Kentucky Senate Bill 21 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Engrossed on February 6 2012 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-02-07 - to Education (H)
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [MS Word]

Amend KRS 158.070 to reiterate school closure on the day of a Presidential election; permit a school district to adjust its calendar to keep schools open on the days of a regular election, a special election, and a primary election if no school in the district is used as a polling place; allow a district to schedule election days as instructional days or make-up days for purposes of recouping instructional time missed due to weather-related, safety, or health emergencies or other disasters; direct the Department of Education to approve school calendars amended pursuant to this Act for the 2011-2012 school year; EMERGENCY.

AN ACT relating to the school calendar and declaring an emergency.

Sen. Jimmy Higdon [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-02-07		to Education (H)
2012-02-06		received in House
2012-02-02		3rd reading, passed 38-0
2012-02-01		posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 2, 2012
2012-01-27		2nd reading, to Rules
2012-01-26		reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
2012-01-03		to Education (S)
2012-01-03		introduced in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB21.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB21/bill.doc