Summary of Original Version

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, 2026.

Summary of Amendment: Senate Committee Substitute 1

Summary Retain original provisions; change the sunset date for the virtual program from 2026 to 2028; 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; establish that no further nonresident pupil enrollments shall occur after June 30, 2028.

Summary of Amendment: Senate Floor Amendment 1 -- C. McDaniel

Summary Amend KRS 157.360 to adjust each district's base funding level based on nonresident virtual program pupil enrollment; create a new section of KRS Chapter 157 to establish definitions and provide how a school district's guaranteed base funding level shall be adjusted based on nonresident pupil enrollment in a virtual program.

Statutes affected:
Senate Committee Substitute 1: 157.320, 157.360, 158.120