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.

Summary of Amendment: Senate Committee Substitute 1

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.

Summary of Amendment: Senate Floor Amendment 1 -- 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.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 158.120, 157.350, 156.070
Senate Committee Substitute 1: 158.120, 157.350, 156.070