
“Ever since the LSU game, he’s been having programs reach out to his people,” a Power 4 personnel staffer recently told On3 about the LaNorris Sellers situation. “Then as he kept balling out he’s only had more and more programs reach out. I mean he had playoff-caliber teams blowing up his phone like crazy before the Clemson game. After? That shit hasn’t stopped ringing.”
On3’s Pete Nakos contributed to this report.
Kentucky
Former Kentucky RB Chip Trayanum is Moving to the MAC
Chip Trayanum has been through plenty of ups and downs throughout his lengthy college career. Now the former Kentucky running back is ready to make one final stop not too far from his hometown of Akron, Ohio.
On3’s Pete Nakos reports Trayanum will spend his final year of college eligibility in the MAC, suiting up for the Toledo Rockets. It’s his fourth school in six years.
Trayanum had a ton of potential as a Blue Chip recruit. After all, that’s how he got the nickname “Chip.” Some schools wanted him to play linebacker, but he had his mind set on playing offense. That’s why he left the Midwest to play for Arizona State. After tallying 691 yards and 10 touchdowns over two seasons, he decided it was time to try out playing defense.
He returned to Ohio to play linebacker for Ohio State. When injuries hit the Buckeyes’ running back room, he moved back to offense. He performed well vs. Michigan, finding a new permanent home in Columbus. Trayanum’s best moment happened in the final moments against Notre Dame, punching in the game-winning touchdown as time expired.
Looking for a larger role as a bell-cow back, Trayanum transferred to Kentucky. He was poised to be RB1 until he suffered a broken hand during fall camp. Complications forced him to miss an extensive amount of time. He appeared in only three games and carried the ball 19 times for 101 yards.
Chip will finish his career by playing for the most consistent program in MAC. Jason Candle has led Toledo to four straight winning seasons, including an 11-win campaign in 2023. Hopefully, Trayanum can finally find the consistency that’s eluded him throughout his college career, just not in week one. The Rockets are traveling to Kroger Field to open the season.
There have been 21 transfer portal departures this offseason. There is still time for that number to grow. The transfer portal officially closes on Dec. 28.
- DL Keeshawn Silver (Committed to USC on Dec. 19)
- DB Avery Stuart
- LB Jayvant Brown
- TE Tanner Lemaster (Committed to Eastern Michigan on Dec. 22)
- TE Khamari Anderson (Committed to Arizona State on Dec. 22)
- TE Jordan Dingle (Committed to South Carolina on Dec. 18)
- OL Courtland Ford (Committed to UCLA on Dec. 17)
- OL Ben Christman
- OL Dylan Ray (Committed to Minnesota on Dec. 21)
- OL Koby Keenum (Committed to Mississippi State on Dec. 22)
- DL Tommy Ziesmer (Committed to EKU on Dec. 15)
- WR Dane Key
- WR Barion Brown (Committed to LSU on Dec. 14)
- WR Anthony Brown-Stephens
- WR Brandon White
- EDGE Tyreese Fearbry (Committed to Wisconsin on Dec. 22)
- EDGE Noah Matthews
- EDGE Caleb Redd (Committed to Kansas on Dec. 20)
- RB Chip Trayanum (Committed to Toledo on Dec. 24)
- QB Gavin Wimsatt
To keep up with the latest players on the move, check out On3’s Transfer Portal wire. Keep closer tabs on the Cats with our staff-only sticky thread on KSBoard, which will have updates on departures and targets throughout the offseason. Not a KSR+ member? Try it out today.
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Mark Pope says Kentucky's story is still being written — with good and bad chapters to come
There hasn’t been much to complain about since Mark Pope took over at Kentucky back in April. He’s been a PR gold mine since day one while stacking up roster, staff and recruiting wins in the months since, then picked up statement on-court victories vs. Duke, Gonzaga and Louisville in the non-conference schedule before the turn of the new year. If you were to give him a grade on his early coaching report card, anything besides a big ‘A’ would be crazy.
The Clemson loss was his first misstep, but you could find positives there, specifically with the team’s second-half run to even the rebounding battle — and nearly the game overall, the Wildcats cutting it to two in the final seconds. Then came the real black eye: Kentucky folding like a lawn chair in New York City, falling to Ohio State by 20 points in a game the Buckeyes controlled from what felt like the opening tip.
Pope said it was a performance that would force him to ‘lose a lot of sleep’ in the coming days, promising to ‘find answers’ and ‘learn how to function at a better level when were under this particular type of duress.’ How is he feeling about his group after returning to Lexington ahead of the holidays after some time off?
He’s excited, but frustrated. Or is he frustrated, but excited? Either way, those are the emotions he’s feeling after laying an egg in the Big Apple.
“I’m really excited. What a bad night, just devastating. It was just the worst, the worst ever,” he said during his call-in radio show. “To do it in that venue wearing this jersey, it’s devastating. … There’s nothing you can do with it but help dig in and help it make you better, right? And in long conversations with our guys and our staff and digging into the numbers, the nuts and bolts, it’s also exciting to grow and get better, and to move forward.”
When you stumble in that fashion, an opportunity to regroup presents itself, learning from mistakes in a way you wouldn’t have felt without getting punched in the mouth. Even the best teams hit those walls over the course of a great season.
He hopes that’s the case with this one.
“There are always moments where there are just galvanizing moments, right? The championship teams have those moments, for sure, whether they show up in practice or in a game, or wherever they show up because you overcame something exceptional in a moment — or you failed to do it,” Pope said. “There’s just a series of galvanizing moments, and what championship teams do is whatever they have as they go along, the story is still being written, right? That’s what you do throughout the course of the season.”
It’s their season loss on the year, and almost certainly won’t be their last. It’s an all-time SEC schedule ahead with as many as 13 teams on pace to make the NCAA Tournament. The league is going to eat itself alive going into postseason play.
How will the Wildcats respond? That’s all that matters right now — and down the road when those moments come.
“You keep writing and keep writing and keep writing,” he said. “This won’t be our last difficult moment that we have this season, for sure. The question is where does it take us.”
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