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KS SB361

Bill

Official Source

Status

Engrossed

3/6/2026

Primary Sponsor

Education

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Foreign exchange students residing with a host family may enroll in and attend the host family's resident school district as if they were district residents
  • Foreign exchange students are exempt from the open-seat lottery process that applies to other nonresident student transfers
  • Amends K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 72-3123 governing nonresident student enrollment in Kansas school districts
  • Takes effect upon publication in the Kansas Register

Legislative Description

Authorizing foreign exchange students who reside with a host family to enroll in and attend the resident school district of the host family as if the student were a resident of the school district and excluding such student from the open-seat lottery process.

Last Action

House Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended

3/16/2026

Committee Referrals

Education3/6/2026
Education1/23/2026

Full Bill Text

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