Summary of Original Version

Provide that school districts may request approval for more than 10 student attendance days under a nontraditional instruction plan related to the COVID-19 emergency; require a school to submit a nontraditional instruction plan for the 2021-2022 school year within the Comprehensive District Improvement Plan by May 1, 2021; provide for how districts shall measure daily student participation while operating under an approved nontraditional instruction plan due to COVID-19; suspend any extended school calendar requirement for an educational program for state agency children; allow school districts to provide additional emergency leave days for staff due to the COVID-19 public health emergency; direct the Kentucky Department of Education to seek federal waivers regarding school meal service rules in relation to the COVID-19 public health emergency; provide that the Kentucky Board of Education may waive statewide assessment and accountability system requirements in accordance with federal waivers received; direct the Kentucky Department of Education to seek federal waivers from the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act in relation to the COVID-19 public health emergency; allow a local board of education to revise its certified evaluation plan due to the COVID-19 public health emergency; allow a principal to award additional educational enhancement opportunity days to students to meet obligations that occur prior to the last day of school due to the COVID-19 public health emergency; allow school districts to email required notices to school district employees; allow school districts to use the school district attendance data selected by the district pursuant to 2020 Senate Bill 177 to calculate average daily attendance; allow a school to count up to 30 minutes as instructional time when used for COVID-19 related activities for in-person instruction; make the provisions of the Act retroactive to the 2020-2021 school year and effective for the 2021-2022 school year, if applicable; EMERGENCY.

Summary of Amendment: House Committee Substitute 1

Summary Retain original provisions except remove references to a declared state of emergency; provide that school districts must report attendance data for the 2021-2022 school year; make the provisions of the Act retroactive to the 2020-2021 school year only except as provided; EMERGENCY.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 1 -- F. Rabourn

Summary Delete language regarding waiver of statewide assessments related to COVID-19.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 2 -- F. Rabourn

Summary Require student attendance data for school years 2020-2021 and 2021-2022, including those students enrolled in hybrid or virtual instruction, to be used for the purposes of calculating SEEK funding.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 3 -- F. Rabourn

Summary Require districts to provide in-person instruction to all students after March 1, 2021, in order to request approval for additional nontraditional instruction days; require any nontraditional instruction plan for the 2021-2022 school year to include in-person instruction on nontraditional instruction days; require a school district that offers remote instruction to ensure that each student has adequate technology and internet resources to participate.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 4 -- F. Rabourn

Summary Require districts to provide in-person instruction to all students after March 1, 2021, except in the case of inclement weather, in order to request approval for additional nontraditional instruction days; require any nontraditional instruction plan for the 2021-2022 school year to include in-person instruction on nontraditional instruction days except for up to 10 nontraditional instruction days utilized due to inclement weather; require a school district that offers remote instruction to ensure that each student has adequate technology and internet resources to participate.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 5 -- R. Huff

Summary Require school districts to offer in-person instruction at least 80% of the time consisting of at least 40% in-person instructional time to all students from March 29, 2021, through the end of the 2020-2021 school year; allow a district that does not meet the in-person requirements to request additional NTI days only if the county COVID-19 incidence rate exceeds 25 per 100,000; require a school district to offer remote instruction to students who request it due to COVID-19.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 6 -- F. Rabourn

Summary Require districts to provide in-person instruction to all students after March 15, 2021, except in the case of inclement weather, in order to request approval for additional nontraditional instruction days; require any nontraditional instruction plan for the 2021-2022 school year to include in-person instruction on nontraditional instruction days except for up to 10 nontraditional instruction days utilized due to inclement weather; require a school district that offers remote instruction to ensure that each student has adequate technology and internet resources to participate.

Summary of Amendment: Senate Committee Substitute 1

Summary Retain original provisions except require a school district to provide in-person instruction at least 80% of the instructional time consisting of a minimum of 40% in-person instructional time to all students to receive approval for additional nontraditional instruction plan days.