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Senate Committee on Education

  • Committee Assistant: Cyndie Rexer 785-296-7476
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    • Meeting Day: Daily Time: 1:30 pm Location: 144-S

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    Bills, Resolutions and Appointments

    Bills In Committee
    SB123 - Providing state general funds for school meals programs and prohibiting local boards from collecting money for such meals.
    SB134 - Authorizing school districts to request and receive an applicant teacher’s employment files from another school district if such teacher was previously employed by such other school district and establishing which school district is responsible for and the custodian of teacher employment files that are records under the Kansas open records act.
    SB140 - Requiring school districts to provide certain information on school district annual budget forms.
    SB142 - Authorizing each school district to include a teacher representative as a nonvoting member of such district's board of education.
    SB154 - Requiring school districts to prohibit the use of privately owned electronic communication devices during school hours and students from using school district computers or devices to access social media platforms.
    SB159 - Requiring school district budget forms and summaries to include all expenditures of bond proceeds.
    SB162 - Requiring certain school district employees to receive training in seizure recognition and related first aid.
    SB163 - Prohibiting school employment contracts from excluding documentation of disciplinary actions or behavioral corrective actions taken with regard to an employee.
    SB164 - Prohibiting discriminatory practices on the basis of religion at public educational institutions and authorizing the attorney general to investigate violations and assess civil penalties under the Kansas act against discrimination.
    SB165 - Requiring school district bond elections and other tax levy question submitted elections be held only on primary or general election dates and only permitting one such bond election to be conducted each calendar year.
    SB252 - Expanding the tax credit for low income students scholarship program act to allow certain high school students and students eligible to be enrolled in certain school districts to be eligible for scholarships, increasing the tax credit for contributions and the aggregate tax credit limit, providing for aggregate tax credit increases under certain conditions and providing for program administration by the state treasurer.
    SB270 - Requiring grants awarded pursuant to the Kansas educator registered apprenticeship program for education apprentice tuition and fees to be made twice per year and at the time payments for such tuition and fees are due.
    SB275 - Requiring school districts to include a fetal development presentation as part of the curriculum for any course that addresses human growth, human development or human sexuality.
    HB2299 - Substitute for HB 2299 by Committee on Education - Declaring antisemitism and antisemitic acts to be against public policy and establishing a statutory definition of such terms.
    HB2402 - Creating the blue ribbon commission on higher education to study and set long-term goals for higher education in the state of Kansas and requiring the submission of reports to the legislature.
    Sponsored Bills
    SB44 - Declaring antisemitism and antisemitic acts to be against public policy and establishing a statutory definition of such terms.
    SB45 - 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.
    SB47 - 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.
    SB48 - Requiring school districts to demonstrate improvement in academic performance and be in compliance with all federal and state statutes and rules and regulations to achieve or maintain accreditation.
    SB49 - 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 identify allocations of money in the school district budget and budget summary.
    SB50 - 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.
    SB75 - 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.
    SB76 - 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.
    SB78 - 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.
    SB87 - 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.
    SB114 - 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.
    SB134 - Authorizing school districts to request and receive an applicant teacher’s employment files from another school district if such teacher was previously employed by such other school district and establishing which school district is responsible for and the custodian of teacher employment files that are records under the Kansas open records act.
    SB140 - Requiring school districts to provide certain information on school district annual budget forms.
    SB154 - Requiring school districts to prohibit the use of privately owned electronic communication devices during school hours and students from using school district computers or devices to access social media platforms.
    SB159 - Requiring school district budget forms and summaries to include all expenditures of bond proceeds.
    SB160 - Granting the attorney general concurrent authority to prosecute any crimes related to schools.
    SB162 - Requiring certain school district employees to receive training in seizure recognition and related first aid.
    SB163 - Prohibiting school employment contracts from excluding documentation of disciplinary actions or behavioral corrective actions taken with regard to an employee.
    SB164 - Prohibiting discriminatory practices on the basis of religion at public educational institutions and authorizing the attorney general to investigate violations and assess civil penalties under the Kansas act against discrimination.
    SB165 - Requiring school district bond elections and other tax levy question submitted elections be held only on primary or general election dates and only permitting one such bond election to be conducted each calendar year.
    HB2382 - Senate Substitute for HB 2382 by Committee on Education - Requiring school districts to include a fetal development presentation as part of the curriculum for any course that addresses human growth, human development or human sexuality and authorizing the state board of education to establish the rate of compensation for members of the board.
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