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Requiring school districts to provide students with a certain amount of daily recess and moderate physical activity per day, prohibiting limiting or withholding physical activity for disciplinary reasons, requiring a Kansas state fitness test and designating required recess time as part of the school term.
Establishing standards and requirements for active shooter drills conducted by public and accredited nonpublic elementary and secondary schools.
Providing for the administration and proctoring of statewide assessments to virtual school students by such students' virtual schools, adding certain third parties who contract with school districts to the definition of special teacher and providing for special education state aid reimbursement for qualified teachers who provide approved special education or related services to students with an IEP administered by such school district pursuant to a contract.
Senate Substitute for Substitute for HB2299 by Committee on Education - Providing that certain statutory references to accredited nonpublic schools mean nonpublic schools accredited by the state board of education, requiring that schools accredited by a national or regional accrediting agency shall have the same rights as schools accredited by the state board, requiring school districts and accredited nonpublic schools to prohibit the use of personal electronic communication devices during the school day and prohibiting employees of a school district from using social media to communicate with students for official school purposes.
Senate Substitute for Substitute for HB2299 by Committee on Education - Providing that certain statutory references to accredited nonpublic schools mean nonpublic schools accredited by the state board of education, requiring that schools accredited by a national or regional accrediting agency shall have the same rights as schools accredited by the state board, requiring school districts and accredited nonpublic schools to prohibit the use of personal electronic communication devices during the school day and prohibiting employees of a school district from using social media to communicate with students for official school purposes.
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.
Defining teacher and paraprofessional for purposes of eligibility for a scholarship under the Kansas education opportunity scholarship program.
Authorizing the chief executive officer of the state board of regents to negotiate and settle any repayment obligations arising under any scholarship, grant or other financial aid program administered by the board and prohibiting the payment of additional funds to any student who is subject to repayment obligations under such financial aid programs.
Electing to participate in the federal tax credit for individual contributions to scholarship granting organizations and increasing the aggregate tax credit limit on the tax credit for low income students scholarship program.
Enacting the Kansas intellectual rights and knowledge act, providing a civil cause of action and penalties for violations of such act and authorizing students and student associations to exercise political and ideological beliefs, values and missions.
Requiring school districts to verify the household gross earned income of each student who qualifies for free meals under the national school lunch program and requiring legislative authorization to receive special assistance payments under federal law.
Substitute for HB 2530 by Committee on Education - Providing for the transferability of credentials earned through ACT workkeys career readiness assessments towards a degree.
Requiring school districts to provide fentanyl abuse education programs and maintain supplies of naloxone in each school.
Decreasing the minimum age requirement from age seven to six for compulsory school attendance of students.
Modifying the requirements for student cohorts and achievement goals for school district at-risk accountability plans.
Requiring children to be toilet trained to enroll in and attend kindergarten in any public school and providing certain exceptions thereto.
Requiring school districts to obtain parental consent prior to providing certain school-based mental health services to a student.
House Substitute for Substitute for SB 281 by Committee on Education - Requiring school districts to prohibit the use of personal electronic communication devices during school hours, prohibiting any employee of a school district from using social media to directly communicate with any student for official school purposes.
Encouraging school districts to annually designate a Linda Brown and family walk to school day.
Requiring eligible boards of education to consider participation in the community eligibility provision, providing a financial hardship exception from such participation and requiring the state department of education to assist school districts seeking such participation.
Requiring each school district adopt an independent review process as part of such district's policies prohibiting and preventing bullying.
Requiring that employees of the Kansas state school for the blind and the Kansas state school for the deaf be paid at same rate of compensation that is paid to a teacher employed by USD 233, Olathe, in the current school year.
Establishing Erin's law to require school districts to provide a training and age-appropriate student instruction on the identification and reporting of signs of child sexual abuse.
Requiring the state board of regents and the state board of education to ensure that no teacher preparation program includes content related to diversity, equity and inclusion and providing an extended period for retired and substitute teachers to complete certain required literacy training as part of the Kansas blueprint for literacy.
Requiring school districts to prohibit the use of personal electronic communication devices during school hours, prohibiting any employee of a school district from using social media to directly communicate with any student for official school purposes and requiring school districts to report on the amount of screen time that certain students experience during a typical school day.
Enacting the affirming parental rights act to require school districts to provide parents with an affirming parental rights document, requiring the investigation of parental rights violations and establishing certain remedies for parents aggrieved by such violations.
Requiring each school district board of education to allocate membership association dues to individual board members and prohibiting the payment of such dues if a board member elects not to join such membership association.
Renaming the tax credit for low income students scholarship program the Kansas K-12 students scholarship program, expanding eligibility under the program, increasing the aggregate tax credit limit and moving the program's administration to the state treasurer.
