SB 151 — AN ACT relating to school breakfasts.

UNOFFICIALCHAPTER COPY41 221 RSCHAPTER 41 ( SB 151/GA151 ) AN ACT relating to school breakfasts.

(f) "Student instructional year" means at least one thousand sixty-two (1,062) Page 1 of 11 SB015110.100 - 1702 - XXXX GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 22 RS SB 151/GA hours of instructional time for students delivered on not less than one hundred seventy (170) student attendance days;

Legislative Research Commission PDF Version ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY (c) Prior to adopting a school calendar, the local board of education shall hear for discussion the school district calendar committee's recommendations and the recommendation of the superintendent at a meeting of the local board of education.

(d) During a subsequent meeting of the local board of education, the local board Page 2 of 11 SB015110.100 - 1702 - XXXX GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 22 RS SB 151/GA shall adopt a school calendar for the upcoming school year that establishes the opening and closing dates of the school term, beginning and ending dates of each school month, student attendance days, and days on which schools shall be dismissed.

The notice shall be sent at least twenty-fourtwenty- four (24) hours before the regular meeting.

At the discretion of the superintendent, one (1) day of professional development may be used for district-wide activities and Page 3 of 11 SB015110.100 - 1702 - XXXX GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 22 RS SB 151/GA for training that is mandated by federal or state law.

In the case of teachers, a professional development Page 4 of 11 SB015110.100 - 1702 - XXXX GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 22 RS SB 151/GA committee or the school council by council policy may be responsible for reviewing requests for approval.

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(b) If a local board of education amends its school calendar after its adoption due to an emergency, it may lengthen or shorten any remaining student attendance Page 5 of 11 SB015110.100 - 1702 - XXXX GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 22 RS SB 151/GA days by thirty (30) minutes or more, as it deems necessary, provided the amended calendar complies with the requirements of a student instructional year in subsection (1)(f) of this section or a variable student instructional year in subsection (1)(h) of this section.

If any school in a district is used as a polling place, the school district shall be closed on the day of the election, and those days may be used Page 6 of 11 SB015110.100 - 1702 - XXXX GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 22 RS SB 151/GA for professional development activities, professional meetings, or parent-teacher conferences.

(b) [Beginning with the 2009-2010 school year, ]Any member of a school-school-sponsored sponsored interscholastic athletic team who competes in a regional tournament or state tournament sanctioned by the Kentucky Board of Education, or the organization or agency designated by the board to manage interscholastic athletics, and occurring on a regularly scheduled student attendance day may be counted present at school on the date or dates of the competition, as determined by local board policy, for a maximum of two (2) days Legislative Research Commission PDF Version ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY per student per year.

(7) Students applying for excused absence for attendance at the Kentucky State Fair Page 7 of 11 SB015110.100 - 1702 - XXXX GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 22 RS SB 151/GA shall be granted one (1) day of excused absence.

The district's plan shall indicate how the Page 8 of 11 SB015110.100 - 1702 - XXXX GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 22 RS SB 151/GA nontraditional instruction process shall be a continuation of learning that is occurring on regular student attendance days.

(11) Notwithstanding the provisions of KRS 158.060(3) and the provisions of subsection (2) of this section, a school district shall arrange bus schedules so that all buses Page 9 of 11 SB015110.100 - 1702 - XXXX GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 22 RS SB 151/GA arrive in sufficient time to provide breakfast prior to the beginning of the student attendance day.

CHAPTER 41 5 (12) Notwithstanding any other statute to the contrary, the following provisions shall apply to a school district that misses student attendance days due to emergencies, including weather-related emergencies:

The employee works for a school district with a school calendar approved by the Kentucky Department of Education that contains a Page 10 of 11 SB015110.100 - 1702 - XXXX GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 22 RS SB 151/GA provision that additional instructional time per day shall be used to make up full days missed due to an emergency;

PageSigned 11by ofGovernor 11March SB015110.10029, -2022. 1702 - XXXX GA

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