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SB 318 KY
Introduced

AN ACT relating to digital instruction.

KY · session 2026RS · Senate · bill

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Introduced Mar 2, 2026

Latest action (Mar 2, 2026) to Committee on Committees (S)

Summary

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms, restrict digital instruction time for students in kindergarten to grade 5 to 45 minutes per student per day; exclude designated uses of technology from the restriction; direct in-person elementary schools to require at least 70% of student assignments to be written; require daily access to traditional learning material; require incorporation of physical manipulatives into math and science instruction; prohibit replacing primary instruction with instructional technology for designated elementary subjects; prohibit homework that requires instructional technology; prohibit requiring students to carry instructional technology to and from school daily; prohibit replacing library time with digital reading labs; require each school district to adopt a written technology-use policy; require school districts to publish an annual technology use report that includes designated items to its website.

Sponsor (1)

Action history (2)

  1. Mar 2, 2026 introduced in Senate · upper
  2. Mar 2, 2026 to Committee on Committees (S) · upper
Subjects
Boards And CommissionsChildren And MinorsEducation, Elementary And SecondaryReports MandatedTeachersTechnology

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