SB 438
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.
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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.
{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}
Eliminating the requirement to subtract other aid from the state payment in the AO-K program.
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Conference Committee Reports 2
Committee Reports 2
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Legislative History
Testimony & Minutes
Senate · Committee on Education 4
| Hearing Date | Minutes | Presenter | Organization | Topic | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 14, 2024 | View | Chris Stanyer, Chief Mission Officer | Goodwill Industries of Kansas | SB 438 Proponent Oral | |
| Feb 14, 2024 | View | Dr. Blake Flanders, PhD, President and CEO | Kansas Board of Regents | SB 438 Proponent Oral | |
| Feb 14, 2024 | View | Adam Proffitt, Director | Kansas Division of the Budget | SB 438 Fiscal Note | |
| Feb 14, 2024 | View | Tamera Lawrence, Assistant Revisor | The Office of the Revisor of Statutes | Revisor Memo |