26RS HB 635

House Bill 635

Actions

Last Action	02/12/26: to Committee on Committees (H)
Title	AN ACT relating to education and declaring an emergency.
Bill Documents	Introduced
Bill Request Number	2114
Sponsors	T. Truett, C. Aull, J. Blanton, C. Fugate, D. Lewis, T. Smith
Summary of Original Version	Amend KRS 158.070 to permit a local board of education to amend its school calendar by adding time to the school day to reach the required 1,062 hours of instructional time; for the 2025-2026 school year, allow local school districts to make up days missed by adding instructional time to student attendance days; notwithstand the requirement for the student instructional year to have 170 student attendance days; allow waiver of up to 5 student attendance days if a school district is unable to provide the required 1,062 hours of instruction by June 10, 2026; require a local board of education seeking to revise its calendar to submit a plan for approval to the Department of Education; allow instructional time made up and days waived to count as employee contracted days; provide that districts that used 10 or fewer nontraditional instruction days and choose not to use any waived days shall have the district's average daily attendance calculated by deducting 5 low attendance days in addition to the 5 days deducted under KRS 157.320(2); EFFECTIVE, in part, July 1, 2026; EMERGENCY.
Index Headings of Original Version	Boards And Commissions - Local boards of education, school calendar amendment, permitted Boards And Commissions - Local boards of education, student attendance days, waiver Children And Minors - Student attendance days, school calendar amendment, waiver Education, Elementary And Secondary - Student attendance days, school calendar amendment, waiver Effective Dates, Emergency - Student attendance days, school calendar amendment, waiver State Agencies - Kentucky Department of Education, local boards of education, school calendar amendment Teachers - Teacher contract days, school calendar amendment, waiver