Requiring the university of Kansas school of medicine to use a letter grading system or other tiered grading system to assess student performance.
Establishing the positive learning environment act to provide for certain rights for teachers and require school districts to adopt school management plans to address behavioral infractions by students.
Enacting the student safety and awareness act to require school districts to designate a month during the school year as student safety and awareness month and to provide educational programs for students on the dangers and effects of fentanyl use, personal safety and awareness and social media literacy, safety and responsibility during such designated month.
Requiring the state board of regents to establish curricula and designate courses at postsecondary educational institutions relating to DEI-CRT-related courses and content and requiring the study of American institutions and certain programs at freshman orientations concerning free speech.
Urging the United States department of education to distribute certain federal moneys in the form of block grants to the state.
Including children with fetal alcohol syndrome disorder under the definition of other health impairment in the special education for exceptional children act.
Eliminating the Kansas residency requirement after completing a Kansas promise scholarship program, clarifying the work requirements upon completion of such program and repealing the sunset on the program.
Authorizing school districts to employ chaplains or accept such persons as volunteers.
Prohibiting the commencement of each school term prior to Labor Day.
Requiring each local board of education of a school district to appoint a nonvoting student representative to such board of education.
Enacting the student secular bill of rights to establish statutory protections against religious coercion and discrimination in public schools.
Authorizing nonpublic and virtual school students to participate in ancillary public school activities and making it unlawful for the Kansas state high school activities association and school districts to discriminate against such students based on enrollment status.
Requiring postsecondary educational institutions to regularly review and update accreditation policies, prohibiting accrediting agencies from compelling such institutions to violate state law and providing a cause of action for violations thereof.
Substitute for SB 45 by Committee on Education - Requiring the state board of education to calculate graduation rates for all school districts for purposes of accreditation using an alternative calculation.
Declaring antisemitism and antisemitic acts to be against public policy and establishing a statutory definition of such terms.
Establishing uniform interest rate provisions for service scholarship programs administered by the Kansas board of regents, authorizing the board of regents to recover the costs of collecting such repayment and charge fees for administration costs, requiring eligible students to enter into agreements with the board of regents as a condition to receiving a grant under the adult learner grant act and sunsetting the low-income family postsecondary savings accounts incentive program in 2028 and reducing the number of audits required for such program.
Updating the Kansas national guard educational assistance act to include dependents of national guard members and the Kansas national guard educational master's for enhanced readiness and global excellence (EMERGE) program to include other advanced degrees.
Substitute for HB 2102 by Committee on Education - Providing for the advance enrollment of a military student whose parent or person acting as parent will be stationed in this state and correcting federal statutory citations in the interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children.
Including programs and services provided by nonprofit organizations accredited by the international multisensory structured language education council as approved at-risk educational programs.
Expanding student eligibility under the tax credit for low income students scholarship program, increasing the amount of the tax credit for contributions made pursuant to such program and providing for aggregate tax credit limit increases under certain conditions.
Requiring employees of school districts and postsecondary educational institutions to use the name and pronouns consistent with a student's biological sex and birth certificate and authorizing a cause of action for violations therefor.
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 public and access school property, authorizing members of the public to address school boards at board meetings and authorizing payment of annual dues to any not-for-profit organization that provides services to member school districts.
Creating the drug abuse resistance education (D.A.R.E.) educator position.
Designating November 14 of each year as Ruby Bridges walk to school day in the state of Kansas.
Authorizing the department of education to contract with a private vendor to install, operate and maintain school bus cameras.
Increasing the minimum expenditure amount for school districts for contracted goods and services without requiring sealed bids and the minimum expenditure amount for goods and services that the district superintendent may acquire on behalf of the school district.
Providing state general funds for school meals programs and prohibiting local boards from collecting money for such meals.
Expanding student eligibility under the tax credit for low income students scholarship program, increasing the amount of the tax credit for contributions made pursuant to such program and providing for aggregate tax credit limit increases under certain conditions.
Requiring school districts to adopt policies to limit the use of personal electronic communication devices during school hours and requiring the state board of education to designate a period of time for social media awareness and develop goals and materials relating thereto.
Requiring the state board of regents and postsecondary educational institutions to provide certain pre-service teachers with essential knowledge and skills to support children affected by fetal alcohol syndrome disorder.
Including participation in certain learning experiences and agricultural activities as a valid excuse for absence from school and authorizing school boards to make rules therefor.
Requiring school districts to prohibit the use of privately owned electronic communication devices during school hours and to prohibit students from using school district computers or devices to access social media platforms.
Requiring the Kansas state high school activities association to establish a school classification system based on student attendance and a multiplier factor that adjusts certain schools' student attendance.
Establishing the education opportunity tax credit to provide an income tax credit for taxpayers with eligible dependent children who are not enrolled in public school.
