Summary of Original Version

Amend KRS 160.345 to remove the Kentucky Department of Education's reporting requirement on school physical activity, prohibit the department or the Kentucky Board of Education from requiring a school to complete any component of a comprehensive school improvement plan that is not expressly required from that specific school by federal law or state statute; amend KRS 156.101 to remove superintendents' reporting requirement on instructional leaders who fail to complete required training; amend KRS 160.380 to remove superintendents' annual reporting requirement on a district's minority teacher recruitment process; amend KRS 158.1413 to remove superintendents' reporting requirement on school districts' essential workplace ethics programs; repeal KRS 158.867, relating to minimum requirements for summer learning camps; authorize the Kentucky Department of Education and Kentucky Board of Education to continue to collect designated existing reports; prohibit the Kentucky Department of Education and Kentucky Board of Education from requiring designated reports; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2026.

Summary of Amendment: House Committee Substitute 1

Summary Retain original provisions, except remove KRS 156.101 and the amendments to it; amend KRS 158.647 to allow the Education Assessment and Accountability Review Subcommittee to tentatively authorize the Kentucky Department of Education and Kentucky Board of Education to require a new report not expressly authorized by state statute or federal law when the General Assembly is not in session; provide that tentative authorization expires upon sine die adjournment of the following regular session; expand the type of reports that the Kentucky Department of Education and Kentucky Board of Education are authorized to require to include designated new reports.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 1 -- S. Baker

Summary Make technical correction.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 160.345, 156.101, 160.380, 158.1413
House Committee Substitute 1: 160.345, 160.380, 158.1413
Current: 160.345, 160.380, 158.1413