Requiring the state board of education to report to the legislature on federal moneys received by the state, ending certain educational reporting requirements and applying expiration dates to other educational reporting requirements.

HOUSE BILL No. 2618
AN ACT concerning education; relating to required reports of the state board of education
and the state department of education; requiring the state board of education to report
to the legislature on the federal financial assistance that is accepted, received or
distributed by the state board; ending certain educational reporting requirements and
applying expirations dates to other educational reporting requirements; amending
K.S.A. 48-3406, 72-2291, 72-4355 and 72-5538 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 72-3123, 72-
3262, 72-3422a, 72-3574, 72-5170, 72-5178, 72-5179, 72-5462, 72-9944 and 74-
50,234 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 48-3406a and 72-
6320.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. K.S.A. 72-5538 is hereby amended to read as follows:
72-5538. (a) In the event the designation of a "state education agency"
is required by federal laws now or hereafter enacted which that make
available federal funds financial assistance for educational purposes,
the state board of education is designated as the "state education
agency" through which applications, reports, agreements and federal
funds are to such federal financial assistance shall be channeled ; and
said "state education agency".
The state board of education is hereby authorized and empowered to
do all things necessary to comply with and carry out any such federal
law or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the federal
government or any agency thereof.
(b) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed as
preventing any board of education of a school district or any
educational agency of this state from making direct applications for or
receiving directly federal funds financial assistance made available for
educational purposes in those cases where the federal law permits
direct applications for and receipt of federal funds financial assistance
by any such board of education or its school district or educational
agency of this state.
(c) On or before July 1 and January 1 each year, the state board
of education shall prepare and submit a report to the legislature that
provides information on the federal financial assistance that was
accepted, distributed or expended in the preceding and current fiscal
year and the federal financial assistance that the board anticipates will
be accepted, distributed or expended for the remainder of the current
fiscal year. Such report shall include the following information:
(1) The purpose of each such federal financial assistance
program;
(2) how the federal financial assistance was or will be used;
(3) the individual, office or division of the state board of
education that accepts, distributes or expends such federal financial
assistance;
(4) the federal agency, office or division that administers such
federal financial assistance on behalf of the federal government;
(5) with respect to each federal financial assistance program, the
total amount of federal financial assistance that the state board of
education accepted, distributed or expended in the preceding fiscal
year and current fiscal year and the total amount of federal financial
assistance that the board anticipates will be accepted, distributed or
expended for the remainder of the current fiscal year;
(6) the anticipated time that the federal financial assistance
program will be made available; and
(7) a description that outlines whether and how the educational
initiatives of the federal financial assistance program will be sustained
using state or local resources after the federal financial assistance
program ends.
(d) The provisions of subsection (c) shall expire on July 1, 2034.
Sec. 2. K.S.A. 48-3406 is hereby amended to read as follows: 48-
3406. (a) For the purposes of this section:
(1) "Applicant" means an individual who is:
(A) A military spouse or military servicemember who resides or
plans to reside in this state due to the assigned military station of the
individual or the individual's spouse; or
(B) an individual who has established or intends to establish
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residency in this state.
(2) "Complete application" means the licensing body has received
all forms, fees, documentation, a signed affidavit stating that the
application information, including necessary prior employment history,
is true and accurate and any other information required or requested by
the licensing body for the purpose of evaluating the application,
consistent with this section and the rules and regulations adopted by the
licensing body pursuant to this section. If the licensing body has
received all such forms, fees, documentation and any other information
required or requested by the licensing body, an application shall be
deemed to be a complete application even if the licensing body has not
yet received a criminal background report from the Kansas bureau of
investigation. An application by a military spouse of an active a
military servicemember shall be considered a "complete application"
without the submission of fees, pursuant to subsection (u).
(3) "Electronic credential" or "electronic certification, license or
registration" means an electronic method by which a person may
display or transmit to another person information that verifies the status
of a person's certification, licensure, registration or permit as authorized
by a licensing body and is equivalent to a paper-based certification,
license, registration or permit.
(4) "Licensing body" means an official, agency, board or other
entity of the state that authorizes individuals to practice a profession in
this state and issues a license, registration, certificate, permit or other
authorization to an individual so authorized.
(5) "Military servicemember" means a current member of any
branch of the United States armed services, United States military
reserves or national guard of any state or a former member with an
honorable discharge.
(6) "Military spouse" means the spouse of a military
servicemember.
(7) "Person" means a natural person.
(8) "Private certification" means a voluntary program in which a
private organization grants nontransferable recognition to an individual
who meets personal qualifications and standards relevant to performing
the occupation as determined by the private organization.
(9) "Scope of practice" means the procedures, actions, processes
and work that a person may perform under a government issued
license, registration or certification.
(10) "Verification system" means an electronic method by which
the authenticity and validity of electronic credentials are verified.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any licensing
body shall, upon submission of a complete application, issue a paper-
based and verified electronic license, registration or certification to an
applicant as provided by this section, so that the applicant may lawfully
practice the person's occupation. Any licensing body may satisfy any
requirement under this section to provide a paper-based license,
registration, certification or permit in addition to an electronic license,
registration, certification or permit by issuing such electronic credential
to the applicant in a format that permits the applicant to print a paper
copy of such electronic credential. Such paper copy shall be considered
a valid license, registration, certification or permit for all purposes.
(c) An applicant who holds a valid current license, registration or
certification in another state, district or territory of the United States
shall receive a paper-based and verified electronic license, registration
or certification:
(1) If the applicant qualifies under the applicable Kansas
licensure, registration or certification by endorsement, reinstatement or
reciprocity statutes, then pursuant to applicable licensure, registration
or certification by endorsement, reinstatement or reciprocity statutes of
the licensing body of this state for the license, registration or
certification within 15 days from the date a complete application was
submitted if the applicant is a military servicemember or military
spouse or within 45 days from the date a complete application was
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submitted for all other applicants; or
(2) if the applicant does not qualify under the applicable licensure,
registration or certification by endorsement, reinstatement or
reciprocity statutes of the licensing body of this state, or if the Kansas
professional practice act does not have licensure, registration or
certification by endorsement, reinstatement or reciprocity statutes, then
the applicant shall receive a license, registration or certification as
provided herein if, at the time of application, the applicant:
(A) Holds a valid current license, registration or certification in
another state, district or territory of the United States with licensure,
registration or certification requirements that the licensing body
determines authorize a similar scope of practice as those established by
the licensing body of this state, or holds a certification issued by
another state for practicing the occupation but this state requires an
occupational license, and the licensing body of this state determines
that the certification requirements certify a similar scope of practice as
the licensing requirements established by the licensing body of this
state;
(B) has worked for at least one year in the occupation for which
the license, certification or registration is sought;
(C) has not committed an act in any jurisdiction that would have
constituted grounds for the limitation, suspension or revocation of the
license, certificate or registration, or that the applicant has never been
censured or had other disciplinary action taken or had an application for
licensure, registration or certification denied or refused to practice an
occupation for which the applicant seeks licensure, registration or
certification;
(D) has not been disciplined by a licensing, registering, certifying
or other credentialing entity in another jurisdiction and is not the
subject of an unresolved complaint, review procedure or disciplinary
proceeding conducted by a licensing, registering, certifying or other
credentialing entity in another jurisdiction nor has surrendered their
membership on any professional staff in any professional association or
society or faculty for another state or jurisdiction while under
investigation or to avoid adverse action for acts or conduct similar to
acts or conduct that would constitute grounds for disciplinary action in
a Kansas practice act;
(E) does not have a disqualifying criminal record as determined by
the licensing body of this state under Kansas law;
(F) provides proof of solvency, financial standing, bonding or
insurance if required by the licensing body of this state, but only to the
same extent as required of any applicant with similar credentials or
experience;
(G) pays any fees required by the licensing body of this state; and
(H) submits with the application a signed affidavit stating that the
application information, including necessary prior employment history,
is true and accurate.