Requiring school districts to offer parents the opportunity to object to educational materials and activities that are not included in approved curriculum or standards or that impair a parent's beliefs, values or principles.
Authorizing school districts to levy an annual tax 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 for such school districts.
Proposing to amend section 6 of article 6 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to limit the use of elementary and secondary public funds for secular public schools and prohibit public funds from being used for private nonpublic schools.
Establishing a Kansas education opportunity scholarship program to replace the Kansas ethnic minority scholarship program.
Establishing a blueprint for literacy to create a literacy advisory committee, appoint a director of literacy education, require the state board of regents and the state board of education to collaborate on a literacy micro-credential and professional development, authorize the state board of regents to recommend diagnostic and formative literacy assessments, authorize university presidents and deans of education oversight over postsecondary literacy courses and require a plan to establish centers of excellence in reading.
Establishing a blueprint for literacy to create a literacy advisory committee, appoint a director of literacy education, require the state board of regents and the state board of education to collaborate on a literacy micro-credential and professional development, authorize the state board of regents to recommend diagnostic and formative literacy assessments, authorize university presidents and deans of education oversight over postsecondary literacy courses and require a plan to establish centers of excellence in reading.
Requiring the state board of education to submit annual reports to the legislature on certain statistics of students who take the statewide assessments.
Creating the healthy food site grant program to award grants for food retail or food system enterprises within one mile of a school in a designated food desert in an urban area.
Requiring public schools and school districts to participate in federal meal programs and providing for reimbursement for free meals at all public schools and school districts.
Expanding the tax credit for low income students scholarship program act to allow students enrolled in underperforming school districts to be eligible for a scholarship.
Authorizing school districts to employ or accept chaplains as volunteers.
Requiring the state board of education to submit annual reports to the legislature on certain statistics of students who take the statewide assessments.
Specifying the eligibility requirements to participate in activities governed by the Kansas state high school activities association for students enrolled in a nonpublic school.
Establishing the school library rating system task force to develop a rating system for materials available to students in public school libraries and requiring school districts to implement such rating system.
Establishing fentanyl poisoning awareness week for public middle schools and high schools to educate students on the abuse of and addiction to fentanyl and other opioids.
Extending the time that school districts may provide notice to parents of the administration of any nonacademic test, questionnaire, survey or examination and requiring school districts to contact parents if any such test, questionnaire, survey or examination indicates concerns.
Authorizing school districts to require a student to attend virtual school when such student is returning to school after having been expelled.
Senate Substitute for HB 2646 by Committee on Education - Transferring teachers from the KPERS 3 cash balance plan to the KPERS 2 plan and defining teachers for purposes of KPERS.
Requiring school districts to prohibit the use of privately owned electronic communication devices during school hours.
Senate Substitute for HB2645 by Committee on Education - Removing limits on the number and amount of awards under the nursing service scholarship program, modifying the interest rate terms for repayment obligations under such program, abolishing the nursing service scholarship review committee and modifying the financial limitations on awards under the Kansas hero's scholarship act and broadening the eligibility requirements for such awards.
Creating the statewide drug abuse resistance education (D.A.R.E.) program educator position, establishing the drug abuse resistance education fund and providing funding for such fund by annual transfer of state moneys.
Establishing a feminine hygiene product grant program and grant fund to award moneys to qualifying title I schools to provide feminine hygiene products to students at no cost.
Establishing term limits for members of the board of education for unified school district No. 207, Fort Leavenworth.
Establishing the Kansas national guard educational master's for enhanced readiness and global excellence (EMERGE) program.
Providing reimbursement payments for the cost of career technical education assessments to school districts under the career technical education credential and transition incentive for employment success act.
Substitute for HB 2494 by Committee on Education - Establishing policy requirements for cardiac emergency response plans for school districts and providing a grant program for the implementation of such policy.
Requiring each school district to employ an attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder specialist.
Limiting the legislative option to purchase school district buildings to buildings that were formerly used as attendance centers.
Prohibiting the commencement of the school term prior to Labor Day.
Creating the crime of abuse of a sports official and providing criminal penalties therefor.
Authorizing the state board of education to establish a new unified school district, if necessary, for the attachment of territory of a school district disorganized via voter petition and providing for administrative and judicial review of resolutions to permanently close a public school building.
Requiring school districts to provide separate accommodations for students of each biological sex on overnight school sponsored trips.
Requiring school districts to offer instruction on life skills for middle school and high school students.
Authorizing any nonresident student whose parent or guardian is employed by a school district to enroll in and attend such school district.
Requiring school districts to adopt policies to ensure parents may review educational materials and records pertinent to their child.
Authorizing the department of education to contract with a private vendor to install and operate school bus cameras.
Increasing the number of school days and hours that must be provided by school districts for each school year.
