---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to private and parochial school calendars."
description: "Amend KRS 158.080 to require private and parochial schools to operate on a school calendar with a minimum school term and student instructional year as defined in KRS 158.070 instead of for a term not less than the public school district in which the child resides."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2023RS"
identifier: "SB 81"
citation: "Kentucky SB 81 (2023RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Elementary and Secondary", "Religion"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-31T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f27aaf50-e2b5-4013-977a-1cd182f73f05"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/sb81.html"
source_hash: "775d70b24cde3129382bc7f000bec065fd8371afb38bddad39c744a39119b650"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ky"]
---

# Kentucky SB 81 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to private and parochial school calendars.

Amend KRS 158.080 to require private and parochial schools to operate on a school calendar with a minimum school term and student instructional year as defined in KRS 158.070 instead of for a term not less than the public school district in which the child resides.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/sb81/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 154** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/23RS/documents/0154.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/sb81/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 81 W/ sfa2 — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2023-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (2) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 01, 2023
- **2023-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) withdrawn
- **2023-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 35 -1 with Floor Amendment (2) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2023-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 15, 2023
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 93-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2023-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 154) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f27aaf50-e2b5-4013-977a-1cd182f73f05`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).