Kentucky Senate Bill 268 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 16)
Status: Introduced on February 18 2025 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2025-03-05 - recommitted to Education (S)
Pending: Senate Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibit the commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Education, the Kentucky Board of Education, and the Kentucky Department of Education from establishing or implementing, or requiring a school district to implement, any cap, limitation, or restriction on enrollment for a virtual program; prohibit the Kentucky Department of Education and the Kentucky Board of Education from reducing or withholding any funds due to a school district from the fund to Support Education Excellence in Kentucky based on the district's operation of a virtual program; sunset prohibitions on June 30, 2026.

AN ACT relating to virtual education.

Sen. Aaron Reed [R]	Sen. Gex Williams [R]	Sen. Gary Boswell [R]	Sen. Danny Carroll [R]
Sen. Donald Douglas [R]	Sen. Rick Girdler [R]	Sen. Scott Madon [R]	Sen. Amanda Mays Bledsoe [R]
Sen. Stephen Meredith [R]	Sen. Robert Mills [R]	Sen. Matt Nunn [R]	Sen. Steve Rawlings [R]
Sen. Craig Richardson [R]	Sen. Robert Stivers [R]	Sen. Lindsey Tichenor [R]	Sen. Steve West [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-03-05	Senate	recommitted to Education (S)
2025-03-05	Senate	passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
2025-03-04	Senate	passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
2025-02-28	Senate	passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
2025-02-28	Senate	floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
2025-02-27	Senate	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 28, 2025
2025-02-27	Senate	reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1)
2025-02-26	Senate	returned to Education (S)
2025-02-26	Senate	2nd reading
2025-02-26	Senate	taken from Education (S)
2025-02-25	Senate	returned to Education (S)
2025-02-25	Senate	1st reading
2025-02-25	Senate	taken from Education (S)
2025-02-19	Senate	to Education (S)
2025-02-18	Senate	to Committee on Committees (S)
2025-02-18	Senate	introduced in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/sb268.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/sb268/orig_bill.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/SB268/SCS1.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/SB268/SFA1.pdf