Removing the sunset for the high-density at-risk student weighting under the Kansas school equity and enhancement act.
Requiring statutory due process procedures for a school district's non-renewal or termination of a teacher contract.
Creating the campus free speech act to require each public postsecondary educational institution to adopt a policy of free expression.
Requiring the display of the national motto in public schools, colleges and universities.
Creating the campus intellectual diversity act to establish an office of public policy events at each public postsecondary educational institution.
Creating the get the lead out of school drinking water act to require schools to comply with legal limits on lead content in school drinking water.
Creating the crime of abuse of a sports official and providing criminal penalties therefor.
Expanding the eligible fields of study and establishing a maximum scholarship amount for certain private postsecondary educational institutions in the Kansas promise scholarship act.
Revising the Kansas school equity and enhancement act to provide per-student education funding based on student enrollment in the current school year.
Authorizing the Kansas state high school activities association to establish a school classification system based on student attendance and other factors.
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-credential, providing university presidents and deans of education oversight over postsecondary literacy courses, requiring a plan to establish centers of excellence in reading, requiring the board of education to submit annual reports to the legislature on literacy goals; establishing the Kansas education opportunity scholarship to replace the Kansas ethnic minority scholarship, removing limits on Kansas nursing service scholarship awards and modifying the interest rate terms and repayment obligations for such awards, eliminating the requirement to subtract other aid from the state payment for the AO-K program, modifying financial limitations on Kansas hero's scholarship awards and broadening eligibility requirements for such awards.
Including placement in foster care as a criteria for a student to be eligible for at-risk programs and services.
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 program advisory committee.
Establishing uniform interest rate provisions for service scholarships administered by the Kansas board of regents that have repayment obligations as a part of the terms and conditions of such scholarship and authorizing the Kansas board of regents to recover the costs of collecting such repayment obligations and charge fees to cover the costs of administering such scholarship programs.
Removing the Kansas residency requirement for eligibility for a Kansas promise scholarship and modifying the definition of part-time student under such program.
Establishing parents' right to direct the education, upbringing and moral or religious training of their children including the right to object to harmful and inappropriate educational materials.
Senate Substitute for HB 2138 by Committee on Education - Requiring school districts to provide separate accommodations for students of each biological sex on overnight school district sponsored trips, requiring contracts for exclusive broadcasts of state high school activities association activities to permit certain local broadcasts and providing for administrative review of resolutions to permanently close a school building of a school district.
Enacting the Kansas adult learner grant act to establish a grant program for adult learners to pursue certain fields of study, enacting the career technical education credential and transition incentive for employment success act to require school districts to pay for the cost of assessments for students to obtain an approved career technical education credential, designating military veterans and spouses or dependents of such veterans who were stationed in Kansas for at least 11 months as residents for purposes of tuition and fees at postsecondary educational institutions and expanding the eligible fields of study under the Kansas promise scholarship act.
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 jurisdictions and requiring licensing bodies to use centralized electronic credential data management systems capable of providing instantaneous credential verification.
Revising the definition of "children with disabilities" for purposes of providing special education to replace emotional disturbance with emotional disability.
Authorizing students enrolled in a virtual school to take virtual state assessments.
Creating the fairness in women's sports act to require that female student athletic teams only include members who are biologically female.
Permitting certain local broadcasters to provide broadcast services of a school's postseason activities notwithstanding if the state high school activities association enters into an exclusive broadcast agreement for postseason activities.
Requiring audits of safe and secure schools plans for all school districts including staggered on-site inspections.
Establishing requirements for school district bullying policies and procedures for investigating complaints.
Creating the aspiring future teacher of the year scholarship program; such scholarships based on the recipients of the Kansas teacher of the year award backgrounds and attributes; making and concerning appropriations for the program for fiscal years ending June 30, 2024, June 30, 2025, June 30, 2026, June 30, 2027, and June 30, 2028, for the department of education for such scholarships.
Enacting the fairness in women's sports act to require that student athletic teams only include members who are of the same biological sex unless designated as coed.
Enacting the sudden cardiac arrest prevention act to require school information and policies to address sudden cardiac arrest in school athletic activities.
Enacting the career technical education credential and transition incentive for employment success act to provide additional state aid for school districts based on students obtaining a credential.
Prohibiting the state school for the deaf from dismissing or transferring any student who gains access to hearing.
Substitute for HB 2466 by Committee on Education - Establishing the promoting advancement in computing knowledge act to increase the availability of computer science education in Kansas schools and the career technical education credentialing and student transitioning to employment success pilot program; also exempting national assessment providers from the student online personal protection act.
Creating the fairness in women's sports act to require that female student athletic teams only include members who are biologically female.
Requiring accredited high schools to provide a course of instruction in personal financial literacy.
