2025 Regular SessionKentucky Legislature

SB268: AN ACT relating to virtual education.

Legislative Summary

Prohibit the commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Education, the Kentucky Board of Education, and the Kentucky Department of Education from establishing or implementing, or requiring a school district to implement, any cap, limitation, or restriction on enrollment for a virtual program; prohibit the Kentucky Department of Education and the Kentucky Board of Education from reducing or withholding any funds due to a school district from the fund to Support Education Excellence in Kentucky based on the district's operation of a virtual program; sunset prohibitions on June 30, 2026.

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Bill History

2/18/2025
introduced in Senate
Senate
2/18/2025
to Committee on Committees (S)
Senate
2/19/2025
to Education (S)
Senate
2/25/2025
taken from Education (S)
Senate
2/25/2025
1st reading
Senate
2/25/2025
returned to Education (S)
Senate
2/26/2025
taken from Education (S)
Senate
2/26/2025
2nd reading
Senate
2/26/2025
returned to Education (S)
Senate
2/27/2025
reported favorably, 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
2/28/2025
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
3/5/2025
passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
Senate
3/5/2025
recommitted to Education (S)
Senate

Amendments

Senate Committee Substitute

Senate Committee Substitute 1

Not Adopted

Senate Floor Amendment

Senate Floor Amendment 1

Not Adopted