Last Action | 09/09/21: delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 4) |
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Title | AN ACT relating to the delivery of education and care for children and declaring an emergency. |
Bill Documents |
Acts Chapter 4
Current/Final Introduced |
Bill Request Number | 10 |
Sponsor | M. Wise |
Summary of Original Version | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 13A to nullify 902 KAR 2:213E and 702 KAR 1:195E; direct each school district to have a COVID-19 operations in place; direct the Department for Public Health to develop a model "test to stay" COVID-19 model for school districts; direct local health departments to assist school districts in implementing their COVID-19 operation plans; provide a temporary remote instruction option for school districts to use at the school, classroom, grade, or group level; provide that districts may submit 2018-2019 or 2019-2020 attendance data for the 2021-2022 school year; require all certified staff and classified staff designated by a school district to work on-site during a nontraditional instruction day; for the 2021-2022 school year, temporarily revise requirements for emergency substitute certification, allow instructional activities to be performed by classified staff, and allow a district to temporarily hire staff upon receipt of a preliminary background check; direct the Kentucky State Police and Cabinet for Health and Family Services to prioritize school district background checks; temporarily revise retirement reemployment provisions until January 15, 2022; allow a school district to submit a school calendar plan to receive a waiver of 170 required student attendance days if 1,062 hours are achieved for the 2021-2022 school year; EMERGENCY. |
Index Headings of Original Version |
Education, Elementary and Secondary - Nontraditional instruction, staff requirements Education, Elementary and Secondary - School districts, remote instruction, options Education, Elementary and Secondary - School districts, student attendance data, submission Education, Elementary and Secondary - School masking regulation, nullification Education, Elementary and Secondary - Student attendance days, waiver Effective Dates, Emergency - Childcare masking regulation, nullification Effective Dates, Emergency - School districts, COVID-19 operations, options Effective Dates, Emergency - School masking requirement, nullification Public Health - Department for Public Health, test to stay option, development Public Health - Local health departments, school district assistance, requirements Retirement and Pensions - School district employees, retirement reemployment, provisions State Agencies - Department for Public Health, test to stay plan, development State Agencies - Health and Family Services, background checks, prioritization State Agencies - State Police, background checks, prioritization Background Checks - Health and Family Services, prioritization Background Checks - School districts, provisions Education, Elementary and Secondary - School districts, COVID-19 operations, options Teachers - Background checks, requirements Teachers - Emergency substittute certification, requirements Teachers - Nontraditional instruction days, staff requirements Teachers - Retirement reemployment, requirements Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - Childcare masking regulation, nullification Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - School masking regulation, nullification Children and Minors - Childcare masking regulation nullification Education, Elementary and Secondary - Classified staff, instructional activities, performance Education, Elementary and Secondary - Employee background checks, requirements Education, Elementary and Secondary - School district employees, retirement reemployment, provisions State Agencies - Administrative Office of the Courts, background checks Education, Elementary and Secondary - School districts, COVID-19 test to stay plan, options |
Jump to Proposed Amendments |
Senate Committee Substitute 1 Senate Floor Amendment 1 Senate Floor Amendment 2 Senate Floor Amendment 3 Senate Floor Amendment 4 Senate Floor Amendment 5 Senate Floor Amendment 6 Senate Floor Amendment 7 Senate Floor Amendment 8 Senate Floor Amendment 9 Senate Floor Amendment 10 Senate Floor Amendment 11 Senate Floor Amendment 12 Senate Floor Amendment 13 Senate Floor Amendment 14 Senate Floor Amendment 15 Senate Floor Amendment 16 House Floor Amendment 1 House Floor Amendment 2 House Floor Amendment 3 House Floor Amendment 4 House Floor Amendment 5 House Floor Amendment 6 House Floor Amendment 7 House Floor Amendment 8 House Floor Amendment 9 House Floor Amendment 10 House Floor Amendment 11 House Floor Amendment 12 |
Votes | Vote History |
Governor's Veto Message | Veto |
09/07/21 |
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09/08/21 |
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09/09/21 |
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Amendment | Senate Committee Substitute 1 |
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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 | Senate Floor Amendment 1 |
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Sponsor | M. Castlen |
Summary | Prohibit a school district from requiring a student to wear a mask; delete Section 7 regarding vaccination incentives. |
Index Headings |