Upon receiving a complete application and the provisions of
subsection (c)(2) apply and have been met by the applicant, the
licensing body shall issue the license, registration or certification within
15 days from the date a complete application was submitted by a
military servicemember or military spouse, or within 45 days from the
date a complete application was submitted by an applicant who is not a
military servicemember or military spouse, to the applicant on a
probationary basis, but may revoke the license, registration or
certification at any time if the information provided in the application is
found to be false. The probationary period shall not exceed six months.
Upon completion of the probationary period, the license, certification
or registration shall become a non-probationary license, certification or
registration.
(d) Any applicant who has not been in the active practice of the
occupation during the two years preceding the application for which the
applicant seeks a license, registration or certification under subsection
(c)(2) may be required to complete such additional testing, training,
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monitoring or continuing education as the Kansas licensing body may
deem necessary to establish the applicant's present ability to practice in
a manner that protects the health and safety of the public, as provided
by subsection (j).
(e) Upon submission of a complete application, an applicant may
receive an occupational license, registration or certification based on
the applicant's work experience in another state, if the applicant:
(1) Worked in a state that does not use an occupational license,
registration, certification or private certification to regulate an
occupation, but this state uses an occupational license, registration or
certification to regulate the occupation;
(2) worked for at least three years in the occupation during the
four years immediately preceding the application; and
(3) satisfies the requirements of subsection (c)(2)(C) through (H).
(f) Upon submission of a complete application, an applicant may
receive an occupational license, registration or certification under
subsection (b) based on the applicant's holding of a private certification
and work experience in another state, if the applicant:
(1) Holds a private certification and worked in a state that does not
use an occupational license or government certification to regulate an
occupation, but this state uses an occupational license or government
certification to regulate the occupation;
(2) worked for at least two years in the occupation;
(3) holds a current and valid private certification in the
occupation;
(4) is held in good standing by the organization that issued the
private certification; and
(5) satisfies the requirements of subsection (c)(2)(C) through (H).
(g) An applicant licensed, registered or certified under this section
shall be entitled to the same rights and subject to the same obligations
as are provided by the licensing body for Kansas residents, except that
revocation or suspension of an applicant's license, registration or
certificate in the applicant's state of residence or any jurisdiction in
which the applicant held a license, registration or certificate shall
automatically cause the same revocation or suspension of such
applicant's license, registration or certificate in Kansas. No hearing
shall be granted to an applicant where such applicant's license,
registration or certificate is subject to such automatic revocation or
suspension, except for the purpose of establishing the fact of revocation
or suspension of the applicant's license, registration or certificate by the
applicant's state of residence or jurisdiction in which the applicant held
a license, registration or certificate.
(h) In the event the licensing body determines that the license,
registration or certificate currently held by an applicant under
subsection (c)(2) or the work experience or private credential held by
an applicant under subsections (e) or (f), who is a military spouse or
military servicemember does not authorize a similar scope of practice
as the license, registration or certification issued by the licensing body
of this state, the licensing body shall issue a temporary permit for a
limited period of time to allow the applicant to lawfully practice the
applicant's occupation while completing any specific requirements that
are required in this state for licensure, registration or certification that
were not required in the state, district or territory of the United States in
which the applicant was licensed, registered, certified or otherwise
credentialed, unless the licensing body finds, based on specific
grounds, that issuing a temporary permit would jeopardize the health
and safety of the public.
(i) In the event the licensing body determines that the license,
registration or certification currently held by an applicant under
subsection (c)(2) or the work experience or private credential held by
an applicant under subsections (e) or (f), who is not a military spouse or
military servicemember, does not authorize a similar scope of practice
as the license, registration or certification issued by the licensing body
of this state, the licensing body may issue a temporary permit for a
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limited period of time to allow the applicant to lawfully practice the
applicant's occupation while completing any specific requirements that
are required in this state for licensure, registration or certification that
was not required in the state, district or territory of the United States in
which the applicant was licensed, registered, certified or otherwise
credentialed, unless the licensing body finds, based on specific
grounds, that issuing a temporary permit would jeopardize the health
and safety of the public.
(j) Any testing, continuing education or training requirements
administered under subsection (d), (h) or (i) shall be limited to Kansas
law that regulates the occupation and that are materially different from
or additional to the law of another state, or shall be limited to any
materially different or additional body of knowledge or skill required
for the occupational license, registration or certification in Kansas.
(k) A licensing body may grant licensure, registration, certification
or a temporary permit to any person who meets the requirements under
this section but was separated from such military service under less
than honorable conditions or with a general discharge under honorable
conditions.
(l) Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply in conflict
with or in a manner inconsistent with federal law or a multistate
compact, or a rule or regulation or a reciprocal or other applicable
statutory provision that would allow an applicant to receive a license.
Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting a licensing
body from denying any application for licensure, registration or
certification, or declining to grant a temporary or probationary license,
if the licensing body determines that granting the application may
jeopardize the health and safety of the public.
(m) Nothing in this section shall be construed to be in conflict
with any applicable Kansas statute defining the scope of practice of an
occupation. The scope of practice as provided by Kansas law shall
apply to applicants under this section.
(n) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during a state of
emergency declared by the legislature, a licensing body may grant a
temporary emergency license to practice any profession licensed,
certified, registered or regulated by the licensing body to an applicant
whose qualifications the licensing body determines to be sufficient to
protect health and safety of the public and may prohibit any unlicensed
person from practicing any profession licensed, certified, registered or
regulated by the licensing body.
(o) Licensing bodies shall provide paper-based and verified
electronic credentials to persons regulated by the licensing body. A
licensing body may prescribe the format or requirements of the
electronic credential to be used by the licensing body. Any statutory or
regulatory requirement to display, post or produce a credential issued
by a licensing body may be satisfied by the proffer of an electronic
credential authorized by the licensing body. A licensing body may use a
third-party electronic credential system that is not maintained by the
licensing body.
