Summary of Original Version

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 13A to nullify 902 KAR 2:213E and 702 KAR 1:195E; direct each school district to have a COVID-19 operations in place; direct the Department for Public Health to develop a model "test to stay" COVID-19 model for school districts; direct local health departments to assist school districts in implementing their COVID-19 operation plans; provide a temporary remote instruction option for school districts to use at the school, classroom, grade, or group level; provide that districts may submit 2018-2019 or 2019-2020 attendance data for the 2021-2022 school year; require all certified staff and classified staff designated by a school district to work on-site during a nontraditional instruction day; for the 2021-2022 school year, temporarily revise requirements for emergency substitute certification, allow instructional activities to be performed by classified staff, and allow a district to temporarily hire staff upon receipt of a preliminary background check; direct the Kentucky State Police and Cabinet for Health and Family Services to prioritize school district background checks; temporarily revise retirement reemployment provisions until January 15, 2022; allow a school district to submit a school calendar plan to receive a waiver of 170 required student attendance days if 1,062 hours are achieved for the 2021-2022 school year; EMERGENCY.

Summary of Amendment: House Committee Substitute 1

Summary Retain original provisions except delete language encouraging vaccination incentives; delete reemployment provisions except for one-month break in service requirement; increase critical shortage threshold to 10%; provide that pandemic relief funds may be used for the cost of hiring critical shortage teachers.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 1 -- L. Willner

Summary Add a new section providing for hybrid instruction until December 31, 2021.

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

Summary Specify that no school district or government entity shall require immunization of any person who is opposed to medical immunization against disease based on religious grounds or conscientiously held beliefs.

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

Summary Specify that the administrative body is prohibited from promulgating regulations pertaining to the same subject as the regulations referred to in section 1(1) and section 2(1).

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

Summary Specify that on-site testing options apply to staff; require that the model plan shall not discriminate on the basis of vaccination status.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 5 -- F. Rabourn

Summary Nullify 702 KAR 1:191E.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 6 -- A. Tackett Laferty

Summary Retain original provisions; in order to support "test and stay" model school plans, temporarily revise retirement reemployment provisions for local and district health departments until January 15, 2022.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 7 -- J. Donohue

Summary Allow a school to count up to 30 minutes as instructional time for COVID-19 related activities.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 8 -- C. Stevenson

Summary Allow local boards of education, during the 2021-2022 school year, to hire school bus drivers who do not possess a high school diploma or equivalency diploma; require all bus drivers hired under this exemption to possess a valid CDL with a school bus endorsement.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 9 -- T. Bojanowski

Summary Modify to allow for 20 days of remote instruction for each school building instead of for each district.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 10 -- T. Bojanowski

Summary Require a local board of education to provide COVID-19 sick days due to quarantine or isolation.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 11 -- T. Bojanowski

Summary Grant a school district an additional 10 NTI days for when a district is closed due to circumstanced related to COVID-19; allow a school district to request approval for an additional 10 NTI days.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 12 -- T. Bojanowski

Summary Modify to allow for 20 days of remote instruction for each school building instead of for each district.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 13 -- T. Bojanowski

Summary Require a local board of education to provide COVID-19 sick days due to quarantine or isolation.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 14 -- T. Bojanowski

Summary Grant a school district an additional 10 NTI days for when it is closed due to COVID-19; allow a school district to request approval for an additional 10 NTI days.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 15 -- C. Stevenson

Summary Allow local boards of education, during the 2021-2022 school year, to hire school bus drivers who do not possess a high school diploma or equivalency diploma; require all bus drivers hired under this exemption to possess a valid CDL with a school bus endorsement.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 16 -- A. Tackett Laferty

Summary Retain original provisions; temporarily revise retirement reemployment provisions for local and district health departments to require only a one-month break in service.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 17 -- J. Donohue

Summary Allow a school to count up to 30 minutes as instructional time for COVID-19 related activities.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 18 -- L. Willner

Summary Add a new section providing for hybrid instruction until December 31, 2021.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 19 -- J. Calloway

Summary Specify that on-site testing options apply to staff; require that the model plan shall not discriminate on the basis of vaccination status.