Education, Elementary and Secondary - Student masks, prohibition Education, Elementary and Secondary - Vaccination incentives, deletion |
Amendment | Senate Floor Amendment 2 |
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Sponsor | R. Thomas |
Summary | Direct KDE to partner with schools to produce COVID-19 public service announcements; direct KDE to partner with schools to urge the public to get vaccinated for COVID-19. |
Index Headings |
Education, Elementary and Secondary - Department of Education, school partnership, COVID-19 public service announcement, vaccine campaign State Agencies - Department of Education, school partnership, COVID-19 public service announcement, vaccine campaign |
Amendment | Senate Floor Amendment 3 |
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Sponsor | R. Thomas |
Summary | Add a new section requiring a local board to provide COVID-19 sick days due to quarantine or isolation. |
Index Headings | Education, Elementary and Secondary - COVID-19 sick leave, requirement |
Amendment | Senate Floor Amendment 4 |
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Sponsor | M. Castlen |
Summary | Require a school district to provide option to parents to exempt students from mask requirements. |
Index Headings | Education, Elementary and Secondary - Student masks, exemption |
Amendment | Senate Floor Amendment 5 |
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Sponsor | A. Southworth |
Summary | Retain original language; require that any similar administrative regulations for child care centers are prohibited from requiring children five and under to wear masks; require any similar administrative regulations for public schools to allow for health and religious exemptions; require any district COVID-19 requirements to allow for health and religious exemptions. |
Index Headings |
Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - Childcare center mandates, children five and under, masks Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - School health mandates, health and religious exemptions Education, Elementary and Secondary - School district health requirements, health and religious exemptions Public Health - Childcare center mandates, children five and under, masks Public Health - School health mandates, health and religious exemptions |
Amendment | Senate Floor Amendment 6 |
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Sponsor | D. Carroll |
Summary | Create a noncodified section that shall expire on January 31, 2022 establishing standards relating to COVID-19 in child-care centers and family child-care homes. |
Index Headings |
Children and Minors - Child-care centers, COVID-19 standards Diseases - COVID-19, child-care center standards Occupations and Professions - Child-care centers, COVID-19 standards Public Health - COVID-19, child-care center standards Safety - COVID-19, child-care center standards Small Business - Child-care centers, COVID-19 standards |
Amendment | Senate Floor Amendment 7 |
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Sponsor | A. Southworth |
Summary | Delete the provision that permitted school districts to incentivize student vaccination; prohibit school districts from mandating staff or student vaccination; prohibit school districts from incentivizing student vaccination. |
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Amendment | Senate Floor Amendment 8 |
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Sponsor | S. Meredith |
Summary | Provide up to 20 days of remote instruction at each school in a school district. |
Index Headings | Education, Elementary and Secondary - Remote days, allotment |
Amendment | Senate Floor Amendment 9 |
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Sponsor | R. Thomas |
Summary | Add a new section requiring a local board to provide COVID-19 sick days due to quarantine or isolation. |
Index Headings | Education, Elementary and Secondary - COVID-19 sick leave, requirement |
Amendment | Senate Floor Amendment 10 |
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Sponsor | R. Thomas |
Summary | Direct KDE to partner with schools to produce COVID-19 public service announcements; direct KDE to partner with schools to urge the public to get vaccinated for COVID-19. |
Index Headings |
Education, Elementary and Secondary - Department of Education, school partnership, COVID-19 public service announcement, vaccine campaign State Agencies - Department of Education, school partnership, COVID-19 public service announcement, vaccine campaign |
Amendment | Senate Floor Amendment 11 |
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Sponsor | M. McGarvey |
Summary | Permit classified staff employed by the school district to perform only noninstructional activities without supervision by certified staff during the 2021-2022 school year. |
Index Headings | Education, Elementary and Secondary - Classified staff, noninstructional activites |
Amendment | Senate Floor Amendment 12 |
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Sponsor | M. McGarvey |
Summary | Create an exception for on-site work on NTI or remote instruction days for employees who lack childcare. |
Index Headings |
Education, Elementary and Secondary - Remote instruction, on-site work requirement, exception for lack of childcare Teachers - Remote instruction, on-site work requirement, exception for lack of childcare |
Amendment | Senate Floor Amendment 13 |
