The Senate Education Committee quickly approved a bill Thursday that would let school districts eliminate as many as 10 instructional days because of bad weather, although the latest version puts more conditions on schools and might not help as many as planned. Under the committee substitute for House Bill 211, each school district must apply to the Kentucky Department of Education for a waiver after having missed 10 days due to weather and having used up other scheduled makeup days. The bill says the Education Department “shall” grant the waivers.
For the full story by Linda B. Blackford, Lexington Herald Leader, go to http://www.kentucky.com/2014/03/13/3137800/senate-panel-approves-new-version.html