(p) Subject to appropriations therefor, the secretary of
administration shall develop and implement a uniform or singular
license verification portal for the purpose of verifying or reporting
license statuses such as credentials issued, renewed, revoked or
suspended by licensing bodies or that have expired or otherwise
changed in status. The secretary of administration may utilize the
services or facilities of a third party for the central electronic record
system. The central electronic record system shall comply with the
requirements adopted by the information technology executive council
pursuant to K.S.A. 75-7203, and amendments thereto. Each licensing
body shall be able to integrate with the uniform or singular license
verification portal in the manner and format required by the secretary of
administration indicating any issuance, renewal, revocation,
suspension, expiration or other change in status of an electronic
credential that has occurred. No charge for the establishment or
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maintenance of the uniform or singular license verification portal shall
be imposed on any licensing body or any person with a license,
registration, certification or permit issued by a licensing body. The
centralized electronic credential data management systems shall include
an instantaneous verification system that is operated by the licensing
body's respective secretary, or the secretary's designee, or the
secretary's third-party agent on behalf of the licensing body for the
purpose of instantly verifying the authenticity and validity of electronic
credentials issued by the licensing body. Centralized electronic
credential data management systems shall maintain an auditable record
of credentials issued by each licensing body.
(q) Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting or
preventing a licensing body from developing, operating, maintaining or
using a separate electronic credential system of the licensing body or of
a third party in addition to making the reports to the central electronic
record system required by subsection (p) or participating in a multistate
compact or a reciprocal licensure, registration or certification process
as long as the separate electronic credential system of the licensing
body integrates with the uniform or singular license verification portal.
(r) Each licensing body shall adopt rules and regulations necessary
to implement and carry out this section.
(s) This section shall not apply to the practice of law or the
regulation of attorneys pursuant to K.S.A. 7-103, and amendments
thereto, or to the certification of law enforcement officers pursuant to
the Kansas law enforcement training act, K.S.A. 74-5601 et seq., and
amendments thereto.
(t) The state board of healing arts and the state board of technical
professions, with respect to an applicant who is seeking a license to
practice professional engineering or engage in the practice of
engineering, as defined in K.S.A. 74-7003, and amendments thereto,
may deny an application for licensure, registration or certification, or
decline to grant a temporary or probationary license, if the board
determines the applicant's qualifications are not substantially equivalent
to those established by the board. Such boards shall not otherwise be
exempt from this act.
(u) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
applicants who are military spouses of active military service members
servicemembers shall be exempt from all fees assessed by any licensing
body to obtain an occupational credential in Kansas and renew such
credential including initial or renewal application, licensing,
registration, certification, endorsement, reciprocity or permit fees and
any criminal background report fees, whether assessed by the licensing
body or another agency. Licensing bodies shall adopt rules and
regulations to implement this subsection.
(v) This section shall apply to all licensing bodies not excluded
under subsection (s), including, but not limited to:
(1) The abstracters' board of examiners;
(2) the board of accountancy;
(3) the board of adult care home administrators;
(4) the secretary for aging and disability services, with respect to
K.S.A. 65-5901 et seq. and 65-6503 et seq., and amendments thereto;
(5) the Kansas board of barbering;
(6) the behavioral sciences regulatory board;
(7) the Kansas state board of cosmetology;
(8) the Kansas dental board;
(9) the state board of education;
(10) the Kansas board of examiners in fitting and dispensing of
hearing instruments;
(11) the board of examiners in optometry;
(12) the state board of healing arts, as provided by subsection (t);
(13) the department of health and environment, with respect to
K.S.A. 82a-1201 et seq., and amendments thereto;
(14) the department of health and environment, with respect to
child care facility licensure pursuant to article 5 of chapter 65 of the
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Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, on or before June
30, 2026;
(15) the Kansas office of early childhood, on and after July 1,
2026;
(16) the commissioner of insurance, with respect to K.S.A. 40-241
and 40-4901 et seq., and amendments thereto;
(17) the state board of mortuary arts;
(18) the board of nursing;
(19) the state board of pharmacy;
(20) the Kansas real estate commission;
(21) the real estate appraisal board;
(22) the state board of technical professions, as provided by
subsection (t); and
(23) the state board of veterinary examiners.
(w) All proceedings pursuant to this section shall be conducted in
accordance with the Kansas administrative procedure act and shall be
reviewable in accordance with the Kansas judicial review act.
(x) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (3), each licensing body
listed in subsection (v)(1) through (22) (23) shall provide a report for
the period of July 1 through June 30 to the director of legislative
research by August 31 of each year, providing information requested by
the director of legislative research to fulfill the requirements of this
subsection. The director of legislative research shall develop the report
format, prepare an analysis of the reports and submit and present the
analysis to the office of the governor, the house of representatives
committee on commerce, labor and economic development or any
successor committee thereof, the senate committee on commerce or any
successor committee thereof, the house of representatives committee on
appropriations or any successor committee thereof and the senate
committee on ways and means or any successor committee thereof by
January 15 of the succeeding year. The director's report may provide
any analysis the director deems useful and shall provide the following
items, detailed by applicant type, including military servicemember,
military spouse and non-military individual:
(A) The number of applications received under this section;
(B) the number of applications granted under this section;
(C) the number of applications denied under this section;
(D) the average time between receipt of the application and
completion of the application;
(E) the average time between receipt of a complete application
and issuance of a license, certification or registration; and
(F) identification of applications submitted under this section
where the issuance of credentials or another determination by the
licensing body was not made within the time limitations pursuant to
this section and the reasons for the failure to meet such time limitations.
(2) All information shall be provided by the licensing body to the
director of legislative research in a manner that maintains the
confidentiality of all applicants and in aggregate form that does not
permit identification of individual applicants.
(3) On and after July 1, 2031, the state board of education shall
not be required to report or provide the information requested by the
director of legislative research pursuant to this subsection.
Sec. 3. K.S.A. 72-2291 is hereby amended to read as follows: 72-
2291. (a) The board of education of any school district may establish an
early retirement incentive program for the benefit of the employees of
the district for retirement prior to the retirement age as provided
pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 416(l)(1) of the social security act as in effect
on the effective date of this act. As used in this act, an "early retirement
incentive program" is means a program that provides cash payments,
either in the form of a lump-sum payment at the beginning of the fiscal
year, or in regular payments during the fiscal year. No payment
pursuant to an early retirement incentive program as provided in this
section shall be made prior to the retirement under the provisions of the
Kansas public employees retirement system for any employee of the
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district.