Clarifying the authority of the Kansas commission for the deaf and hard of hearing with regard to registration of interpreters, establishing guidelines for communication access services and authorizing the adoption of rules and regulations.
Requiring the state department of education and the department for children and families to publish a Kansas foster care children academic report card.
Authorizing school districts to pay the tuition for a student's dual or concurrent enrollment in a postsecondary educational institution and requiring a tuition waiver for foster children who are dually or concurrently enrolled.
Requiring accredited high schools to provide a course of instruction in personal financial literacy.
Authorizing schools to maintain emergency medication kits and to administer such medication in emergency situations.
Establishing public school training and instruction standards for identifying child sexual abuse.
Creating the educator protection act to provide excess professional liability insurance coverage for teachers.
Transferring the authority for postsecondary driver's education programs and driver training schools to the department of revenue and authorizing the board of education of a school district to contract with transportation network companies to provide certain transportation services.
Amending the standards for school-administered vision screenings for students, establishing the Kansas children's vision health and school readiness commission and relating to the powers and duties of the Kansas commission for the deaf and hard of hearing with regard to registration of interpreters, communication access services guidelines and adoption of rules and regulations.
Amending the standards for school-administered vision screenings for students, establishing the Kansas children's vision health and school readiness commission and relating to the powers and duties of the Kansas commission for the deaf and hard of hearing with regard to registration of interpreters, communication access services guidelines and adoption of rules and regulations.
Providing exemptions for college and career readiness assessments under the student data privacy act and the student online personal protection act.
Requiring administration of a basic civics test as part of the course in United States history and government that is necessary for high school graduation and requiring students to take and pass a personal financial literacy course for high school graduation beginning in school year 2024-2025.
Creating the fairness in women's sports act to require that female student athletic teams only include members who are biologically female.
Creating the students' right to know act to provide information on postsecondary education options.
Amending the private and out-of-state postsecondary educational institution act to clarify the state board of regents' authority and provide additional student protections and institutional accountability.
Clarifying the authority of healing arts school clinics to provide healing arts services.
Requiring school districts to provide copies of certain tests, questionnaires, surveys or examinations prior to receiving consent to administer such test, questionnaire, survey or examination.
Substitute for SB 335 by Committee on Education - Authorizing school districts to pay the tuition for a student's dual or concurrent enrollment in a postsecondary educational institution and requiring a tuition waiver for foster children who are dually or concurrently enrolled.
Amending the private and out-of-state postsecondary educational institution act clarify the state board of regents' authority and provide additional student protections and institutional accountability.
Authorizing medical student and residency loan assistance to encourage the practice of obstetrics and gynecology in medically underserved areas of the state.
Providing motor vehicle disability placards for school districts, interlocal cooperatives, postsecondary educational institutions and department for aging and disability services institutions.
Creating the students' right to know act to provide information on postsecondary education options.
Requiring a Kansas foster care children annual academic report card.
Clarifying the authority of the Kansas commission for the deaf and hard of hearing.
House Substitute for SB 271 by Committee on Education - Creating the students' right to know act to disseminate information on postsecondary education; providing specific curriculum guidance for civics instruction.
Expanding the provision of the ACT college entrance exam and workkeys assessments to students enrolled in nonpublic schools.
Clarifying the authority of healing arts school clinics to provide healing arts services.
Creating the campus intellectual diversity act to establish an office of public policy events at each public postecondary educational institution.
Requiring publication of school district bullying policies and requiring a report on bullying incidents at each school district attendance center.
Specifying the required childhood immunizations for child care facility and school attendance.
Creating the educator protection act to provide excess professional liability insurance coverage for teachers.
Requiring students pass an American civics test in order to graduate with a high school diploma.
Creating the students' right to know act to provide information on postsecondary education options.
Senate Substitute for HB 2487 by Committee on Education - Providing for individuals with disabilities by clarifying authority of the Kansas commission for the deaf and hard of hearing; enacting the audiology and speech-language pathology interstate compact; providing disability placards to school districts, interlocal cooperatives, postsecondary educational institutions and institutions under the direction of the department for aging and disability services; and updating references to emotional disability.
Policies and procedures to prohibit and investigate bullying.
Due process for terminating teachers' contracts.
Creating the Kansas student and educator freedom of religious speech act.
Creating the community leaders service act.
Requiring school districts to provide a stipend for teachers to purchase classroom supplies.
Requiring a computer science course for high school graduation.
Requiring personal financial literacy courses for high school graduation.
Requirements for school districts to administer certain tests, questionnaires, surveys and examinations under the student data privacy act.
Authorizing schools to maintain supplies of certain emergency medications and to administer such medication in emergency situations.
Creating the AO-K to work program that allows certain adults to earn high school equivalency credentials by participating in career pathway oriented postsecondary classes.
Eliminating the expiration of the postsecondary technical education authority and requiring a report to the legislature.
