Kentucky
General Assembly

09/07/21	introduced in House to Committee on Committees (H) taken from Committee on Committees (H) 1st reading to Education (H) posting waived floor amendments (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) filed
09/08/21	floor amendments (6), (7), (8), (9), (10) and (11) filed taken from Education (H) 2nd reading returned to Education (H)
09/09/21	reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute placed in the Orders of the Day floor amendments (12), (13), (14), (15), (16), (17), (18) and (19) filed to Committee Substitute 3rd reading Committee Substitute adopted returned to the Orders of the Day identical Senate Bill 1 substituted for this bill

Amendment	House Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Retain original provisions except delete language encouraging vaccination incentives; delete reemployment provisions except for one-month break in service requirement; increase critical shortage threshold to 10%; provide that pandemic relief funds may be used for the cost of hiring critical shortage teachers.
Index Headings	Teachers - Critical shortage hiring, threshold, increase Teachers - Critical shortage, pandemic funds, utilization Teachers - Reemployment provisions, deletion Education, Elementary and Secondary - Critical shortage hiring, threshold, increase Education, Elementary and Secondary - Reemployment provisions, deletion Education, Elementary and Secondary - Teacher critical shortage, pandemic funds, utilization Education, Elementary and Secondary - Vaccination incentives, deletion Retirement and Pensions - Critical shortage hiring, threshold, increase Retirement and Pensions - Reemployment provisions, deletion Retirement and Pensions - Teacher critical shortage, pandemic funds, utilization

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor	L. Willner
Summary	Add a new section providing for hybrid instruction until December 31, 2021.
Index Headings	Education, Elementary and Secondary - Hybrid instruction, requirements

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 2
Sponsor	F. Rabourn
Summary	Specify that no school district or government entity shall require immunization of any person who is opposed to medical immunization against disease based on religious grounds or conscientiously held beliefs.
Index Headings	Education, Elementary and Secondary - Immunization, school district not to require Public Health - Immunization, school district not to require

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 3
Sponsor	F. Rabourn
Summary	Specify that the administrative body is prohibited from promulgating regulations pertaining to the same subject as the regulations referred to in section 1(1) and section 2(1).
Index Headings	Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - Childcare masking regulation, no new regulation on the subject Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - School masking regulation, no new regulation on the subject Education, Elementary and Secondary - School masking, no new regulation on the subject

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 4
Sponsor	F. Rabourn
Summary	Specify that on-site testing options apply to staff; require that the model plan shall not discriminate on the basis of vaccination status.
Index Headings	Education, Elementary and Secondary - Testing option, to include staff Education, Elementary and Secondary - Model plan, not to discriminate

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 5
Sponsor	F. Rabourn
Summary	Nullify 702 KAR 1:191E.
Index Headings	Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - District employee quarantine leave, nullification Teachers - District employee quarantine leave nullification

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 6
Sponsor	A. Tackett Laferty
Summary	Retain original provisions; in order to support "test and stay" model school plans, temporarily revise retirement reemployment provisions for local and district health departments until January 15, 2022.
Index Headings	Public Health - Department for Public Health, test to stay option, development Public Health - Local health departments, school district assistance, requirements Retirement and Pensions - Local and district health department employees, retirement reemployment, provisions

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 7
Sponsor	J. Donohue
Summary	Allow a school to count up to 30 minutes as instructional time for COVID-19 related activities.
Index Headings	Education, Elementary and Secondary - Instructional time, COVID-19 activities, inclusion

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 8
Sponsor	C. Stevenson
Summary	Allow local boards of education, during the 2021-2022 school year, to hire school bus drivers who do not possess a high school diploma or equivalency diploma; require all bus drivers hired under this exemption to possess a valid CDL with a school bus endorsement.
Index Headings	Education, Elementary and Secondary - School bus drivers, education requirements, temporary exemption Labor and Industry - School bus drivers, education requirements, temporary exemption Motor Carriers - School bus drivers, education requirements, temporary exemption Transportation - School bus drivers, education requirements, temporary exemption

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 9
Sponsor	T. Bojanowski
Summary	Modify to allow for 20 days of remote instruction for each school building instead of for each district.
Index Headings	Education, Elementary and Secondary - Remote instruction, number of days Teachers - Remote instruction, number of days

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 10
Sponsor	T. Bojanowski
Summary	Require a local board of education to provide COVID-19 sick days due to quarantine or isolation.
Index Headings	Education, Elementary and Secondary - COVID-19 sick leave, requirement

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 11
Sponsor	T. Bojanowski
Summary	Grant a school district an additional 10 NTI days for when a district is closed due to circumstanced related to COVID-19; allow a school district to request approval for an additional 10 NTI days.
Index Headings	Education, Elementary and Secondary - NTI days, addition

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 12
Sponsor	T. Bojanowski
Summary	Modify to allow for 20 days of remote instruction for each school building instead of for each district.
Index Headings	Teachers - Remote instruction, number of days Education, Elementary and Secondary - Remote instruction, number of days

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 13
Sponsor	T. Bojanowski
Summary	Require a local board of education to provide COVID-19 sick days due to quarantine or isolation.
Index Headings	Education, Elementary and Secondary - COVID-19 sick leave, requirement

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 14
Sponsor	T. Bojanowski
Summary	Grant a school district an additional 10 NTI days for when it is closed due to COVID-19; allow a school district to request approval for an additional 10 NTI days.
Index Headings	Education, Elementary and Secondary - NTI days, addition

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 15
Sponsor	C. Stevenson
Summary	Allow local boards of education, during the 2021-2022 school year, to hire school bus drivers who do not possess a high school diploma or equivalency diploma; require all bus drivers hired under this exemption to possess a valid CDL with a school bus endorsement.
Index Headings	Transportation - School bus drivers, education requirements, temporary exemption Education, Elementary and Secondary - School bus drivers, education requirements, temporary exemption Labor and Industry - School bus drivers, education requirements, temporary exemption Motor Carriers - School bus drivers, education requirements, temporary exemption

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 16
Sponsor	A. Tackett Laferty
Summary	Retain original provisions; temporarily revise retirement reemployment provisions for local and district health departments to require only a one-month break in service.
Index Headings	Public Health - Local health departments, retirement reemployment, provisions Retirement and Pensions - Local and district health department employees, retirement reemployment, provisions

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 17
Sponsor	J. Donohue
Summary	Allow a school to count up to 30 minutes as instructional time for COVID-19 related activities.
Index Headings	Education, Elementary and Secondary - Instructional time, COVID-19 activities, inclusion

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 18
Sponsor	L. Willner
Summary	Add a new section providing for hybrid instruction until December 31, 2021.
Index Headings	Education, Elementary and Secondary - Hybrid instruction, requirements

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 19
Sponsor	J. Calloway
Summary	Specify that on-site testing options apply to staff; require that the model plan shall not discriminate on the basis of vaccination status.
Index Headings	Education, Elementary and Secondary - Model plan, not to discriminate Education, Elementary and Secondary - Testing option, to include staff