(b) Commencing in the fiscal year that commenced in calendar
year 2002 and every three years thereafter, each board that has
established an early retirement incentive program shall prepare and
submit a report to the state board of education related to such early
retirement incentive program. Such report shall contain: (1) Three years
of budget data of such program, including actual costs, and current year
and future years' budget data for three to five years; (2) current costs
and benefits of such program and projected costs and benefits of such
program for three to five years; (3) current and projected number of
participants in such program; and (4) such other information as
required by the state board of education. The state board of education
shall design and distribute forms to carry out the provisions of this act
to the board of education of each school district that has established an
early retirement incentive program. The state board of education shall
compile and prepare a summary report which shall be submitted to the
joint committee on pensions, investments and benefits no later than
January 1 of the year that follows the end of the fiscal year in which the
reporting is required as provided in this subsection.
Sec. 4. K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 72-3123 is hereby amended to read as
follows: 72-3123. (a) Beginning in school year 2024-2025, the board of
education of any school district shall permit nonresident students to
enroll in and attend the schools of the district if such school district has
open seats as determined pursuant to this section.
(b) Each school district shall determine capacity in each school of
the school district for the following school year as follows:
(1) For kindergarten and grades one through eight, the classroom
student-teacher ratio in each grade level; and
(2) for grades nine through 12, the student-teacher ratio for each
school building or program in each school building, including, but not
limited to, advanced placement or international baccalaureate
programs.
(c) (1) On or before May 1 of each year, each school board shall
determine for each grade level in each school building of the school
district for the next succeeding school year the:
(A) Capacity as determined pursuant to subsection (b);
(B) number of students expected to attend school in the school
district; and
(C) number of open seats available to nonresident students.
(2) On or before June 1 of each year, each school district shall
publish on such school district's website the number of open seats
available to nonresident students in each grade level for each school
building of the school district for the next succeeding school year.
(3) From January 1 through June 15, each school district shall
accept applications from nonresident students who are seeking to enroll
in and attend the school district in the next succeeding school year.
Applications shall be on a form and in a manner determined by the
school district.
(4) If the number of applications for a grade level in a school
building is less than the number of available seats for such grade level
in such school building, the nonresident students shall be accepted for
enrollment and attendance at such school district. If the number of
applications for a grade level in a school building is greater than the
number of available seats for such grade level in such school building,
the school district shall randomly select nonresident students using a
confidential lottery process. Such process shall be completed on or
before July 15 of each year.
(5) The school district shall provide to the parent or person acting
as parent of a nonresident student who was not accepted for or denied
enrollment at such school district the reason for the nonacceptance or
denial and an explanation of the nonresident student selection process
on or before July 30 of each year.
(6) If a school district denies an application of a nonresident
student due to the school district deeming the nonresident student as not
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in good standing, the parent or person acting as parent of such student
may appeal such denial to the school district board of education.
(d) (1) Subject to capacity, school districts shall give priority to
any sibling of a nonresident student who is enrolled in and attending
such school district or who is accepted to enroll in and attend such
school district. Priority shall be given when the nonresident student is
first accepted and, if necessary, at any other time the school district
considers transfer applications. Any such sibling shall not be subject to
the open seat lottery.
(2) Subject to capacity, school districts shall give priority to any
nonresident student who is a military student as defined in K.S.A. 72-
5139, and amendments thereto. Priority shall be given when the
military student is first accepted and, if necessary, at any other time the
school district considers transfer applications. Any such military
student shall not be subject to the open seat lottery.
(3) Any child who is in the custody of the department for children
and families and who is living in the home of a nonresident student
who transfers may attend school in the receiving school district.
(4) Any nonresident student who has a parent or person acting as
parent employed by a school district shall be permitted to enroll in and
attend such school district as if the student is a resident of the school
district. Any such student shall not be subject to the open-seat lottery
established pursuant to subsection (c) when enrolling in and attending
the school district where the parent or person acting as parent is
employed.
(5) Any child who is experiencing homelessness shall be
permitted to enroll in and attend the school district of origin or the
school district of residence.
(e) A school district shall not:
(1) Charge tuition or fees to any nonresident student who transfers
to such school district pursuant to this section except fees that are
otherwise charged to every student enrolled in and attending school in
the district; or
(2) accept or deny a nonresident student transfer based on
ethnicity, national origin, gender, income level, disabling condition,
proficiency in the English language, measure of achievement, aptitude
or athletic ability.
(f) (1) A nonresident student accepted for enrollment and
attendance at a receiving school district on or after June 1, 2024, shall
be permitted to continue such enrollment and attendance in such school
district until such student graduates from high school, unless such
student is deemed as no longer in good standing pursuant to subsection
(g).
(2) A nonresident student who was enrolled in and attended a
school district of nonresidence during school year 2023-2024 shall be
permitted to continue such enrollment and attendance in such school
district until such student graduates from high school, unless such
student is deemed as no longer in good standing pursuant to subsection
(g).
(3) A nonresident student who was enrolled in and attended a
school district of residence during school year 2023-2024 shall be
permitted to continue such enrollment and attendance in such school
district until such student graduates from high school, unless such
student is deemed as no longer in good standing pursuant to subsection
(g).
(g) A receiving school district may deem any nonresident student
as not in good standing in accordance with such school district's
nonresident transfer policy, including any nonresident student who has
not previously attended or been enrolled in the receiving school district.
If a school district deems a nonresident student as not in good standing,
such school district may deny such student's enrollment or continued
enrollment in the school district. Prior to making any determination to
deem a nonresident student as not in good standing, a district shall
consider a student's status as a homeless child and the resulting factors
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of homelessness on such student's standing.
(h) A student may always enroll at any time in the school district
where such student resides.
(i) Except for a child in the custody of the department for children
and families or a child who is experiencing homelessness, a
nonresident student shall not transfer more than once per school year to
one or more receiving school districts pursuant to the provisions of this
section.
(j) Neither a resident school district nor a receiving school district
shall be required to provide transportation to nonresident students
unless otherwise required by applicable law. If space is available on
school district transportation vehicles, a school district may provide
nonresident students an in-district bus stop where transportation may be
provided by such school district to and from such bus stop and the
school for such nonresident students. A school district shall ensure that
transportation for nonresident homeless students is provided
comparably to that of housed students.
(k) (1) Each school district board of education shall submit
annually to the state department of education the school district's policy
adopted pursuant to K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 72-3126, and amendments
thereto, the number of nonresident student transfers approved and
denied by such board in each grade level and whether the denials were
based on capacity or in accordance with the policy adopted pursuant to
K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 72-3126, and amendments thereto. The state
department of education shall collect and report such data on such
department's website and make such data available to the legislative
division of post audit.
(2) The provisions of this subsection shall expire on July 1, 2033.
(l) (1) Each year, the state department of education, as part of the
department's enrollment audit, shall audit the nonresident student
capacity and enrollment.
