Kentucky
General Assembly

02/04/25	introduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)
02/07/25	to Primary and Secondary Education (H)
02/19/25	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
02/20/25	2nd reading, to Rules posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 21, 2025
02/21/25	3rd reading, passed 82-7 with Committee Substitute (1)
02/25/25	received in Senate to Committee on Committees (S)
02/26/25	to Education (S) taken from Education (S) 1st reading returned to Education (S)
02/27/25	reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 28, 2025 floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
02/28/25	passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
03/04/25	passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day floor amendments (2) and (4) filed to Committee Substitute , floor amendment (3-title) filed to bill
03/05/25	passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day recommitted to Education (S)
03/06/25	reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (2) and Committee Amendment (1-title) posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 06, 2025 3rd reading committee substitute (1) ruled out of order floor amendments (1), (2), (3-title) and (4) ruled out of order passed 23-14 with Committee Substitute (2) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
03/07/25	received in House to Rules (H)
03/11/25	posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (2), and Committee Amendment (1-title) House refused to concur in Senate Committee Substitute (2) received in Senate to Rules (S) taken from Rules
03/12/25	posted for passage for receding from Senate Committee Substitute (2) and Committee Amendment (1-title) Senate refused to recede from Committee Substitute (2) and Committee Amendment (1-title) Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate
03/13/25	Conference Committee report (1) filed in House Conference Committee report adopted in House Conference Committee report (1) filed in Senate Conference Committee report adopted in Senate Free Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate Free Conference Committee report filed in House and Senate posted for passage for consideration of Free Conference Committee Report (1) Free Conference Committee report adopted in Senate bill passed 31-6
03/14/25	received in House to Rules (H) posted for passage for consideration of Free Conference Free Conference Committee Report (1) Free Conference Committee report adopted in House passed 91-0 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House enrolled, signed by President of the Senate delivered to Governor
03/25/25	filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
03/27/25	became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 94)

Amendment	House Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Retain original provisions, except provide five disaster relief student attendance days; require the commissioner of education to deny school day waiver requests for school districts that did not make up days by adding time to the student instructional day.
Index Headings	Education, Elementary and Secondary - Local school districts, disaster relief student attendance days, allowance Education, Elementary and Secondary - Student attendance days, waiver denial, 2024-2025 school year State Agencies - Kentucky Department of Education, disaster relief student attendance days, allowance State Agencies - Kentucky Department of Education, local boards, school calendar Boards and Commissions - Local boards of education, student attendance days, waiver denial

Amendment	Senate Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Retain original provisions; include an incentive for school districts that do not use any of the five disaster relief student attendance days and the five days waivable by the commissioner of education; provide those school districts with five additional low attendance days.
Index Headings	Education, Elementary and Secondary - Local school districts, school calendar incentives, low attendance days Education, Finance - Local school districts, school calendar incentives, low attendance days

Amendment	Senate Committee Substitute 2
Summary	Retain original provisions; include an incentive for school districts that do not use any of the five disaster relief student attendance days and the five days waivable by the commissioner of education; provide those school districts with five additional low attendance days; amend KRS 157.320 to define "virtual program"; amend KRS 157.360 to include virtual programs in the exclusion for class size loads of 150 pupil hours per day for a teacher; amend KRS 158.120 to establish nonresident pupil enrollment limitations for a district's virtual program; require that no further nonresident pupil enrollments is to occur after June 30, 2028; prohibit the commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Education, the Kentucky Board of Education, and the Kentucky Department of Education from establishing or implementing, or requiring a school district to implement, any cap, limitation, or restriction on enrollment for a virtual program; prohibit the Kentucky Department of Education and the Kentucky Board of Education from reducing or withholding any funds due to a school district from the fund to Support Education Excellence in Kentucky based on the district's operation of a virtual program; sunset prohibitions on June 30, 2028, EMERGENCY.
Index Headings	Education, Elementary and Secondary - Local school districts, school calendar incentives, low attendance days Education, Elementary and Secondary - Virtual program, enrollment cap, prohibition Education, Elementary and Secondary - Virtual program, nonresident pupil enrollment, establishment of guidelines Education, Elementary and Secondary - Virtual program, SEEK fund withholding, prohibition Education, Elementary and Secondary - Virtual program, teacher class size load cap, exclusion Education, Finance - Local school districts, school calendar incentives, low attendance days Education, Finance - Virtual program, SEEK fund withholding, prohibition Education, Vocational - Virtual program, nonresident pupil enrollment, establishment of guidelines Education, Vocational - Virtual program, teacher class size load cap, exclusion Effective Dates, Emergency - Local school districts, school calendar incentives, low attendance days Sunset Legislation - Virtual program, enrollment cap, prohibition, after June 30, 2028 Sunset Legislation - Virtual program, nonresident pupil enrollment, discontinue June 30, 2028 Sunset Legislation - Virtual program, SEEK fund withholding, prohibition after June 30, 2028

Amendment	Senate Committee Amendment 1
Sponsor	S. West
Summary	Make title amendment.
Index Headings	Title Amendments - HB 241/GA

Amendment	Senate Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor	L. Tichenor
Summary	Retain original provisions, except delete subsection (3) in its entirety.
Index Headings	Education, Elementary and Secondary - Local school districts, disaster relief student attendance days, removal State Agencies - Local school districts, disaster relief student attendance days, removal

Amendment	Senate Floor Amendment 2
Sponsor	L. Tichenor
Summary	Retain original provisions; direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Nontraditional Instruction and Virtual Instruction Models Task Force; outline task force duties; establish membership; require the task force to meet monthly; require the task force to submit any findings and recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2025,
Index Headings	Education, Elementary and Secondary - Nontraditional Instruction and Virtual Instruction Models Task Force, creation Education, Finance - Nontraditional Instruction and Virtual Instruction Models Task Force, creation Legislative Research Commission - Nontraditional Instruction and Virtual Instruction Models Task Force, creation Task Forces, Legislative Branch - Nontraditional Instruction and Virtual Instruction Models Task Force, creation

Amendment	Senate Floor Amendment 3
Sponsor	L. Tichenor
Summary	Make title amendment.
Index Headings	Title Amendments - HB 241

Amendment	Senate Floor Amendment 4
Sponsor	L. Tichenor
Summary	Amend KRS 156.395 to include a definition of "virtual instructional materials"; create a new section of KRS Chapter KRS 156 to require each local board of education to provide a single source of virtual instructional materials.
Index Headings	Education, Elementary and Secondary - Local boards of education, virtual instructional materials, provision Teachers - Local boards of education, virtual instructional materials, provision

Amendment	Conference Committee Report 1
Summary	Cannot agree.
Index Headings	Conference Committee Reports - HB 241

Amendment	Free Conference Committee Report 1
Summary	Retain language and require that the maximum class size loads for middle and secondary classroom teachers in virtual programs is not to exceed 300 pupil hours per day; establish the terms and conditions for non-resident pupil enrollment in virtual programs; terminate non-resident enrollment in virtual programs on June 30, 2028; amend KRS 158.100 to require local boards operating a virtual program to adopt a policy to address student failures to complete state-mandated assessments; establish limitations for virtual program enrollment in qualifying districts based on academic performance; make title amendment.
Index Headings	Conference Committee Reports - HB 241 Education, Elementary and Secondary - Virtual programs, non-resident pupil enrollment, terms, establishment Education, Vocational - Virtual programs, non-resident pupil enrollment, terms, establishment Teachers - Virtual program, maximum class size loads, middle and secondary teachers, establishment Sunset Legislation - Virtual program, non-resident pupil enrollment, June 30, 2028