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HOUSE BILL No. 2482
AN A CT concerning education; relating to the state board of education; removing the
requirement that the state board of education use a certain exam provider to deliver
state-funded college entrance and career readiness exams; requiring the board to
provide for such exams using any provider; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 72-5178
and 72-5179 and repealing the existing sections.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 72-5178 is hereby amended to read
as follows: 72-5178. (a) On or before January 15 of each year, the state
department of education shall prepare and digitally update on the
website of the state department of education the performance
accountability reports and longitudinal achievement reports upon all
students enrolled in any public school or accredited nonpublic school in
the state, each school district, each school operated by a school district
and each accredited nonpublic school.
(b) Each performance accountability report shall be prepared in a
single-page format containing the information that is required to be
reported under the federal elementary and secondary education act, as
amended by the federal every student succeeds act, public law 114-95,
or any successor federal acts, and the college and career readiness
metrics developed and implemented by the state board. The report shall
use the categories for achievement identified under the federal every
student succeeds act, public law 114-95, or any successor achievement
categories. All categories and metrics included in the report shall be
clearly defined.
(c) Each longitudinal achievement report shall provide the
achievement rates on the state assessments for English language arts,
math and science for all students and each student subgroup and the
change in achievement rate year-over-year starting with the school year
in which the state board first implemented new achievement standards
on such state assessments.
(d) On or before January 15 of each year, the state department of
education shall prepare written academic achievement reports to
provide a summary of student achievement in this state and shall
submit such reports to the governor and the legislature. Such written
academic achievement reports shall:
(1) Provide a statewide summary of the performance
accountability reports and longitudinal achievement reports prepared
pursuant to this section. Such summary report shall provide:
(A) Achievement data from the English language arts assessments
and math assessments over the preceding five years for all students and
student subgroups to show whether there are statewide trends in
academic improvement or learning loss among all students and student
subgroups;
(B) a comparison to any other evaluation metric used by the state
board of education to evaluate student achievement such as college and
career readiness measurements or graduation rates;
(C) a comparison to other educational assessments that measure
academic performance such as the national assessment of educational
progress;
(D) an analysis of the trends in student achievement outcomes and
a review of conditions that are impacting recent student achievement
outcomes;
(E) a review of the academic interventions that school districts are
using to improve student performance, whether the state board of
education has any specific recommendations regarding academic
interventions to improve academic achievement and an estimation of
the academic achievement gains that can be expected from such
interventions; and
(F) a summary of the performance levels and the scale and cut
scores for the statewide assessments and how such information should
be used to draw conclusions about student achievement; and
(2) provide a student-focused longitudinal achievement report that
provides information on the academic achievement of certain student
cohort groups to show the achievement gains or learning losses that are
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occurring for such students. Such report shall begin with the students
who are entering grade three and grade eight in school year 2022-2023.
The report shall summarize the longitudinal achievement of such
students over a three-year period and shall be repeated every three
years for the students entering such grade levels. The longitudinal
report shall provide:
(A) A summary of the improvement or learning loss that is
occurring within such student cohort groups over such three-year
period for all such students and the student subgroups;
(B) an analysis of the evaluations and metrics that are used to
measure the year-over-year achievement of such student cohort groups;
(C) a review of the academic interventions that school districts are
using to improve student performance within such student cohort
groups, whether the state board of education has any specific
recommendations regarding academic interventions to improve
academic achievement and an estimate of the academic achievement
gains that can be expected from such interventions; and
(D) the achievement results from the English language arts
assessments and math assessments for such student cohort groups and
any other assessment data pertaining to such student cohort groups,
including, but not limited to, the national assessment for educational
progress, the ACT college entrance exam and the pre-ACT assessment
and any nationally recognized college readiness assessment or
associated preparatory assessment.
(d)(e) All reports prepared pursuant to this section shall be
published in accordance with K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 72-1181, and
amendments thereto.
Sec. 2. K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 72-5179 is hereby amended to read as
follows: 72-5179. (a) (1) The state board of education shall provide the
ACT college entrance exam and the three ACT workkeys assessments
that are required to earn a national career readiness certificate:
(A) A nationally recognized college entrance exam to that
measures the math, science and reading and writing skills of each
student enrolled in grades 11 and 12, and ;
(B) the pre-ACT college pre-college entrance exam that is aligned
with such nationally recognized college entrance exam to each student
enrolled in grade nine.; and
(C) a career readiness assessment or a series of career readiness
assessments that lead to a nationally recognized credential to each
student enrolled in grade 11.
(2) No student shall be required to pay any fees or costs to take
any such exam or assessments. The state board shall not be required to
provide more than one exam and three assessments for each student.
The state board of education may enter into any contracts that are
necessary to promote statewide cost savings to administer such exams
and assessments.
(b) The Kansas department of education and each school district
shall annually publish on their websites the times, dates and locations
of the pre- ACT college pre-college entrance exam, the ACT college
entrance exam and the ACT workkeys career readiness assessments
that are offered in Kansas and information for students on how to
register for such exams or assessments.
(c) Participation in the pre-ACT college pre-college entrance
exam, the ACT college entrance exam or the ACT workkeys career
readiness assessment shall be optional. Nothing in this section shall be
construed to require any student to participate in such exams or
assessments.
(d) On or before the first day of each regular legislative session,
the state board of education shall prepare and submit a report to the
senate standing committee on education and the house standing
committee or any successor committees on education that includes the
aggregate exam and assessment data for all students who were provided
the exams and assessments pursuant to this section.
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(e) As used in this section, "student" means any person who is
regularly enrolled in any public school or accredited nonpublic school
located in Kansas.
Sec. 3. K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 72-5178 and 72-5179 are hereby
repealed.
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after
July 1, 2027, and its publication in the statute book.
I hereby certify that the above BILL originated in the House, and passed
that body
HOUSE concurred in
SENATE amendments __________________________________________________________________
Speaker of the House.
Chief Clerk of the House.
Passed the SENATE
as amended
President of the Senate.
Secretary of the Senate.
APPROVED ______________________________________________________________________________
Governor.