(2) In calendar year 2027, subject to a request made by the house
standing committee on K-12 education budget or the senate standing
committee on education, or any successor committees, the legislative
post audit committee shall direct the legislative division of post audit to
conduct an audit of nonresident student transfers pursuant to this
section. If requested, such audit shall be reported to the legislative post
audit committee on or before January 15, 2028, and subsequently
presented to the house standing committee on K-12 education budget
and the senate standing committee on education, or any successor
committees.
(m) Nothing in this section shall be construed to exempt any
nonresident student who transfers to a receiving school district pursuant
to this section from the policies and requirements of the activities
association referred to in K.S.A. 72-7114, and amendments thereto.
(n) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any:
(1) School located on a military installation as defined in K.S.A.
72-8268, and amendments thereto; or
(2) virtual school as defined in K.S.A. 72-3712, and amendments
thereto.
Sec. 5. K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 72-3262 is hereby amended to read as
follows: 72-3262. (a) This section shall be known and may be cited as
the every child can read act.
(b) The legislature hereby affirms that third grade marks a pivotal
grade level in which students must attain proficiency in reading or risk
continued learning losses throughout their academic career. To ensure
that all students move toward grade-level proficiency in literacy,
especially by the third grade level, the board of education of each
school district shall provide opportunities for students to participate in
targeted educational interventions to promote proficiency in literacy.
Reading literacy shall be attained through the science of reading and
evidence-based reading instruction and shall include such competencies
as may be necessary to attain reading proficiency. The necessary
competencies, best practices and screening tools used by school
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districts shall follow the framework of the dyslexia handbook
developed by the state department of education. To ensure that such
competencies are achieved, the board of education of each school
district shall include as part of instruction in literacy:
(1) Phonics, phonological and phonemic awareness;
(2) vocabulary development;
(3) silent and oral reading fluency; and
(4) reading comprehension.
(c) To promote the goals of the every child can read act, the board
of education of each school district shall:
(1) Measure student achievement by participation in the state
assessment program and through other universal screening and
assessment tools that are approved by a board of education of a school
district or by the state department of education;
(2) provide targeted and tiered interventions that are designed to
match a student's individual deficiencies through additional contact
hours with such student, including, but not limited to, one-on-one
instruction, small group instruction, tutoring and summer school
programs for all students and especially for those students who are at
and below the third grade level who are identified as having a literacy
deficit; and
(3) ensure that the teacher of each third grade student
communicates with the parent or guardian of each such student to
provide information on the student's literacy proficiency or deficiencies
and any recommended interventions for such student to achieve
proficiency. Such communication shall occur at least once during the
fall semester and once during the spring semester. When a teacher
provides the communications required pursuant to this paragraph, each
such communication shall provide the parent or guardian with:
(A) A summary of the every child can read act and the literacy
goals of the act;
(B) any assessment data relating to literacy that pertains to the
student;
(C) any recommended interventions for the student; and
(D) how the school district tracks the outcomes of any such
interventions.
(d) (1) On or before June 30 of each school year, each school
district shall report to the state department of education on the school
district's implementation of the every child can read act, the
interventions that the school district is using to attain the goals of such
act and the resulting outcomes of such interventions. Such report shall
include:
(A) The number of third grade students in such school district;
(B) the screening and assessment data from at least the preceding
two school years that the school district is using as a baseline to
evaluate student progress in literacy; and
(C) the percentage of students that are proficient, moving toward
proficiency or deficient, with percentages provided for all students and
student subgroups.
(2) The state department of education shall compile such reports
and shall submit a summary report to the governor and the legislature
on or before January 15 of each year.
(e) This section shall take effect and be in force from and after
July 1, 2023.
(3) The provisions of this subsection shall expire on July 1, 2032.
Sec. 6. K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 72-3422a is hereby amended to read as
follows: 72-3422a. (a) Each year, prior to making any special education
state aid distributions to school districts pursuant to K.S.A. 72-3422,
and amendments thereto, the state board of education shall determine
each school district's excess cost as follows:
(1) Determine the school district's weighted full-time equivalent
student enrollment excluding the special education weighted full-time
equivalent as provided on the legal maximum general fund calculation
data computed by the state department of education excluding the
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special education and related services weighting, bilingual weighting,
transportation weighting, career technical education weighting and at-
risk student weighting;
(2) multiply the amount determined in paragraph (1) by the base
aid for student excellence established pursuant to K.S.A. 72-5132, and
amendments thereto;
(3) divide the amount obtained in paragraph (2) by the total
number of unweighted full-time equivalent students enrolled in the
school district on September 20;
(4) determine the total full-time equivalent enrollment of
exceptional children receiving special education and related services
provided by all school districts;
(5) multiply the amount of the quotient obtained in paragraph (3)
by the full-time equivalent enrollment determined in paragraph (4);
(6) multiply the amount of the product obtained in paragraph (5)
by the school district's local option budget authorized percent;
(7) add the amount determined in paragraph (5) to the amount
determined in paragraph (6);
(8) determine the amount of federal funds received by the school
district for the provision of special education and related services;
(9) determine the amount of revenue received by the school
district for medicaid reimbursements and rendered under contracts with
the state institutions for the provision of special education and related
services by the state institution;
(10) add the amounts determined under paragraphs (7) through
(9);
(11) determine the total amount of expenditures of the school
district for the provision of special education and related services; and
(12) subtract the amount of the sum obtained under paragraph (10)
from the amount determined under paragraph (11). The amount
determined under this paragraph shall be the school district's excess
cost.
(b) To determine excess costs pursuant to subsection (a) for any
school district that has paid for the provision of special education and
related services under an interlocal agreement or as a member of a
cooperative, the state board of education shall assign the costs for the
provision of special education and related services to each participating
school district in an amount that bears the same relation as the amount
paid by the school district in the current school year for the provision of
special education and related services bears to the aggregate of all
amounts paid by all school districts that are subject to such interlocal
agreement or that are participating in such cooperative membership
agreement.
(c) Each year, the state department of education shall:
(1) Report to each school district the school district's excess cost
determined pursuant to subsection (a);
(2) publish the excess cost determinations made for each school
district pursuant to subsection (a) on the state department of education's
website; and
(3) on or before January 31 of each year, prepare and submit a
report to the house standing committee on K-12 education budget and
the senate standing committee on education, or any successor
committees, that provides a computation of school district excess costs
as determined pursuant to subsection (a) and the special education
services aid equalization distribution schedule established by the state
board of education for distributions of special education state aid
pursuant to K.S.A. 72-3422(e), and amendments thereto.
(d) This section shall take effect and be in force from and after
July 1, 2024.
