Title
AN ACT relating to facial coverings in educational settings.
Summary of Original Version
Amend KRS 199.896 to provide that the license or certification of a child-care center shall not be refused or revoked for refusing to require facial coverings; amend KRS 199.898 to provide that parents and guardians of children enrolled in licensed, certified, or publicly funded child care facilities have a right to refuse facial coverings on behalf of their children without any retribution; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to prohibit requiring facial coverings on any public school premises, on school-sponsored transportation, or at a school-sponsored event; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to prohibit requiring facial coverings on property owned, leased, or operated by public postsecondary education institutions; provide exceptions for healthcare licensing board requirements imposed prior to January 1, 2020, and clinical research settings.
Sponsors
Documents
Introduced .pdf
(46.56 KB)
Session
Index Headings of Original Version
Facial coverings, child-care facilities and public schools, prohibition of requirement
Facial coverings, prohibition of requirement
Facial coverings, prohibition of requirement, exceptions
Facial coverings, public postsecondary educational institution property, prohibition of requirement
Facial coverings, child-care facilities and public schools, prohibition of requirement
Facial coverings, child-care facilities and public schools, prohibition of requirement
Facial coverings, prohibition of requirement, exceptions
Facial coverings, child-care facilities and public schools, prohibition of requirement
Actions
08/16/21
- Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
01/04/22
- introduced in House