| Last Action | 03/15/24: floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute |
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| Title | AN ACT relating to students. |
| Bill Documents | Introduced |
| Bill Request Number | 1458 |
| Sponsor | S. West |
| Summary of Original Version | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 159 to allow the enrollment of a child on a part-time basis in a school district; establish conditions for the part-time enrollment; amend KRS 158.120 to prohibit a district's nonresident pupil policy from discriminating against any pupil on the basis of residential address, abilities, disability, race, ethnicity, sex, or socioeconomic status; require the policy be posted on the district website; prohibit charging tuition to any child; require a board of education to establish policies for a calculation to determine enrollment capacity; establish requirements for a district's nonresident pupil policy; require districts to report to the Kentucky Department of Education numbers related to nonresident pupils and require the department to publish the reports on the department's website, authorize the department to promulgate administrative regulations for nonresident enrollment appeals processes and forms; amend KRS 157.350 and 156.070 to conform. |
| Index Headings of Original Version |
Education, Elementary and Secondary - Kentucky Department of Education, nonresident pupil data, appeals process Education, Elementary and Secondary - Nonresident pupil policies, requirements, establishment Education, Elementary and Secondary - Part-time student enrollment in public schools, authorization Education, Elementary and Secondary - Tuition, public school, prohibition Education, Finance - Nonresident pupil policies, requirements, establishment Education, Finance - Part-time student enrollment in public schools, authorization Education, Finance - Tuition, public school, prohibition State Agencies - Kentucky Department of Education, nonresident pupil data, report Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - Kentucky Board of Education, nonresident pupils, appeals process Boards and Commissions - Kentucky Board of Education, nonresident pupils, appeals process Reports Mandated - Kentucky Department of Education, nonresident pupil data, report |
| Jump to Proposed Amendments |
Senate Committee Substitute 1 Senate Floor Amendment 1 |
| 02/14/24 |
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| 02/16/24 |
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| 03/07/24 |
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| 03/15/24 |
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| Amendment | Senate Committee Substitute 1 |
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| Summary | Retain original provisions; specify that a part-time student shall not be concurrently enrolled in more than one public school; specify that a nonresident pupil policy shall not discriminate on the basis of athletic abilities or status in a protected class; restore original language concerning the charging of a reasonable tuition for nonresident children; require the board of education of the school district in which the pupil resides to pay the reasonable tuition; delete language establishing reserved capacity for nonresident pupils; authorize the local board to designate a district employee or a committee to review nonresident enrollment applications subject to an appeal to the board; establish that the athletic eligibility of a student transferring pursuant to a nonresident pupil policy is specific to a varsity sport in which the student has previously participated and is one year from the last participation in that sport. |
| Index Headings |
Education, Elementary and Secondary - Nonresident pupil enrollment, admissions process Education, Elementary and Secondary - Nonresident pupil policy, requirements Education, Elementary and Secondary - Nonresident pupil varsity transfer eligibility, modification Education, Elementary and Secondary - Nonresident pupil, tuition fee Education, Finance - Nonresident pupil, tuition fee Athletics - Nonresident pupil varsity transfer eligibility, modification |
| Amendment | Senate Floor Amendment 1 |
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| Sponsor | S. West |
| Summary | Amend to prohibit part-time student participation in specified sports or sports activities in which championships are sponsored by the state board; require tuition fees be waived for students eligible for federal free or reduced price lunch; restore language concerning a resident district's paying of a student's tuition; delete language concerning the basis of a school's capacity be based on maximum class sizes; and restore language authorizing the waiver of tuition fees for a nonresident pupil of a district employee. |
| Index Headings |
Athletics - Part-time public school students, interscholastic athletics, eligibility Education, Elementary and Secondary - Nonresident pupils, public schools, tuition fees Education, Elementary and Secondary - Nonresident pupils, public schools, capacity Education, Elementary and Secondary - Part-time public school students, interscholastic athletics, eligibility Education, Finance - Nonresident pupils, public schools, tuition fees |
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