Sec. 7. K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 72-3574 is hereby amended to read as
follows: 72-3574. (a) Each participating school district board of
education shall submit annually to the state board of education an at-
risk student accountability plan to attain at-risk student proficiency in
accordance with this section and to ensure the provision of programs
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and services that are above and beyond regular education services to
students who are eligible for at-risk programs and services. Such plan
shall be submitted to the state board of education on a form and in the
manner required by the state board. The purpose of each school
district's at-risk student accountability plan is to:
(1) Demonstrate that the school district is using evidenced-based
instruction, as defined in K.S.A. 72-5153, and amendments thereto, for
the education of students who are identified as eligible to receive at-risk
programs and services;
(2) measure longitudinal academic improvement in a quantitative
manner;
(3) establish quantitative student academic improvement goals for
certain identified student cohort groups and strive to meet such goals
through the provision of evidence-based instruction that is provided to
such cohort groups above and beyond regular educational services;
(4) ensure that at-risk education fund moneys are expended in
accordance with the law by providing services above and beyond
regular education services; and
(5) continue the process of identifying certain student cohort
groups and providing evidence-based instruction above and beyond that
of a regular education to such identified student cohort groups until the
school district achieves the state board of education's goal to have 75%
of all students achieve proficiency by scoring at performance level 3 or
4 on the state assessments for English language arts and mathematics.
(b) Each at-risk student accountability plan shall identify not
fewer than one cohort group of students who are enrolled and attending
grade three each school year that such cohort group is required to be
identified and not fewer than one cohort group of students enrolled in
and attending kindergarten or any of the grades one through eight each
school year that such cohort group is required to be identified. Except
as provided in this subsection, one of the student cohort groups
identified by the school district for either such grade level shall be the
students who are eligible for free meals pursuant to the national school
lunch program. For the other grade level, the school district shall
identify any other student cohort group that corresponds to one of the
subgroups identified for state assessment purposes or shall identify a
cohort group of students who are identified as eligible to receive at-risk
educational programs and services pursuant to the same at-risk
identification criteria established pursuant to K.S.A. 72-5153a, and
amendments thereto. A school district shall not identify a cohort group
of students pursuant to this subsection if such cohort group is
comprised of 10 or fewer students. If both cohort groups of students
who are eligible for free meals are comprised of 10 or fewer students,
the school district shall identify another cohort group pursuant to this
subsection.
(c) (1) Each participating school district board of education shall
establish a four-year quantitative academic improvement goal for each
identified student cohort group in accordance with this subsection and
shall repeat such process every four years as provided in this section.
The academic improvement goal established for a cohort group
pursuant to this section shall be related to the achievement of academic
proficiency in the areas of English language arts and mathematics.
Once a school district establishes a four-year quantitative academic
improvement goal for a cohort group on the school district's at-risk
accountability plan, the school district shall not revise or revoke such
goal for such cohort group in order to meet or exceed such goal.
(2) To attain the four-year quantitative academic improvement
goal for each identified student cohort group, the school district board
of education shall identify and implement two through four targeted
supports or interventions for each identified student cohort group. Such
supports or interventions shall be selected from the state board of
education's list of approved at-risk educational programs established
pursuant to K.S.A. 72-5153, and amendments thereto. The purpose of
the targeted supports or interventions is to provide evidence-based
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instruction above and beyond regular education services to the
identified student cohort group and evaluate whether such targeted
supports or interventions have a positive impact on academic
improvement. A school district board of education may select different
targeted supports or interventions for each identified student cohort
group and may change such targeted supports or interventions if the
chosen targeted supports or interventions are not having a positive
impact on academic improvement.
(d) (1) Each participating school district board of education shall
conduct a four-year or five-year longitudinal academic evaluation of
each student cohort group identified on the school district's at-risk
student accountability plan to evaluate whether such students improved
upon attainment of academic proficiency and met or exceeded the
quantitative academic improvement goal established by the school
district board of education.
(2) To evaluate whether the student cohort group that is first
identified in grade three pursuant to this section is achieving at a level
that is sufficient to meet or exceed the quantitative academic
improvement goal established for such cohort group, the school district
shall select and specify in the school district's at-risk accountability
plan not more than two quantitative measures to evaluate the cohort
group's achievement. One of such quantitative measures used by the
school district shall be the English language arts and mathematics state
assessments. The school district may choose one additional quantitative
measure to evaluate such cohort group's progress from the list of
approved quantitative measures in paragraph (4).
(3) To evaluate whether the other student cohort group that is first
identified in kindergarten or any of the grades one through eight
pursuant to this section is achieving at a level that is sufficient to meet
or exceed the quantitative academic improvement goal established for
such cohort group, the school district shall select and specify on the
school district's at-risk accountability plan not more than two
quantitative measures to evaluate such cohort group's achievement. If
such identified student cohort group will take the English language arts
and mathematics state assessments in a school year that such cohort
group is evaluated pursuant to this section, the school district shall use
such state assessments to evaluate the cohort group's achievement and
may choose one additional quantitative measure to evaluate such cohort
group's progress from the list of approved quantitative measures in
paragraph (4). If such identified student cohort group will not take the
English language arts and mathematics state assessments in a school
year that such cohort group is evaluated, the school district shall use
one or two quantitative measures to evaluate such cohort group's
progress from the list of approved quantitative measures in paragraph
(4).
(4) Subject to the requirements of paragraphs (2) and (3), the
quantitative measures that a school district may use to evaluate whether
an identified student cohort group is achieving at a level that is
sufficient to meet or exceed the quantitative academic improvement
goal established for such cohort group shall only include the following:
(A) The English language arts and mathematics state assessments;
(B) a formative assessment approved by the state board of
education;
(C) a summative assessment approved by the state board of
education; or
(D) ACT or ACT workkeys assessments.
(e) If the identified student cohort group meets or exceeds the
quantitative academic improvement goal established for such cohort
group at the end of the four-year period, the school district board of
education shall repeat the process established pursuant to this section
by identifying another student cohort group, establishing a four-year
quantitative academic improvement goal for such cohort group and
conducting a four-year or five-year longitudinal academic evaluation of
such cohort group in accordance with this section.
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(f) If the identified student cohort group does not meet or exceed
the quantitative academic improvement goal established for such cohort
group at the end of the four-year period:
(1) The state board of education shall deem such school district as
not meeting at-risk improvement requirements on the school district's
at-risk student achievement report published on the state board's
website pursuant to subsection (j) until such school district meets the
quantitative academic improvement goal established by the school
district board of education for the subsequent cohort group identified
pursuant to subsection (b) that replaces the cohort group that did not
meet or exceed the four-year longitudinal academic improvement goal;
(2) the school district board of education shall continue to evaluate
the longitudinal academic performance of such student cohort group for
one additional school year in accordance with this section; and
(3) the school district board of education shall repeat the process
established pursuant to this section by identifying another student
cohort group pursuant to subsection (b), establishing a four-year
quantitative academic improvement goal for such cohort group and
conducting a four-year or five-year longitudinal academic evaluation of
such cohort group in accordance with this section.