Requiring at least nine safety drills to be conducted by schools each year including fire, tornado and crisis drills.
Requiring community colleges to publish certain taxpayer and student transparency data.
Provision of assistive technology, sign language and Braille services for students with a disability.
Permitting residents to petition and vote for a transfer of school district territory; concerning requirements and procedure.
Requiring the provision of applied behavior analysis for students diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder.
Creating the community leaders service act.
Disclosure of conditional financial donations to public postsecondary educational institutions.
Provision of assistive technology, sign language and Braille services for students with a disability.
Modifying certain fees and removing the fee sunset in the Kansas postsecondary educational institution act, and exempting certain postsecondary educational institutions from performance-based budgeting.
Authorizing participation by certain students in activities regulated by the Kansas state high school activities association.
Due process for termination of certain teachers' contracts.
Provision of assistive technology, sign language and Braille services for students with a disability.
Requiring transportation of certain students when no safe pedestrian route is available.
Expanding the tax credit for low income students scholarship program.
Adding an additional member to the board of trustees of Cowley county community college.
Amending the tax credit for low income students scholarship program act.
Authorizing the governing body of technical colleges to levy a property tax and issue bonds for capital outlay purposes.
Due process for terminating teachers' contracts.
Development and implementation of ethnic studies in schools.
Establishing a unified school district employee health care benefits program.
Requiring school districts to procure specific spend categories through the department of education.
Authorizing the reduction or elimination of property tax exemption by a school district.
Substitute for HB 2602 by the Committee on Education - Creating the legislative task force on dyslexia.
Amendments to the Kansas National Guard educational assistance act.
Relating to teacher due process and the publication of school district bullying plans.
Relating to taxation; property exempt from taxation; sales and use tax, Marion county, definitions; income tax, reporting requirements.
Authorizing Wichita area technical college to affiliate with Wichita state University.
Reauthorizing the fee schedule in the Kansas private and out-of-state postsecondary educational institution act.
Allowing scholarships for mental health nurses in the nursing service scholarship program.
Adding an additional member to the board of trustees of Cowley county community college.
Exempting Cleveland university-Kansas City from the private and out-of-state postsecondary educational institution act.
Creating the student online personal protection act.
Establishing the intercollegiate adaptive sport grant program.
Eliminating due process for certain postsecondary teachers.
Substitute for HB 2486 by Committee on Education-Providing a cap on capital improvement state aid for future bond payment obligations of school districts.
Requiring school districts to adopt certain policies against bullying, harassment and cyberbullying.
Substitute for SB 323 by Committee on Education – Providing a cap on capital improvement state aid and authorizing the state board to prioritize the allocations of capital improvement state aid; requiring school districts to provide suicide prevention and awareness training; creating a language assessment program for children who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Requiring school districts to adopt certain policies against bullying, harassment and cyberbullying.
Establishing the intercollegiate adaptive sport grant program.
Development and establishment of K-12 curriculum standards.
Creating the school district finance and quality performance act of 2016.
Development and implementation of ethnic studies in schools.
Amending the special education for exceptional children act.
Board of regents; updating fees and making amendments to the Kansas private and out-of-state postsecondary educational institution act; requiring a degree prospectus; awarding credit hours based on CLEP test results.
Requiring encryption of student data.
Creating the classroom-based funding act.
Eliminating due process for certain postsecondary teachers.
Creating the student online personal protection act.
School district realignment.
School districts; human sexuality education; policies and procedures.
Substitute for HB 2486 by Committee on Education-Providing a cap on capital improvement state aid for future bond payment obligations of school districts.
Amending the tax credit for low income students scholarship program act.
House Substitute for SB 193 by Committee on Education - Requiring a degree prospectus for postsecondary degree programs.
Substitute for SB 60 by Committee on Education - Authorizing participation by less than full-time students in activities regulated by Kansas state high school activities association.
Requiring school districts to use generally accepted accounting principles; financial publication requirements.
Postsecondary education; tuition and fees for aliens.
Establishing the Kansas legislature award for teaching excellence program.
Prohibiting school board members from having a conflict of interest.
Partnering with western governors university to provide online, competency-based education.
Substitute for Substitute for HB 2292 by the Committee on Education-Establishment of K-12 curriculum standards.
Requiring postsecondary education institutions to adopt a policy on sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence and stalking.
Providing a compliance deadline and penalties for non-compliance with the student data privacy act.
Amendments to the professional negotiations act.
Requiring postsecondary institutions to adopt and implement a policy and plan to prohibit employees from using their official titles in certain publications.
Personal financial literacy course as a requirement for high school graduation.
Teachers' contracts; due process.
Development and implementation of ethnic studies in schools.
Tax credit for low income students scholarship program act amendments.
School districts; human sexuality education; policies and procedures.
