AN ACT relating to school district calendars and declaring an emergency.

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.

Introduced: February 12, 2026

Last action: February 20, 2026

To Primary And Secondary Education (H)

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This bill would give school districts 10 extra "disaster relief" days to continue teaching students through alternate settings when normal classes are disrupted. Districts could also make up missed school days by adding extra time to existing school days rather than scheduling entirely new days, and any such changes to the school calendar would need to be approved by the Kentucky Department of Education. The emergency designation means it would take effect immediately if signed into law. Who it may affect: students, parents, school employees, and local school district administrators across Kentucky.

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