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HB2140 • 2026

Creating the drug abuse resistance education (D.A.R.E.) educator position.

Creating the drug abuse resistance education (D.A.R.E.) educator position.

Education
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Last action
2025-02-20
Official status
Stricken from Calendar by Rule 1507
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Creating the drug abuse resistance education (D.A.R.E.) educator position.

Creating the drug abuse resistance education (D.A.R.E.) educator position.

What This Bill Does

  • Creating the drug abuse resistance education (D.A.R.E.) educator position.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-02-20 House

    Stricken from Calendar by Rule 1507

  2. 2025-02-13 House

    Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Education

  3. 2025-02-06 House

    Hearing: Thursday, February 6, 2025, 1:30 PM — Room 218-N event

  4. 2025-01-29 House

    Referred to House Committee on Education

  5. 2025-01-29 House

    Introduced

Official Summary Text

Creating the drug abuse resistance education (D.A.R.E.) educator position.

Current Bill Text

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Session of 2025
HOUSE BILL No. 2140
By Committee on Education
Requested by Representative Essex
1-29
AN ACT concerning the attorney general; relating to the drug abuse
resistance education (D.A.R.E.) program; creating the position of drug
abuse resistance education (D.A.R.E.) educator; providing for the
duties and responsibilities thereof.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. (a) The attorney general shall appoint a statewide drug
abuse resistance education (D.A.R.E.) educator and, within the limits of
appropriations available therefor, such additional staff as necessary to
support the functions and responsibilities of the D.A.R.E. educator.
(b) The D.A.R.E. educator shall:
(1) Provide instruction on drug abuse using a curriculum approved by
the attorney general that includes content on fentanyl and other opioid
drugs to students in public elementary and secondary schools;
(2) report annually to the legislature on any modifications to the
curriculum utilized by the attorney general and provide the names and
addresses of the public schools serviced by the program; and
(3) perform other services and provide material and information as
required to support the D.A.R.E. program in Kansas.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.
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