Summary of Original Version

Amend KRS 158.175 to require moments of silence or reflection at the start of each school day and establish guidelines.

Summary of Amendment: House Committee Substitute 1

Summary Retain original provisions; amend KRS 158.200 to detail the process by which local boards of education are authorized to permit pupils to attend moral instruction; require individuals or groups seeking to provide moral instruction to submit a request to a board and establish requirements to be included in request; require superintendents to submit individuals providing transportation or moral instruction for criminal history and clear CA/N background checks; establish that students attending moral instruction are counted in average daily attendance for SEEK funding; repeal KRS 158.210, 158.220, 158.230, 158.240, 158.250, and 158.260.

Summary of Amendment: House Committee Amendment 1 -- J. Petrie

Summary Make title amendment.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 1 -- A. Moore

Summary Retain original provisions, except delete requirements for pupils to remain seated and silent and make no distracting display during a moment of silence or reflection.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 2 -- M. Marzian

Summary Retain original provisions, except amend KRS 158.175 to replace the recitation of the traditional Lord's prayer in schools with the preamble to the Constitution of the United States.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 3 -- A. Moore

Summary Retain original provisions, except delete requirements for pupils to remain seated and silent, and to make no distracting display during a moment of silence or reflection.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 4 -- D. Grossberg

Summary Retain original provisions, except amend KRS 158.175 to replace the recitation of the traditional Lord's prayer in schools with the preamble to the Constitution of the United States.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 158.175
House Committee Substitute 1: 158.175, 158.200
Current: 158.175