| KS | SB438 | Pass | Establishing the Kansas blueprint for literacy and a literacy advisory committee, directing the board of regents to appoint a director of literacy education, requiring the board of regents and board of education to collaborate on a literacy micro-cre...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Senate Approved by Governor on Wednesday, April 24, 2024 |
| KS | SB360 | Pass | Allowing a taxpayer to elect the taxable year in which a subtraction modification for contributions to a 529 program account, ABLE account or first-time home buyer savings account would be applied and authorizing the state treasurer to appoint a 529 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
Senate Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 4, 2024 |
| KS | SB386 | Engross
50% | Requiring enrollment under the Kansas school equity and enhancement act to be determined using the current school year or the preceding school year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-01
To House K-12 Education Budget Committee |
| KS | SB427 | Intro
25% | Requiring school districts to publicly list the names and email addresses of current school board members, authorizing local school board members to add new items to board meeting discussions, ask questions or engage in discussion with members of the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26
Senate Final Action - Not passed; Yea: 13 Nay: 24 |
| KS | SB407 | Intro
25% | Requiring the state board of education to authorize teaching licenses for individuals who complete an alternative teacher certification program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-25
Senate Committee of the Whole - Passed over and retain a place on the calendar |
| KS | SB428 | Intro
25% | Requiring that each attendance center needs assessment be conducted by the local board of education and include input from board members, teachers, school site councils and school administrators and that board members receive certain state assessment...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-25
Senate Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Education |
| KS | SB469 | Intro
25% | Establishing the sunflower education equity act to provide education savings accounts for certain students.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28
To Senate Education Committee |
| KS | SB465 | Intro
25% | Authorizing school districts to levy an annual levy of up to two mills for the purposes of school building safety, security and compliance with the Americans with disabilities act and including such levy in the capital outlay state aid determination ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-19
To Senate Education Committee |
| KS | SB485 | Intro
25% | Authorizing students attending public schools with low proficiency scores and certain private elementary and secondary school students to participate in the tax credit for low income students scholarship program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-19
To Senate Education Committee |
| KS | SB437 | Intro
25% | Establishing the Kansas education enrichment program to provide educational awards to elementary and secondary school students for qualifying expenses for educational goods and services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-15
To Senate Education Committee |
| KS | SB470 | Intro
25% | Including Wichita technical institute as an eligible postsecondary educational institution in the Kansas promise scholarship act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07
To Senate Education Committee |
| KS | SB351 | Intro
25% | Establishing policy requirements for school safety and security and cardiac emergency response plans and providing grant programs for the implementation of such policies.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-18
To Senate Education Committee |
| KS | SB82 | Intro
25% | Requiring schools to establish policies and concussion management teams to prevent and manage concussions within school.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
Senate Motion to strike from Calendar adopted; |
| KS | SB66 | Pass | Enacting the interstate teacher mobility compact to recognize equivalent teacher licenses across member states, requiring that licensing bodies provide verified electronic credentials to all credential holders based on their credentials from other ju...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-24
Senate Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 20, 2023 |
| KS | SB98 | Engross
50% | Authorizing medical student and residency loan assistance to encourage the practice of obstetrics and gynecology in medically underserved areas of the state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-01
To House Health and Human Services Committee |
| KS | SB102 | Intro
25% | Establishing residency criteria for students of technical colleges.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-15
To Senate Education Committee |
| KS | SB226 | Intro
25% | Authorizing educational agencies to disclose student data for the purpose of conducting research contracted for by an educational agency.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-10
To Senate Education Committee |
| KS | SB207 | Intro
25% | Requiring policies for and establishing restrictions on school districts with regard to the use of an individual's pronouns if such pronouns differ from the individual's biological sex.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-09
To Senate Education Committee |
| KS | SB167 | Intro
25% | Requiring certain school district employees to receive training for seizure recognition and related first aid.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07
To Senate Education Committee |
| KS | SB145 | Intro
25% | Requiring statutory due process procedures for a school district's non-renewal or termination of a teacher contract.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-03
To Senate Education Committee |
| KS | SB122 | Intro
25% | Removing the sunset for the high-density at-risk student weighting under the Kansas school equity and enhancement act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-01
To Senate Education Committee |
| KS | SB109 | Intro
25% | Deeming certain refugees as residents of the state for the purposes of tuition and fees at postsecondary educational institutions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-27
To Senate Education Committee |
| KS | SR1705 | Pass | congratulating and commending the members of the 2023 Kansas Teacher of the Year team.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-26
Senate Enrolled on Thursday, January 26, 2023 |
| KS | SB84 | Intro
25% | Including individuals who receive a high school equivalency (HSE) credential in performance-based payments for certain postsecondary educational institutions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-24
To Senate Education Committee |
| KS | SB48 | Intro
25% | Authorizing community college and technical college appointments to the postsecondary technical education authority and establishing the length of membership terms.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-19
To Senate Education Committee |
| KS | SB31 | Intro
25% | Reapportioning the districts of certain members of the Washburn university board of regents who are appointed by the city of Topeka.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-13
To Senate Education Committee |
| KS | SB32 | Intro
25% | Authorizing the Kansas state high school activities association to establish a school classification system based on student attendance and other factors.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-13
To Senate Education Committee |