School district agreements for consolidation of administrative services.
Foresight 2020 strategic plan.
Prohibiting the use of state aid by public postsecondary educational institutions to support certain academic entities that are academically boycotting certain countries where certain institutions of higher education are located.
Authorizing school districts to administer certain surveys and questionnaires under the student data privacy act.
Requiring school districts to adopt school safety and security policies and plans.
Amending the tax credit for low income students scholarship program act.
Creating the Kansas education standards study commission.
Requiring school district and state department of education audits; creating the efficient operation of schools task force.
Senate Substitute for HB 2008 by Committee on Judiciary - Creating the student online personal protection act.
Requiring the state board of regents to adopt a policy on awarding credit hours based on CLEP test results.
Senate Substitute for HB 2441 by Committee on Education - Creating a language assessment program for children who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Reinstating resident tuition and fees for certain military veterans and dependents.
Amending the nurse educator service scholarship program act.
House Substitute for SB 136 by Committee on Education - Eliminating due process for certain postsecondary teachers.
Extending the school district efficiency audit sunset and exemption time frame.
Redesignating Kansas state university - Salina, college of technology as Kansas state polytechnic.
Including financial literacy as an educational capacity.
Publication requirements under the Kansas uniform financial accounting and reporting act.
Senate Substitute for HB 2353 by Committee on Ways and Means - Education; amendments regarding virtual school state aid, supplemental general state aid, capital outlay state aid and capital improvement state aid.
Senate Substitute for HB2228 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs-Abortion; administration of abortifacient drugs.
Repealing school district audit teams and school district performance audit requirements.
Career technical education performance-based funding requirements.
Background checks and licensure of teachers; background checks for school employees with direct contact with students.
Reducing negotiable terms and conditions in the professional negotiations act.
Drug screening and substance abuse treatment programs for certain government officers and employees.
School districts; requiring storm shelters for certain construction projects.
Creating the student data privacy act.
Prescribing curriculum standards; establishing an advisory council on curriculum content standards; limiting certain student and teacher data collection.
Personal financial literacy program as a requirement for high school graduation.
Supporting implementation of information technology education opportunities in Kansas schools.
Establishing the Kansas legislature award for teaching excellence program.
Prohibiting the use of state aid by public postsecondary educational institutions to support certain academic entities that are academically boycotting certain countries in which certain institutions of higher education are located.
School districts; health and human sexuality education; policies and procedures.
Prescribing curriculum standards; establishing an advisory council on curriculum content standards; limiting certain student and teacher data collection.
Enacting the student data accessibility, transparency and accountability act.
Food service programs; students; meals; accounts.
Statewide assessments for accredited nonpublic schools.
School districts; reporting of students who are not lawfully present in the United States.
Repealing certain unified school district election process validation statutes.
Personal financial literacy program as a requirement for high school graduation.
Prohibiting the use of common core standards.
Enacting the corporate education tax credit scholarship program act.
Creating the coalition of innovative districts act.
Student electronic privacy at public and private postsecondary educational institutions.
Substitute for HB 2307 by Committee on Education – School districts; human sexuality education; policies and procedures.
Creating the Kansas children's internet protection act.
House Substitute for SB 22 by Committee on Education - Enacting the corporate education tax credit scholarship program act.
Creating the Kansas public charter school act.
School districts; course of instruction; science.
Prohibiting the use of common core standards.
School districts; establishing celebrate freedom week and related curriculum.
School districts; capital improvements.
Enacting the school district special needs scholarship program.
School districts; bullying policies.
Postsecondary education; tuition and fees for aliens.
Senate Substitute for Senate Substitute for HB 2141 by Committee on Ethics and Elections -- Municipal elections; fall, odd-numbered years; vacancies by party district conventions.
Student electronic privacy at public and private postsecondary educational institutions.
State aid for capital improvements and capital outlay for school districts.
Retaining students from grade-level promotion if not proficient on the reading state assessment for grade three.
School districts; finance; amendments to funding formula.
Senate Substitute for HB 2197 by Committee on Education -- Kansas state high school activities association; membership of board of directors and executive board.
Appropriations for FY 2013, FY 2014, FY 2015, FY 2016, FY 2017, and FY 2018 for various state agencies; capital improvement projects; claims against the state.
Authorizing the expenditure of unencumbered balances held by school district; removing the cap for contingency reserve fund.
Career technical education incentive program amendments.
School districts; statewide tax levy for public schools; school finance amendments.
School districts; audit by legislative post audit committee.
Creating the coalition of innovative districts act.
Enacting the equal access act; school employees; professional employees organization.
Authorizing licensing bodies to accept certain online distance education courses towards licensure for military service member applicants.
Providing professional liability insurance to teachers.
Providing authority for a school district to adopt a local activities budget.