(g) (1) Commencing in school year 2030-2031, if an identified
student cohort group does not meet or exceed the quantitative academic
improvement goal established for such cohort group at the end of the
one additional school year that the school district is authorized to
evaluate such cohort group pursuant to subsection (f)(2),
notwithstanding the provisions of K.S.A. 72-5131 et seq., and
amendments thereto, the school district's at-risk student weighting and
high-density at-risk student weighting entitlements in the school year
following such one additional school year shall be determined and
adjusted by the state board as follows:
(A) If only one student cohort group identified on the school
district's at-risk accountability plan fails to meet or exceed the
quantitative academic improvement goal established by the school
district board of education at the end of the one additional school year
that the school district is authorized to evaluate such cohort group
pursuant to subsection (f)(2), the state board of education shall:
(i) Determine the BASE aid amount that was in effect in the final
year of the five-year evaluation period of such cohort group;
(ii) determine the difference between the BASE aid amount in the
current school year pursuant to K.S.A. 72-5132, and amendments
thereto, and the BASE aid amount determined pursuant to subsection
(g)(1)(A)(i);
(iii) multiply the amount determined pursuant to subsection (g)(1)
(A)(ii) by 0.50;
(iv) add the amount determined pursuant to subsection (g)(1)(A)(i)
to the amount determined pursuant to subsection (g)(1)(A)(iii); and
(v) multiply the sum determined pursuant to subsection (g)(1)(A)
(iv) by the school district's at-risk student weighting and high-density
at-risk student weighting determined pursuant to K.S.A. 72-5151, and
amendments thereto. The computed amount is the amount of state aid
attributable to the at-risk student weighting and high-density at-risk
weighting that the school district shall be entitled to receive in the
current school year; or
(B) if both student cohort groups identified on the school district's
at-risk accountability plan fail to meet or exceed the quantitative
academic improvement goals established by the school district board of
education at the end of the one additional school year that the school
district is authorized to evaluate such cohort groups pursuant to
subsection (f)(2), the state board of education shall:
(i) Determine the BASE aid amount that was in effect in the final
year of the five-year evaluation period of such cohort groups; and
(ii) multiply the amount determined pursuant to subsection (g)(1)
(B)(i) by the school district's at-risk student weighting and high-density
at-risk student weighting determined pursuant to K.S.A. 72-5151, and
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amendments thereto. The computed amount is the amount of state aid
attributable to the at-risk student weighting and high-density at-risk
student weighting that the school district shall be entitled to receive in
the current school year; and
(2) commencing in school year 2030-2031, the state board of
education shall determine a school district's at-risk student weighting
and high-density at-risk student weighting entitlements pursuant to this
subsection for the school year following the one additional school year
that the school district is authorized to evaluate a cohort group pursuant
to subsection (f)(2) and in which the cohort group identified on the
school district's at-risk accountability plan fails to meet or exceed the
quantitative academic improvement goal established by the school
district board of education at the end of the five-year evaluation period
of such cohort group.
(h) Each participating school district board of education shall
continue to follow the school district's at-risk student accountability
plan and update the plan annually or as may be necessary to repeat the
process established pursuant to this section every four years by
identifying another student cohort group, establishing a four-year
quantitative academic improvement goal for such cohort group and
conducting a four-year or five-year longitudinal academic evaluation of
such cohort group in accordance with this section. Such process shall
continue until the school district achieves the state board of education's
goal to have 75% of all students who took the statewide assessments
during the preceding school year achieve academic proficiency by
scoring at performance level 3 or 4 on the statewide assessments in
both English language arts and mathematics.
(i) (1) For school years 2024-2025 and 2025-2026, the provisions
of subsections (a) through (h) shall be implemented as a pilot program
by 10 school districts selected by the state board of education for
participation in such pilot program. When selecting the 10 school
districts that will participate in such pilot program, the state board of
education shall select a diverse array of school districts with
consideration given to a school district's size, location, student
demographics and level of staff participation and prior training in the
science of reading.
(2) Commencing in school year 2026-2027, the provisions of
subsections (a) through (h) shall be implemented by all school districts,
including the school districts that participated in the pilot program. A
school district that participated in the pilot program may identify new
student cohort groups in such school year.
(j) (1) Each school district board of education shall submit
annually to the state board of education an at-risk student achievement
report on a form and in the manner established by the state board that
includes:
(A) Subject to the provisions of subsection (i), the school district's
at-risk student accountability plan to attain student proficiency
established in accordance with this section that includes the cohort
groups identified by the board of education of the school district and
the quantitative academic improvement goals established for such
cohort groups;
(B) subject to the provisions of subsection (i), the current progress
of the school district's plan to attain at-risk student proficiency and an
estimation of whether the school district expects to meet or exceed the
longitudinal academic improvement goals established by the school
district board of education pursuant to this section;
(C) the expenditures made from the school district's at-risk
education fund, which shall be submitted:
(i) In school years 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 by the school
districts that are participating in the pilot program established pursuant
to subsection (i); and
(ii) in school year 2026-2027 and each school year thereafter, by
all school districts;
(D) the at-risk educational programs, services and resources and
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the provisional at-risk educational programs that the school district is
using to support student achievement for students identified as eligible
to receive at-risk program services and the targeted supports and
interventions from the state board of education's list of approved at-risk
educational programs that the school district is using to provide
evidence-based instruction above and beyond regular education
services to achieve the longitudinal academic improvement goals
established for each cohort group;
(E) the number of students identified as eligible to receive at-risk
or provisional at-risk educational programs and services who were
served or provided assistance under the school district's approved at-
risk program; and
(F) the data and research that the school district utilized to
determine what programs and services are needed to implement the
district's approved at-risk program.
(2) Each school district may provide a supplemental narrative to
accompany the school district's at-risk student achievement report to
provide information regarding annual progress reports or reasons why
the school district was able to meet or not meet the longitudinal
academic improvement goals established for each cohort group
identified on the school district's at-risk student accountability plan
pursuant to this section.
(3) To achieve uniform reporting of the number of students who
are provided at-risk programs and services above and beyond that of a
regular education, school districts shall report the information required
pursuant to this subsection in a uniform manner required by the state
board.
(k) Commencing in school year 2026-2027, the state board of
education shall publish the plans and reports submitted by all school
districts on the state board of education's website through the link on
the state department of education's website homepage titled
"accountability reports" with such reports published under a link titled
"school district at-risk student accountability plans and reports."
Commencing in school year 2026-2027, each school district board of
education shall publish the school district's report on the school
district's website and provide a link to the state department of
education's website where all such reports are displayed.
(l) (1) On or before January 31 each year, the state department of
education shall prepare and present a summary of the reports submitted
pursuant to subsection (j) to the house of representatives standing
committee on K-12 education budget and the senate standing
committee on education or any successor committees.
