2025 Regular Session • Kentucky Legislature
HB241: AN ACT relating to education and declaring an emergency.
Legislative Summary
Allow local school districts to make up days missed by adding instructional time to student attendance days; notwithstand the requirement for the student instructional year to have 170 student attendance days; allow waiver of up to five student attendance days if a school district is unable to provide the required 1,062 hours of instruction by June 4, 2025; require local boards of education seeking to revise its calendar to submit a plan for approval to the Department of Education; allow instructional time made up and days waived to count as employee contracted days; EMERGENCY.
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Bill History
2/4/2025
introduced in House
House of Representatives
2/4/2025
to Committee on Committees (H)
House of Representatives
2/7/2025
to Primary and Secondary Education (H)
House of Representatives
2/19/2025
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
House of Representatives
2/20/2025
2nd reading, to Rules
House of Representatives
2/20/2025
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 21, 2025
House of Representatives
2/21/2025
3rd reading, passed 82-7 with Committee Substitute (1)
House of Representatives
2/25/2025
received in Senate
Senate
2/25/2025
to Committee on Committees (S)
Senate
2/26/2025
to Education (S)
Senate
2/26/2025
taken from Education (S)
Senate
2/26/2025
1st reading
Senate
2/26/2025
returned to Education (S)
Senate
2/27/2025
reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1)
Senate
2/27/2025
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 28, 2025
Senate
2/27/2025
floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
Senate
2/28/2025
passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
Senate
3/4/2025
passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
Senate
3/4/2025
floor amendments (2) and (4) filed to Committee Substitute , floor amendment (3-title) filed to bill
Senate
3/5/2025
passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
Senate
3/5/2025
recommitted to Education (S)
Senate
3/6/2025
reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (2) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
Senate
3/6/2025
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 06, 2025
Senate
3/6/2025
3rd reading
Senate
3/6/2025
committee substitute (1) ruled out of order
Senate
3/6/2025
floor amendments (1), (2), (3-title) and (4) ruled out of order
Senate
3/6/2025
passed 23-14 with Committee Substitute (2) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
Senate
3/7/2025
received in House
House of Representatives
3/7/2025
to Rules (H)
House of Representatives
3/11/2025
posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (2), and Committee Amendment (1-title)
House of Representatives
3/11/2025
House refused to concur in Senate Committee Substitute (2)
House of Representatives
3/11/2025
received in Senate
Senate
3/11/2025
to Rules (S)
Senate
3/11/2025
taken from Rules
Senate
3/12/2025
posted for passage for receding from Senate Committee Substitute (2) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
Senate
3/12/2025
Senate refused to recede from Committee Substitute (2) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
Senate
3/12/2025
Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate
Senate
3/13/2025
Conference Committee report (1) filed in House
Senate
3/13/2025
Conference Committee report adopted in House
Senate
3/13/2025
Conference Committee report (1) filed in Senate
Senate
3/13/2025
Conference Committee report adopted in Senate
Senate
3/13/2025
Free Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate
Senate
3/13/2025
Free Conference Committee report filed in House and Senate
Senate
3/13/2025
posted for passage for consideration of Free Conference Committee Report (1)
Senate
3/13/2025
Free Conference Committee report adopted in Senate
Senate
3/13/2025
bill passed 31-6
Senate
3/14/2025
received in House
House of Representatives
3/14/2025
to Rules (H)
House of Representatives
3/14/2025
posted for passage for consideration of Free Conference Free Conference Committee Report (1)
House of Representatives
3/14/2025
Free Conference Committee report adopted in House
House of Representatives
3/14/2025
passed 91-0
House of Representatives
3/14/2025
enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
House of Representatives
3/14/2025
enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
House of Representatives
3/14/2025
delivered to Governor
House of Representatives
3/25/2025
filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
House of Representatives
3/27/2025
became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 94)
House of Representatives
Amendments
House Committee Substitute
House Committee Substitute 1
Not Adopted
Senate Committee Substitute
Senate Committee Substitute 1
Not Adopted
Senate Floor Amendment
Senate Floor Amendment 2
Not Adopted
Senate Floor Amendment
Senate Floor Amendment 3
Not Adopted
Senate Floor Amendment
Senate Floor Amendment 1
Not Adopted
Senate Floor Amendment
Senate Floor Amendment 4
Not Adopted
Senate Committee Substitute
Senate Committee Substitute 2
Not Adopted
Senate Committee Amendment
Senate Committee Amendment 1
Not Adopted
Roll Call Votes
House: Third Reading RCS# 267
3/14/2025
91
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
9
Absent
Result: PASSED
Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3543
3/13/2025
31
Yea
6
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED
Senate: Third Reading W/scs2 scta1 RSN# 3445
3/6/2025
23
Yea
14
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED
House: Third Reading RCS# 59
2/21/2025
82
Yea
7
Nay
0
Not Voting
11
Absent
Result: PASSED
Status Information
Current Status
Passed(3/27/2025)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Sponsors
Republican: 6
Democrat: 3
Primary Sponsor
Timmy Truett
Republican