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House Bill 383

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Last Action placed in the Orders of the Day
Title AN ACT relating to school calendars and declaring an emergency.
Bill Documents Bill
Bill Request Number 1451
Sponsors A. Wuchner, J. Carney, J. DeCesare
Summary of Original Version Amend KRS 158.070 to define "minimum school term," student attendance day," "student instructional year," and "teacher professional day"; prohibit a district from scheduling a student attendance day on the day of a primary or regular election if any school in the district is used as a polling place; establish a process to amend a school calendar due to an emergency; 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; EMERGENCY.
Index Headings of Original Version Effective Dates, Emergency - School calendar, amended, approval of
Teachers - Professional meetings, permit attendance
Education, Elementary and Secondary - School calendar, establish minimum requirements
Proposed Amendments House Committee Substitute 1

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02/12/14
  • introduced in House
02/13/14
  • to Education (H)
02/21/14
  • posted in committee
02/25/14
  • reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
02/26/14
  • 2nd reading, to Rules
03/05/14
  • taken from Rules
  • placed in the Orders of the Day

Proposed Amendments

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Amendment House Committee Substitute 1
Summary Retain original provisions, except permit employee delegates to attend regional or district professional meetings held on days when school is open; restore language that requires school to be closed on regular or primary election days but allows those days to be used for professional activities; allow a student attendance day to exceed 7 hours, under specific conditions; restructure the approval process used by the commissioner to waive the make-up of 10 student attendance days; declare an EMERGENCY.
Index Headings Effective Dates, Emergency - School calendar, amended, approval of
Teachers - Professional meetings, permit attendance
Education, Elementary and Secondary - School calendar, establish minimum requirements

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