Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HB635: AN ACT relating to education and declaring an emergency.
Status: In committee, February 20, 2026
Amend KRS 158.070 to permit a local board of education to amend its school calendar by adding time to the school day to reach the required 1,062 hours of instructional time; for the 2025-2026 school year, 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 5 student attendance days if a school district is unable to provide the required 1,062 hours of instruction by June 10, 2026; require a local board 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; provide that districts that used 10 or fewer nontraditional instruction days and choose not to use any waived days shall have the district's average daily attendance calculated by deducting 5 low attendance days in addition to the 5 days deducted under KRS 157.320(2); EFFECTIVE, in part, July 1, 2026; EMERGENCY.
What the bill says
An act relating to education and declaring an emergency.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT relating to education and declaring an emergency. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Section 1. KRS 158.070 is amended to read as follows: (1) As used in this (b) "Minimum school term" or "school term" means not less than one hundred eighty-five (185) days composed of the student attendance days, teacher professional days, and holidays; (c) "School calendar" means the document adopted by a local board of education that establishes the minimum school term, student instructional year or variable student instructional year, and days that school will not be in session; (d) "School district calendar committee" means a committee that includes at least the 2. One (1) school district office administrator other than the superintendent; 3. One (1) member of the local board of education; 4. Two (2) parents of students attending a school in the district; 5. One (1) school district elementary school teacher; 6. One (1) school district middle or high school teacher; 7. Two (2) school district classified employees; and 8. Two (2) community members from the local chamber of commerce, business community, or tourism commission; (e) "Student attendance day" means any day that students are scheduled to be at school to receive instruction, and encompasses the designated start and dismissal time; (f) "Student instructional year" means at least …
Sponsors
- Timmy Truett (R, HD-089) · primary sponsor
- Chad Aull (D, HD-079)
- John Blanton (R, HD-092)
- Chris Fugate (R, HD-084)
- Derek Lewis (R, HD-090)
- Tom Smith (R, HD-086)
- Richard White (R, HD-099)
Latest actions
- : to Primary and Secondary Education (H)
- : to Committee on Committees (H)
- : introduced in House
Subjects: State Agencies, Teachers, Education, Elementary And Secondary, Effective Dates, Emergency, Children And Minors, Boards And Commissions
Common questions
- What is HB635?
- HB635 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to education and declaring an emergency.
- What does HB635 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to education and declaring an emergency.
- What is the status of HB635?
- In committee as of February 20, 2026. Latest action: to Primary and Secondary Education (H) (February 20, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB635?
- Timmy Truett (R, HD-089), with 6 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB635?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hb635.html
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