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Session of 2026
HOUSE BILL No. 2484
By Committee on Education
Requested by Fred Patton on behalf of the State Board of Regents
1-21
AN ACT concerning postsecondary education; relating to the Kansas
promise scholarship program; eliminating the Kansas residency
requirement after completing the program; clarifying the work
requirements after completing the program; repealing the expiration of
the program; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 74-32,276 and repealing the
existing section; also repealing K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 74-32,278.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 74-32,276 is hereby amended to read as
follows: 74-32,276. (a) As a condition to receiving a Kansas promise
scholarship, an eligible student shall enter into a Kansas promise
scholarship agreement with the state board of regents. The eligible
postsecondary educational institution making the scholarship award to
such student shall counsel each eligible student on the requirements and
conditions of the promise scholarship agreement. Such agreement shall
require any student who receives a Kansas promise scholarship to:
(1) Enroll as a full-time or part-time student at the eligible
postsecondary educational institution from which the student is receiving a
Kansas promise scholarship and engage in and complete the required
promise eligible program within 36 months of the date the scholarship was
first awarded;
(2) (A) within six months after graduation from the promise eligible
program:
(A)(i) Reside in and Commence work in the state of Kansas and
continue to work in the state of Kansas for at least two consecutive years
following completion of such program . A scholarship recipient may use a
form W-2 wage and tax statement showing Kansas withholding or
estimated income tax to the state of Kansas as proof of work in Kansas; or
(B)(ii) enroll as a full-time or part-time student in any public or
private postsecondary educational institution with its primary location in
Kansas and upon graduation or failure to re-enroll in any subsequent
semester, or the equivalent thereof , reside in and commence work in the
state of Kansas and continue to work in the state of Kansas for at least two
consecutive years following the completion of such program; and
(B) nothing in this paragraph (2) shall be construed to prohibit a
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student from satisfying the work requirements set forth in subparagraph
(A) while enrolled in a public or private postseondary educational
institution, except that a student shall not be considered as having
satisfied all, or any portion of, such work requirements for any Kansas
promise scholarship agreement unless such student has completed the
promise eligible program for which the scholarship was awarded;
(3) maintain records and make reports to the state board of regents on
such forms and in such manner as required by the state board of regents to
document the satisfaction of the requirements of this act; and
(4) upon failure to satisfy the requirements of a Kansas promise
scholarship agreement, repay the amount of the Kansas promise
scholarship the student received under the program as provided in
subsection (b) to the state board of regents.
(b) (1) Except as provided in subsection (c), if any student who
receives a Kansas promise scholarship fails to satisfy the requirements of a
Kansas promise scholarship agreement, such student shall pay an amount
equal to the total amount of money disbursed on behalf of such student
pursuant to such agreement that is financed by the state of Kansas plus
accrued interest from the accrual date determined under K.S.A. 2025
Supp. 74-32,312, and amendments thereto, and at the rate prescribed in
K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 74-32,312, and amendments thereto. Monthly
installment payments of such amounts may be made in accordance with
rules and regulations of the state board of regents. Such installment
payments shall begin six months after the date of the action or
circumstances that cause such student to fail to satisfy the requirements of
a Kansas promise scholarship agreement, as determined by the state board
of regents upon the circumstances of each individual case. All moneys
received pursuant to this subsection shall be remitted to the state treasurer
in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments
thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall
deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the Kansas
promise scholarship program fund.
(2) For any Kansas promise scholarship awarded on or after July 1,
2021, the state board of regents shall be the sole entity responsible for
collecting or recouping any Kansas promise scholarship funds required to
be repaid by a student who fails to satisfy the requirements of a Kansas
promise scholarship agreement pursuant to this section.
(3) The state board of regents is authorized to turn any repayment
account arising under this act to a designated loan servicer or collection
agency to collect on the state board's behalf, the state not being involved
other than to receive payments from the loan servicer or collection agency
at the interest rate prescribed in K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 74-32,312, and
amendments thereto.
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(4) Eligible postsecondary educational institutions and each state
agency are authorized to provide academic, employment, residency and
contact information regarding students who received a Kansas promise
scholarship to the state board of regents for the purposes of:
(A) Determining whether or not a student satisfied the requirements
of this act and the Kansas promise scholarship agreement; and
(B) aiding in the collection or recoupment of any funds required to be
repaid pursuant to this section.
(5) Eligible postsecondary educational institutions shall:
(A) Provide annually to the state board of regents the last known
contact information of each student who received a Kansas promise
scholarship until the requirements of the program and scholarship
agreement are complete; and
(B) notify the state board of regents when a student who received a
Kansas promise scholarship:
(i) Completes the program of study for which the student received the
scholarship or has exhausted scholarship benefits; and
(ii) exceeds the 36-month program completion requirement provided
in this section. This requirement shall apply to any Kansas promise
scholarship awarded on or after July 1, 2021.
(6) For any Kansas promise scholarship awarded on or after July 1,
2021, eligible postsecondary educational institutions shall not be
considered a contractor of the state nor shall such institutions be required
to participate in tracking, collecting or recouping any funds required to be
repaid by a student who fails to satisfy the requirements of a Kansas
promise scholarship agreement pursuant to this section.
(c) Any requirement of a Kansas promise scholarship agreement
entered into pursuant to this section may be postponed for good cause in
accordance with rules and regulations of the state board of regents.
(d) A scholarship recipient satisfies the requirements of the Kansas
promise scholarship program if such recipient:
(1) Completes the requirements of the scholarship agreement;
(2) commences service as a military servicemember after receiving a
Kansas promise scholarship;
(3) fails to satisfy the requirements after making the best possible
effort to do so as determined by the state board of regents;
(4) is unable to obtain employment or continue in employment after
making the best possible effort to do so; or
(5) is unable to satisfy the requirements due to disability or death of
the scholarship recipient.
Sec. 2. K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 74-32,276 and 74-32,278 are hereby
repealed.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
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publication in the statute book.1