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Minutes for HB2129 - Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions
Short Title
Transferring teachers from the KPERS 3 cash balance plan to the KPERS 2 plan and defining teachers for purposes of KPERS.
Minutes Content for Wed, Feb 5, 2025
Jason Thompson, Revisor of Statutes, continued with an overview on HB 2129, (Attachment2) A short question and answer period followed.
Informational - Alan Conroy, Executive Director, KPERS, briefed the committee on HB 2129, (Attachment5) A question and answer period followed.
Proponents - Chair Hoheisel recognized the following individuals who provided testimony in support of HB 2129: Representative Robyn Essex, District 78, Olathe, (Attachment8); Timothy Graham, Director of Government Relations and Legislative Affairs, Kansas National Education Association (KNEA), (Attachment9); Shannon Kimball, Government Relations Specialist, Kansas Association of School Boards (KASB), (Attachment10); Mary Sinclair, Kansas PTA Advocacy Team, Kansas Parent Teacher Association (via WEBEX), (Attachment11) A question and answer period followed.
Proponents Written Only - Dr. Brian Huff, Superintendent, Gardner Edgerton USD 231, (Attachment12); Dr. Tiffany Anderson, Superintendent, Topeka USD 501, (Attachment13); Dr. Tonya Merrigan, Superintendent, Blue Valley USD 229, (Attachment14); Dr. Brent Yeager, Superintendent, Olathe USD 233, (Attachment15); Cathy Hopkins and Danny Zeck, Kansas Board of Education, (Attachment16).
Neutral - Chair Hoheisel recognized Wendi Stark, Legislative Liaison, The League of Kansas Municipalities, (Attachment17). No questions.
Neutral Written Only - Sarah LaFrenz, Kansas Organization of State Employees (KOSE), Keeping the Kansas Promise, (Attachment18) and Ron Hobert, American Federation Teachers-Kansas (AFT-Ks.), Keeping the Kansas Promise, (Attachment19).
Opponent - None
