26RS SB 318

Senate Bill 318

Actions

Last Action	03/02/26: to Committee on Committees (S)
Title	AN ACT relating to digital instruction.
Bill Documents	Introduced
Bill Request Number	1261
Sponsor	L. Tichenor
Summary of Original Version	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms, restrict digital instruction time for students in kindergarten to grade 5 to 45 minutes per student per day; exclude designated uses of technology from the restriction; direct in-person elementary schools to require at least 70% of student assignments to be written; require daily access to traditional learning material; require incorporation of physical manipulatives into math and science instruction; prohibit replacing primary instruction with instructional technology for designated elementary subjects; prohibit homework that requires instructional technology; prohibit requiring students to carry instructional technology to and from school daily; prohibit replacing library time with digital reading labs; require each school district to adopt a written technology-use policy; require school districts to publish an annual technology use report that includes designated items to its website.
Index Headings of Original Version	Boards And Commissions - Local boards of education, written technology-use plan and annual report, requirement Children And Minors - Public elementary students, instructional technology, limitation of use Education, Elementary And Secondary - Public elementary students, instructional technology, limitation of use Reports Mandated - School districts, technology-use report, annual requirement Teachers - Instructional technology, elementary student use, restrictions Technology - Instructional technology, public elementary students, limitation of use