Page 1 of 2 LRC 2025-BR1116-HB132
COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY FISCAL NOTE STATEMENT
LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH COMMISSION
2025 REGULAR SESSION
MEASURE
2025 BR NUMBER 1116 HOUSE BILL NUMBER 132
TITLE AN ACT relating to home and hospital instruction.
SPONSOR Representative Nick Wilson
FISCAL SUMMARY
STATE FISCAL IMPACT: YES NO UNCERTAIN
OTHER FISCAL STATEMENT (S) THAT MAY APPLY: ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS
LOCAL MANDATE CORRECTIONS IMPACT HEALTH BENEFIT MANDATE STATE
EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN IMPACT
APPROPRIATION UNIT(S) IMPACTED: Support Education Excellence in Kentucky (SEEK)
FUND(S) IMPACTED: GENERAL ROAD FEDERAL RESTRICTED
FISCAL ESTIMATES 2024-2025 2025-2026 ANNUAL IMPACT AT FULL
IMPLEMENTATION
REVENUES
EXPENDITURES Indeterminable Indeterminable
NET EFFECT (Indeterminable) (Indeterminable)
( ) indicates a decrease/negative
PURPOSE OF MEASURE: The purpose of the measure is to specify that students who are
admitted to an inpatient facility are eligible to receive home or hospital instruction beginning on
the day the student is admitted.
FISCAL EXPLANATION : Currently, in accordance with KRS 158.033(3), a school district
receives SEEK funding for a home and hospital student only if that student receives a minimum
of two one-hour instructional sessions per week. This means that a district with a student
admitted to an inpatient facility for a very short duration, for example one or two days, would not
receive SEEK funding during that time frame for that student. In those very limited instances,
this bill would expand the population of students eligible to receive home and hospital
instruction, therefore there is a fiscal impact. However, the population of students that are
admitted to inpatient facilities for short durations is exceedingly small relative to the entire home
and hospital population. For context, during the 2024-2025 school year, the Kentucky
Department of Education sent districts just over $12.1 million for the entire home and hospital
population. The fiscal impact will be small and indeterminable because the number of students
impacted is unknown. Page 2 of 2 LRC 2025-BR1116-HB132
DATA SOURCE(S): LRC Staff
PREPARER: David Talley NOTE NUMBER : 69 REVIEW: JMR DATE: 2/20/2025