Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HB631: AN ACT relating to school district calendars and declaring an emergency.
Status: In committee, February 20, 2026
Provide 10 additional disaster relief student attendance days to provide instruction using alternate settings; allow local school districts to make up days missed by adding instructional time to student attendance days; 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 to count as employee contracted days; EMERGENCY.
What the bill says
An act relating to school district calendars and declaring an emergency.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT relating to school district calendars and declaring an emergency. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Section 1. (1) For the 2025-2026 school year, a school district may revise its school calendar under the requirements of this section. (2) For purposes of this section, notwithstanding the requirement in KRS 158.070 that the student instructional year not be less than 170 student attendance days and any other statute or administrative regulation to the contrary, students shall receive a minimum of 1,062 instructional hours, less any waiver of instructional time provided in accordance with KRS 158.070(3)(e) and 702 KAR 7:140. (3) The commissioner of education shall grant up to the equivalent of ten (10) disaster relief student attendance days for school districts to provide instruction using alternative settings when the school district is closed for health or safety reasons in addition to the ten (10) student attendance days provided under KRS 158.070(8). (4) Notwithstanding KRS 158.070(4)(b), a school district may reach the required instructional hours required by adding time to student attendance days. A day shall not exceed seven hours of instructional time unless the district submitted and received approval from the commissioner of education for an innovative alternative calendar. (5) If a local board of education seeks to revise its school calendar under this …
Sponsors
- Myron Dossett (R, HD-009) · primary sponsor
- Beverly Chester-Burton (D, HD-044)
Latest actions
- : to Primary and Secondary Education (H)
- : to Committee on Committees (H)
- : introduced in House
Subjects: State Agencies, Education, Elementary And Secondary, Effective Dates, Emergency
Common questions
- What is HB631?
- HB631 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to school district calendars and declaring an emergency.
- What does HB631 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to school district calendars and declaring an emergency.
- What is the status of HB631?
- In committee as of February 20, 2026. Latest action: to Primary and Secondary Education (H) (February 20, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB631?
- Myron Dossett (R, HD-009), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB631?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hb631.html
Source: official Kentucky record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.