Kentucky House Bill 208 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: Passed on March 4 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-03-04 - signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 9)
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Provide that school districts may request approval for more than 10 student attendance days under a nontraditional instruction plan related to the COVID-19 emergency; require a school to submit a nontraditional instruction plan for the 2021-2022 school year within the Comprehensive District Improvement Plan by May 1, 2021; provide for how districts shall measure daily student participation while operating under an approved nontraditional instruction plan due to COVID-19; suspend any extended school calendar requirement for an educational program for state agency children; allow school districts to provide additional emergency leave days for staff due to the COVID-19 public health emergency; direct the Kentucky Department of Education to seek federal waivers regarding school meal service rules in relation to the COVID-19 public health emergency; provide that the Kentucky Board of Education may waive statewide assessment and accountability system requirements in accordance with federal waivers received; direct the Kentucky Department of Education to seek federal waivers from the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act in relation to the COVID-19 public health emergency; allow a local board of education to revise its certified evaluation plan due to the COVID-19 public health emergency; allow a principal to award additional educational enhancement opportunity days to students to meet obligations that occur prior to the last day of school due to the COVID-19 public health emergency; allow school districts to email required notices to school district employees; allow school districts to use the school district attendance data selected by the district pursuant to 2020 Senate Bill 177 to calculate average daily attendance; allow a school to count up to 30 minutes as instructional time when used for COVID-19 related activities for in-person instruction; make the provisions of the Act retroactive to the 2020-2021 school year and effective for the 2021-2022 school year, if applicable; EMERGENCY.

AN ACT relating to education and declaring an emergency.

Rep. Regina Huff [R]

Rep. Tina Bojanowski [D]

Rep. Scott Lewis [R]

Rep. Ed Massey [R]

2021-03-04 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 206 (Y: 81 N: 15 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2021-03-03 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading W/scs1 RSN# 1626 (Y: 28 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2021-02-24 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 104 (Y: 87 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-03-04	House	signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 9)
2021-03-04	House	delivered to Governor
2021-03-04	House	enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
2021-03-04	House	enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
2021-03-04	House	passed 81-15
2021-03-04	House	House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute
2021-03-04	House	posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute
2021-03-04	House	to Rules (H)
2021-03-04	House	received in House
2021-03-03	Senate	3rd reading, passed 28-8 with Committee Substitute (1)
2021-03-03	Senate	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 3, 2021
2021-03-03	Senate	reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1)
2021-03-01	Senate	returned to Education (S)
2021-03-01	Senate	2nd reading
2021-03-01	Senate	taken from Education (S)
2021-03-01	Senate	to Education (S)
2021-02-26	Senate	returned to Committee on Committees (S)
2021-02-26	Senate	1st reading
2021-02-26	Senate	taken from Committee on Committees (S)
2021-02-25	Senate	to Committee on Committees (S)
2021-02-25	Senate	received in Senate
2021-02-24	House	3rd reading, passed 87-8 with Committee Substitute and floor amendment (5)
2021-02-22	House	floor amendments (5) and (6) filed to Committee Substitute
2021-02-11	House	floor amendments (1) and (3) withdrawn
2021-02-11	House	floor amendment (4) filed to Committee Substitute
2021-02-10	House	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 11, 2021
2021-02-10	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2021-02-09	House	floor amendments (1), (2) and (3) filed to Committee Substitute
2021-02-09	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
2021-02-04	House	posted in committee
2021-02-04	House	to Education (H)
2021-01-07	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2021-01-07	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb208.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/hb208/orig_bill.pdf
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/hb208/bill.pdf
Roll Call	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb208/vote_history.pdf