Substitute for SB 393 by Committee on Education -- Amendments regarding career technical education; certain weightings in school finance formula; capital improvement and outlay state aid; teacher evaluations; local option budget mills; local activities budget; income tax contributions to schools; tuition for military student.
School districts; finance; high density at-risk weighting.
School finance; calculation of local option budget, requiring foundation funding.
Substitute HB 2634 by Committee on Education -- School employee performance and evaluation; professional development.
Amendments regarding career technical education; at-risk pupil weightings.
Providing authority for a school district to adopt a local activities budget.
Compliance to the compulsory school attendance law for certain schools.
Providing pupils with access to precollege curriculum courses through virtual schools.
Enacting the Kansas empowerment scholarship act.
School districts; eliminating the high enrollment weighting.
Personal financial literacy program as a requirement for high school graduation.
Governmental ethics law; permitting certain communications related to contract negotiations involving state university employees.
Substitute HB 2634 by Committee on Education -- School employee performance and evaluation; professional development.
Kansas state high school activities association; board of directors; executive board.
Kansas academy of mathematics and science program; expansion thereof.
Creating the excellence in career technical education act.
Graduated increases in base state aid per pupil.
Changes to the school finance formula.
Colleges and universities; athletic scholarship disclosures required.
Amendments to the Kansas school safety and security act.
Superintendent qualifications.
School districts; autism scholarships.
Contingency reserve fund; extending the time period authorized for districts.
School districts; requiring only parental consent to dispense over-the-counter medication to students.
Veterinary school students; spaying or neutering dogs and cats; animal shelters.
Retaining students from grade-level promotion if not proficient on the reading state assessment for grade 3.
Creating the relevant efficient academic learning education act.
Creating acts providing for school accountability and parental choice.
Implementation of state fire marshal orders by a board of education.
Schools; authorizing a tax credit to be used for educational scholarships.
School districts; finance; amendments to funding formula.
School districts; finance; high density at-risk weighting.
Requesting a study and recommendations by the state board of education on an administrative reorganization of school districts.
Constitutional amendment to abolish state board of education and create secretary of education.
Closure of the school for the deaf and the school for the blind.
Charter schools; appeal of charter school denials to the state board of education; finance.
Funding costs of nonproficient pupils not covered by general state aid from local funds.
School districts; finance; supplemental general state aid for certain districts.
School districts; finance; amendments to funding formula.
Assessed valuation of certain school districts.
Retaining students from grade-level promotion if not proficient on the reading state assessment for grade 3.
Senate Substitute for HB 2251 by Committee on Education -- Continuation of statewide tax levy for public schools.
Determination of supplemental general state aid; creating school district enhancement fund; exemptions for statewide levy; income tax checkoff and withholding for school district contributions.
Constitutional amendment concerning school finance; suitable finance of public school funds in the amount and manner determined by the legislature.
Nontraditional teacher licensure program.
Senate Substitute for HB 2200 by Committee on Education -- School finance; amendment to base state aid per pupil; increasing state prescribed percentage for local option budget.
School districts; eliminating the high enrollment weighting.
Amendments to school finance formula regarding the statewide levy and the local option budget.
Amendments to the school finance formula regarding the statewide levy, the local option budget and the low enrollment weighting.
Amendments to school finance formula regarding the statewide levy, the local option budget and low enrollment weighting.
Creating the higher education commission.
Authorizing transportation of students residing on Fort Leavenworth military reservation.
School districts; finance; high density at-risk weighting.
School districts; finance; bilingual weighting based on program enrollment.
School districts; requiring online reporting of all expenditures by each district.
School districts; interdistrict agreements; termination.
School districts; calculating adjusted enrollment if determined that pupils are ineligible for free meals.
Creating the constitutional education suitability commission.
School districts; finance; establishing the base state aid per pupil for future school years.
Senate Substitute for Substitute for House Bill 2004 by Committee on Education -- Authorizing certain contributions under the low-income family postsecondary savings account incentive program.
Substitute HB 2477 by Committee on Education - Compulsory school attendance law; defining educational alternatives.
Amending minimum and maximum calculations of special education state aid by including the number of exceptional children under the age of four years.
Amendments relating to school district funds; enacting the uniform financial accounting and reporting act.
Concerning school districts; relating to teachers.
Postsecondary educational institutions; funds; certain veterinary practices by students.
Extending the expiration date of special local option budget provisions; continuation of the statewide property tax levy for public schools.
Substitute for HB 2193 by Committee on Education -Providing authority for a school district to adopt a local activities budget.
Substitute for SB 33 by Committee on Public Health and Welfare -- School sports head injury prevention act.
State schools for the deaf and blind; authorization to contract for training programs year round.
Amending the circumstances under which public defenders may accept new clients.
Providing authority for a school district to adopt a local activities budget.