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Sponsor | G. Neal |
Summary | Allow a district to request additional nontraditional instruction days for a hybrid schedule. |
Index Headings | Education, Elementary and Secondary - Hybrid schedule, requirements |
Amendment | Senate Floor Amendment 14 |
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Sponsor | G. Neal |
Summary | Allow remote instruction up to 20 days per school; allow a district to request additional remote instruction days. |
Index Headings | Education, Elementary and Secondary - Remote instruction, allotment |
Amendment | Senate Floor Amendment 15 |
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Sponsor | A. Southworth |
Summary | Delete the provision that permitted school districts to incentivize student vaccination; prohibit school districts from mandating staff or student vaccination; prohibit school districts from incentivizing student vaccination. |
Index Headings |
Teachers - COVID-19 vaccination mandates, prohibition Children and Minors - COVID-19 vaccination, student mandates and incentives, prohibition Education, Elementary and Secondary - COVID-19 vaccination, mandates and incentives, prohibition |
Amendment | Senate Floor Amendment 16 |
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Sponsor | A. Southworth |
Summary | Retain original language; require that any similar administrative regulations for child care centers are prohibited from requiring children five and under to wear masks; require any similar administrative regulations for public schools to allow for health and religious exemptions; require any district COVID-19 requirements to allow for health and religious exemptions. |
Index Headings |
Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - Childcare center mandates, children five and under, masks Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - School health mandates, health and religious exemptions Education, Elementary and Secondary - School district health requirements, health and religious exemptions Public Health - Childcare center mandates, children five and under, masks Public Health - School health mandates, health and religious exemptions |
Amendment | House Floor Amendment 1 |
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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 |
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 Education, Elementary and Secondary - School bus drivers, education requirements, temporary exemption |
Amendment | House Floor Amendment 2 |
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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 3 |
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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 4 |
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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 5 |
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Sponsor | J. Donohue |
Summary | Allow a school to count up to 30 minutes per day instructional time for COVID-19 related activities. |
Index Headings | Education, Elementary and Secondary - Instructional time, COVID-19 activities, inclusion |
Amendment | House Floor Amendment 6 |
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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 7 |
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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 8 |
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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 9 |
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Sponsor | J. Jenkins |
Summary | Define "red zone", "orange zone", "yellow zone", and "green zone"; provide that, until January 15, 2022, when the Department for Public Health declares a county in a red zone, the Governor may implement a mask mandate for school districts and child care centers in the county; provide that when the Department for Public Health declares a county in a yellow or green zone for two consecutive weeks, the local school board and local health department can end the mask mandate for the school district or child care centers. |
Index Headings |
Children and Minors - Child care facilities, mask mandate, provisions Education, Elementary and Secondary - Mask mandates, authorization Governor - Mask mandates, authorization Public Health - Local health department, mask mandate, authorization Public Health - Mask mandates, provisions |
Amendment | House Floor Amendment 10 |
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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 11 |
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Sponsor | J. Calloway |
Summary | Prohibit a school district from using intimidation tactics or negative incentives to encourage vaccination; prohibit a school district from mandating immunization. |
Index Headings | Education, Elementary and Secondary - COVID-19 vaccination, incentives and mandates, prohibition |
Amendment | House Floor Amendment 12 |
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Sponsor | S. Maddox |
Summary | Prohibit a school district from using intimidation tactics or negative incentives to encourage vaccination; prohibit a school district from mandating immunization. |
Index Headings | Education, Elementary and Secondary - COVID-19 vaccination, incentives and mandates, prohibition |
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