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Senate Committee on Education

  • Committee Assistant: Cyndie Rexer 785-296-7368
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    • Meeting Day: Daily Time: 1:30 pm Location: 144-S

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    Bills, Resolutions and Appointments

    Sponsored Bills
    SB31 - Reapportioning the districts of certain members of the Washburn university board of regents who are appointed by the city of Topeka.
    SB32 - Authorizing the Kansas state high school activities association to establish a school classification system based on student attendance and other factors.
    SB48 - Authorizing community college and technical college appointments to the postsecondary technical education authority and establishing the length of membership terms.
    SB66 - 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.
    SB82 - Requiring schools to establish policies and concussion management teams to prevent and manage concussions within school.
    SB83 - Providing additional student eligibility under the tax credit for low income students scholarship program and increasing the amount of the tax credit for contributions made pursuant to such program.
    SB84 - Including individuals who receive a high school equivalency (HSE) credential in performance-based payments for certain postsecondary educational institutions.
    SB98 - Authorizing medical student and residency loan assistance to encourage the practice of obstetrics and gynecology in medically underserved areas of the state.
    SB102 - Establishing residency criteria for students of technical colleges.
    SB109 - Deeming certain refugees as residents of the state for the purposes of tuition and fees at postsecondary educational institutions.
    SB122 - Removing the sunset for the high-density at-risk student weighting under the Kansas school equity and enhancement act.
    SB145 - Requiring statutory due process procedures for a school district's non-renewal or termination of a teacher contract.
    SB167 - Requiring certain school district employees to receive training for seizure recognition and related first aid.
    SB207 - 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.
    SB226 - Authorizing educational agencies to disclose student data for the purpose of conducting research contracted for by an educational agency.
    SB351 - Establishing policy requirements for school safety and security and cardiac emergency response plans and providing grant programs for the implementation of such policies.
    SB360 - 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.
    SB386 - Requiring enrollment under the Kansas school equity and enhancement act to be determined using the current school year or the preceding school year.
    SB387 - Providing for the continued enrollment of students who attend a school district of nonresidence pursuant to the school district open enrollment law and authorizing an appeals process for denial of an open enrollment application.
    SB407 - Requiring the state board of education to authorize teaching licenses for individuals who complete an alternative teacher certification program.
    SB427 - 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.
    SB428 - 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 data and identifying allocations of money in the school district budget and budget summary.
    SB437 - Establishing the Kansas education enrichment program to provide educational awards to elementary and secondary school students for qualifying expenses for educational goods and services.
    SB438 - 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.
    SB465 - 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 for such school districts.
    SB469 - Establishing the sunflower education equity act to provide education savings accounts for certain students.
    SB470 - Including Wichita technical institute as an eligible postsecondary educational institution in the Kansas promise scholarship act.
    SB485 - 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.
    HB2060 - Senate Substitute for HB 2060 by Committee on Education - Authorizing payments from the state safety fund to community colleges for the provision of driver's education, authorizing the provision of tools, supplies and examinations to AO-K career pathway program participants and including high school equivalency credentials in performance-based payments for postsecondary educational institutions.
    HB2138 - 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.
    HB2645 - 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.
    HB2646 - 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.
    Sponsored Resolutions - 2023 Legislative Session
    SR1705 - congratulating and commending the members of the 2023 Kansas Teacher of the Year team.
    Sponsored Resolutions - 2024 Legislative Session
    SR1705 - congratulating and commending the members of the 2023 Kansas Teacher of the Year team.
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