| Last Action | 03/27/25: delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 111) | 
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| Title | AN ACT relating to permitted uses of time during the school day. | 
| Bill Documents | 
                        Acts Chapter 111 
                         Current/Final Introduced  | 
            
| Fiscal Impact Statement | Additional Fiscal Impact Statements Exist | 
| Bill Request Number | 888 | 
| Sponsors | R. Girdler, S. Funke Frommeyer, S. Rawlings, L. Tichenor | 
| Summary of Enacted Version | Amends KRS 158.175 to require moments of silence or reflection at the start of each school day and establish guidelines; amends KRS 158.200 to detail the process by which local boards of education are authorized to permit pupils to attend moral instruction; requires individuals or groups seeking to provide moral instruction to submit a request to a board and establishes requirements for what is to be included in the request; requires superintendents to submit individuals providing transportation or moral instruction for criminal history and CA/N background checks; establishes that students attending moral instruction are counted in average daily attendance for SEEK funding; and repeals KRS 158.210, 158.220, 158.230, 158.240, 158.250, and 158.260. VETOED | 
| Summary of Original Version | Amend KRS 158.175 to require moments of silence or reflection at the start of each school day and establish guidelines. | 
| Index Headings of Original Version | 
                            Education, Elementary and Secondary - Moments of silence and reflection, daily observation requirement  Teachers - Moments of silence and reflection, daily observation requirement  | 
            
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                                    House Committee Substitute 1 with Fiscal Impact Statements   House Committee Amendment 1 House Floor Amendment 1 House Floor Amendment 2 House Floor Amendment 3 House Floor Amendment 4  | 
                
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| Amendment | House Committee Substitute 1 | 
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| Fiscal Impact Statement | Fiscal Note to House Committee Substitute 1 | 
| Summary | Retain original provisions; amend KRS 158.200 to detail the process by which local boards of education are authorized to permit pupils to attend moral instruction; require individuals or groups seeking to provide moral instruction to submit a request to a board and establish requirements to be included in request; require superintendents to submit individuals providing transportation or moral instruction for criminal history and clear CA/N background checks; establish that students attending moral instruction are counted in average daily attendance for SEEK funding; repeal KRS 158.210, 158.220, 158.230, 158.240, 158.250, and 158.260. | 
| Index Headings | 
                            Education, Elementary and Secondary - Moral instruction, public schools, requirements  Education, Finance - Moral instruction, public schools, SEEK funding Education, Vocational - Moral instruction, public schools, requirements Religion - Moral instruction, public schools, requirements Children and Minors - Moral instruction, public schools, requirements  | 
            
| Amendment | House Committee Amendment 1 | 
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| Sponsor | J. Petrie | 
| Summary | Make title amendment. | 
| Index Headings | Title Amendments - SB 19/GA | 
| Amendment | House Floor Amendment 1 | 
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| Sponsor | A. Moore | 
| Summary | Retain original provisions, except delete requirements for pupils to remain seated and silent and make no distracting display during a moment of silence or reflection. | 
| Index Headings | Education, Elementary and Secondary - Moments of silence and reflection, requirements, deletion | 
| Amendment | House Floor Amendment 2 | 
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| Sponsor | M. Marzian | 
| Summary | Retain original provisions, except amend KRS 158.175 to replace the recitation of the traditional Lord's prayer in schools with the preamble to the Constitution of the United States. | 
| Index Headings | 
                            Education, Elementary and Secondary - Local school districts, traditional Lord's prayer, recitation, removal  Education, Elementary and Secondary - Local school districts, preamble to the Constitution of the United States, recitation, include Religion - Local school districts, traditional Lord's prayer, recitation, removal  | 
            
| Amendment | House Floor Amendment 3 | 
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| Sponsor | A. Moore | 
| Summary | Retain original provisions, except delete requirements for pupils to remain seated and silent, and to make no distracting display during a moment of silence or reflection. | 
| Index Headings | Education, Elementary and Secondary - Moments of silence and reflection, requirements, deletion. | 
| Amendment | House Floor Amendment 4 | 
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| Sponsor | D. Grossberg | 
| Summary | Retain original provisions, except amend KRS 158.175 to replace the recitation of the traditional Lord's prayer in schools with the preamble to the Constitution of the United States. | 
| Index Headings | 
                            Education, Elementary and Secondary - Local school districts, traditional Lord's prayer, recitation, removal  Education, Elementary and Secondary - Local school districts, preamble to the Constitution of the United States, recitation, include Religion - Local school districts, traditional Lord's prayer, recitation, removal  | 
            
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