Summary of Original Version

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms; permit local school districts to develop and implement a local accountability system; require data publication on the local accountability system; require the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) to provide technical assistance in the development of local accountability; permit KDE to incentivize local accountability; set the time frame for requiring local accountability in all local school districts; authorize the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate necessary administrative regulations; amend KRS 158.6453 to update terminology regarding academic standards; remove specific writing and editing and mechanics as required summative assessments; require KDE to incorporate a writing program into academic standards and professional development; require school-based decision making councils to adopt a writing program policy and publish it on the school's website; remove requirement for KDE to establish recommendations on using preliminary assessment data to identify students for advanced coursework; amend KRS 158.6455 to add individual student growth metric and student engagement as state indicators in the accountability system, remove quality of school climate and safety as state indicator, remove "status" and "change" metrics from state accountability system; amend KRS 158.6459, 164.7874, and 157.069 to conform.

Summary of Amendment: House Committee Substitute 1

Summary Retain original provisions, except change the annual incentive offered by the Department of Education to a 1 time payment to local school districts to offset costs up to $15,000; modify the definition of "locally developed indicators of quality" to include a demonstration of the abilities of all students; amend KRS 158.6453 to give superintendent the authority to select the writing program policy.

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

Summary Retain original provisions; amend KRS 158.6455 to include quality of school climate survey as a state indicator in the accountability system.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 2 -- A. Camuel

Summary Retain original provisions; amend Section 1 to require, if a local school district adopts a locally developed indicator of quality that includes a quality of climate and school safety survey, the findings of the survey shall be reported to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Summary of Amendment: Senate Committee Substitute 1

Summary Retain original provisions; add targeted quality measures as a required state indicator in the accountability system; require targeted quality measures to account for no less than 5% of weight in accountability.

Summary of Amendment: Senate Floor Amendment 1 -- L. Tichenor

Summary Make title amendment.

Summary of Amendment: Senate Floor Amendment 2 -- L. Tichenor

Summary Retain original provisions; 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.

Summary of Amendment: Senate Floor Amendment 3 -- L. Tichenor

Summary Retain original provisions; 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.

Summary of Amendment: Senate Floor Amendment 4 -- L. Tichenor

Summary Retain original provisions, except modify definition of locally developed indicators of quality; delete definition of vibrant learning; remove provisions on requirements for locally developed indicators of quality; remove threshold requirement for statewide adoption of locally developed indicators of quality.

Summary of Amendment: Senate Floor Amendment 5 -- L. Tichenor

Summary Retain original provisions, except modify definition of locally developed indicators of quality; delete definition of vibrant learning; remove provisions on requirements for locally developed indicators of quality; remove threshold requirement for statewide adoption of locally developed indicators of quality.

Summary of Amendment: Senate Floor Amendment 6 -- S. West

Summary Retain original provisions, except delete language creating a threshold for all local school districts to be required to adopt a system of locally developed indicators of quality.

Summary of Amendment: Senate Floor Amendment 7 -- S. West

Summary Retain original provisions, except delete language creating a threshold for all local school districts to be required to adopt a system of locally developed indicators of quality.

Summary of Amendment: Conference Committee Report 1 -- C. Aull

Summary Do not agree.

Summary of Amendment: Free Conference Committee Report 1 -- C. Aull

Summary Retain original language of SCS 1, as amended by SFA 6, except modify the targeted quality measures and delay the addition of targeted quality measures as a statewide indicator in the accountability system until July 1, 2030; amend KRS 158.6453 (Effective July 1, 2026) to add targeted quality measures to the school and district report card until June 30, 2030; direct the Kentucky Department of Education to submit a study by November 1, 2026, to the Interim Joint Committee on Education on middle school mathematics and middle school advanced mathematics coursework; define the minimum contents of the report; authorize the department to collect data and reports from Kentucky public schools and school districts relevant to inform the study.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 158.6455, 158.6459, 164.7874, 157.069
House Committee Substitute 1: 158.6455, 158.6459, 164.7874, 157.069
Senate Committee Substitute 1: 158.6455, 158.6459, 164.7874, 157.069
Current: 158.6455, 158.6459, 164.7874, 157.069