Kentucky
General Assembly

01/14/14	introduced in House
01/15/14	to Education (H)
01/22/14	posted in committee
01/28/14	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
01/29/14	2nd reading, to Rules taken from Rules placed in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, January 30, 2014
01/30/14	3rd reading, passed 100-0
01/31/14	received in Senate
02/04/14	to Education (S)
03/11/14	taken from Education (S) 1st reading returned to Education (S)
03/12/14	taken from Education (S) 2nd reading returned to Education (S)
03/13/14	reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title) posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 14, 2014 taken from the Orders of the Day returned to Education (S)
03/17/14	reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (2) posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 17, 2014 3rd reading Committee Substitute (1) withdrawn passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (2), committee amendment (1-title)
03/18/14	received in House to Rules (H) taken from Rules posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (2), committee amendment (1-title)
03/19/14	House refused to concur in Senate Committee Substitute (2), committee amendment (1-title)
03/20/14	received in Senate to Rules (S) posted for passage for receding from Senate Committee Substitute (2), committee amendment (1-title) Senate refused to recede from Committee Substitute (2), committee amendment (1-title) Conference Committee appointed in Senate
03/21/14	Conference Committee appointed in House
03/27/14	Conference Committee report filed in House and Senate posted for passage for consideration of Conference Report Conference Committee report adopted in Senate Bill passed 36-1 received in House posted for passage for consideration of Conference Report
03/28/14	Conference Committee report adopted in House Bill passed 97-1 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
03/31/14	enrolled, signed by President of the Senate delivered to Governor signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 14)

Amendment	Senate Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Retain original provisions; amend KRS 158.070 to define "minimum school term," student attendance day," "student instructional year," and "teacher professional day"; establish a process to amend a school calendar due to an emergency; allow a student attendance day to exceed 7 hours, under specific conditions; restructure the approval process used by the commissioner of education to waive the makeup of 10 student attendance days; permit teacher delegates to attend regional or district professional meetings held on days when school is open; amend KRS 157.350, and 158.649 to conform; provide a process to waive the makeup of student instructional days missed during the 2013-2014 school year; allow makeup of emergency hours; declare an EMERGENCY.
Index Headings	Reorganization - Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, Executive Order 2013-518 State Agencies - Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, reorganization

Amendment	Senate Committee Substitute 2
Summary	Retain original provisions, except amend KRS 158.070 to define "minimum school term," "student attendance day," "student instructional year," and "teacher professional day"; establish a process to amend a school calendar due to an emergency; allow a student attendance day to exceed 7 hours, under specific conditions; permit teacher delegates to attend regional or district professional meetings held on days when school is open; amend KRS 157.350 and 158.649 to conform; require a minimum of 1,062 instructional hours for the 2013-2014 school year; provide a process to make up instructional hours missed or waive instructional hours missed; require staff to complete all contract days; allow a district to be open on primary election day if no school is used as a polling place; declare an EMERGENCY.
Index Headings	Reorganization - Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, Executive Order 2013-518 State Agencies - Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, reorganization

Amendment	Senate Committee Amendment 1
Sponsor	D. Givens
Summary	Make title amendment.
Index Headings	Reorganization - Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, Executive Order 2013-518 State Agencies - Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, reorganization

Amendment	Conference Committee Report 1
Summary	Retain original provisions except provide that school districts that want to complete 1,062 instructional hours by June 6, 2014, but are unable to under the current school calendar, can request assistance from the commissioner of education to determine a plan for completing the required hours; provide that, if after determining a district cannot complete 1,062 hours by June 6, 2014, after maximizing instructional time, the commissioner shall waive the remaining required hours; provide that school districts may schedule graduation ceremonies before the final instructional day; prohibit school districts from scheduling instructional time on Saturdays; require the Department of Education to report to the Interim Joint Committee on Education how school districts completed the 1,062 instructional hours.
Index Headings	Reorganization - Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, Executive Order 2013-518 State Agencies - Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, reorganization