KY HB224 | 2013 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-7)
Status: Engrossed on February 15 2013 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-02-19 - to Education (S)
Pending: Senate Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [MS Word]
Status: Engrossed on February 15 2013 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-02-19 - to Education (S)
Pending: Senate Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [MS Word]
Summary
Amend KRS 159.010 to provide that, effective July 1, 2017, school attendance shall be compulsory for students between the ages of six and seventeen; provide that, effective July 1, 2018, school attendance shall be compulsory for students between the ages of six and eighteen; provide that only prior to July 1, 2018, parents are permitted to withdraw from school a child under the age of eighteen, under certain conditions; permit, beginning with the 2014-2015 school year, each local board of education on the recommendation of the superintendent and approval of the Kentucky Department of Education to require children residing in the school district's attendance area to attend school until the age of eighteen, except as provided in KRS 159.030; if funds are available, consider an increase in funding for dropout prevention programs; express intent to provide funds necessary to implement programs to comply with increased compulsory attendance age; amend KRS 159.020 to conform.
Title
AN ACT relating to compulsory school age.
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2013-02-19 | Senate | to Education (S) |
| 2013-02-15 | Senate | received in Senate |
| 2013-02-14 | House | 3rd reading, passed 87-10 |
| 2013-02-14 | House | floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed |
| 2013-02-13 | House | posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 14, 2013 |
| 2013-02-13 | House | 2nd reading, to Rules |
| 2013-02-12 | House | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar |
| 2013-02-06 | House | posted in committee |
| 2013-02-06 | House | to Education (H) |
| 2013-02-05 | House | introduced in House |