(2) The provisions of this subsection shall expire on July 1, 2033.
(m) As used in this section, "longitudinal" means the repeated
examination and progress monitoring of the same individuals of a
particular cohort group of students over a period of time.
(n) The provisions of this section shall take effect and be in force
from and after July 1, 2024.
Sec. 8. K.S.A. 72-4355 is hereby amended to read as follows: 72-
4355. (a) On or before the first day of the legislative session in 2015,
and each year thereafter, the state board shall prepare and submit a
report to the legislature on the program. Annual reports shall include
information reported to the state board under subsection (f) of K.S.A.
72-4354, and amendments thereto, and a summary of such information.
(b) This section shall expire on July 1, 2031.
Sec. 9. K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 72-5170 is hereby amended to read as
follows: 72-5170. (a) (1) In order to accomplish the mission for Kansas
education, the state board shall design and adopt a school district
accreditation system based upon improvement in performance that
equals or exceeds the educational goal set forth in K.S.A. 72-3218(c),
and amendments thereto, and is measurable. The state board shall hold
all school districts accountable through the Kansas education systems
accreditation rules and regulations, or any successor accreditation
system and accountability plan adopted by the state board. The state
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board also shall ensure that all school districts and the public schools
operated by such districts have programs and initiatives in place for
providing those educational capacities set forth in K.S.A. 72-3218(c),
and amendments thereto. On or before January 15 of each year , 2027,
and on or before each January 15 thereafter until January 15, 2031,
the state board shall prepare and submit a report on the school district
accreditation system to the governor and the legislature.
(2) The accountability measures established pursuant to paragraph
(1) shall be applied both at the district level and at the school level.
Such accountability measures shall be reported by the state board for
each school district and each school. All reports prepared pursuant to
this section shall be published in accordance with K.S.A. 2025 Supp.
72-1181, and amendments thereto.
(3) If a school district is not fully accredited and a corrective
action plan is required by the state board, such corrective action plan,
and any subsequent reports prepared by the state board regarding the
progress of such school district in implementing and executing such
corrective action plan, shall be published on the state department of
education's internet website and such school district's internet website
in accordance with K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 72-1181, and amendments
thereto.
(4) If a school district is not accredited, the superintendent, or the
superintendent's designee, shall appear before the committee on
education of the house of representatives and the committee on
education of the senate during the regular legislative session that occurs
during the same school year when such school district is not accredited.
Such school district shall provide a report to such committees on the
challenges and obstacles that are preventing such school district from
becoming accredited.
(b) The state board shall establish curriculum standards that reflect
high academic standards for the core academic areas of mathematics,
science, reading, writing and social studies. The curriculum standards
may be reviewed at least every seven years. The state board shall not
substantially revise or update the English language arts or mathematics
curriculum standards that are in effect on July 1, 2024, in a manner that
would necessitate the development of new statewide assessments in
English language arts or mathematics until the state board's long-term
goal for all students submitted to the United States department of
education in the consolidated state plan is achieved such that 75% of all
students score in performance levels 3 and 4 combined on the statewide
assessments in English language arts and mathematics by 2030.
Nothing in this subsection shall be construed in any manner so as to
impinge upon any school district's authority to determine its own
curriculum.
(c) (1) The state board shall provide for statewide assessments in
the core academic areas of mathematics, science, reading, writing and
social studies. The board shall ensure compatibility between the
statewide assessments and the curriculum standards established
pursuant to subsection (b). Such assessments shall be administered at
three grade levels, as determined by the state board. The state board
shall determine performance levels on the statewide assessments, the
achievement of which represents high academic standards in the
academic area at the grade level to which the assessment applies. The
state board should specify high academic standards both for individual
performance and school performance on the assessments.
(2) (A) On or before January 15 of each year, the state board shall
prepare and submit to the legislature a report on students who take the
statewide assessments. Such report shall include:
(i) The number of students and such number expressed as a
percentage of the total number of students who took the statewide
assessments during the immediately preceding school year
disaggregated by core academic area and by grade level; and
(ii) the percentage of students who took the statewide assessments
in grade 10 who, two years after graduating from high school, obtained
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some postsecondary education disaggregated by statewide assessment
achievement level.
(B) When such information becomes available, or as soon
thereafter as practicable, the state board shall publish the information
required for the report under subparagraph (A) on the website of the
state department of education and incorporate such information in the
performance accountability reports and longitudinal achievement
reports required under K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 72-5178, and amendments
thereto.
(C) The provisions of this paragraph shall expire on July 1, 2029.
(d) Each school year, on such date as specified by the state board,
each school district shall submit the Kansas education system
accreditation report to the state board in such form and manner as
prescribed by the state board.
(e) Whenever the state board determines that a school district has
failed either to meet the accreditation requirements established by rules
and regulations or standards adopted by the state board or provide
curriculum based on state standards and courses required by state law,
the state board shall so notify the school district. Such notice shall
specify the accreditation requirements that the school district has failed
to meet and the curriculum that it has failed to provide. Upon receipt of
such notice, the board of education of such school district is
encouraged to reallocate the resources of the school district to remedy
all deficiencies identified by the state board.
(f) Each school in every school district shall establish a school site
council composed of the principal and representatives of teachers and
other school personnel, parents of students attending the school, the
business community and other community groups. School site councils
shall be responsible for providing advice and counsel in evaluating
state, school district, and school site performance goals and objectives
and in determining the methods that should be employed at the school
site to meet these goals and objectives. Site councils may make
recommendations and proposals to the school board regarding
budgetary items and school district matters, including, but not limited
to, identifying and implementing the best practices for developing
efficient and effective administrative and management functions. Site
councils also may help school boards analyze the unique environment
of schools, enhance the efficiency and maximize limited resources,
including outsourcing arrangements and cooperative opportunities as a
means to address limited budgets.
Sec. 10. 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.
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(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
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.
(3) The provisions of this subsection shall expire on July 1, 2032.
(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. 11. K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 72-5179 is hereby amended to read as
follows: 72-5179. (a) 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 to each
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student enrolled in grades 11 and 12, and the pre-ACT college entrance
exam to each student enrolled in grade nine. 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 entrance exam, the ACT college entrance exam
and the ACT workkeys 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 entrance exam, the ACT
college entrance exam or the ACT workkeys assessment shall be
optional. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require any
student to participate in such exams or assessments.
(d) (1) 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.
(2) The provisions of this subsection shall expire on July 1, 2032.
(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. 12. K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 72-5462 is hereby amended to read as
follows: 72-5462. (a) There is hereby established in the state treasury
the school district capital improvements fund. The fund shall consist of
all amounts transferred thereto under the provisions of subsection (c).
(b) In each school year, each school district that is obligated to
make payments from its capital improvements fund shall be entitled to
receive payment from the school district capital improvements fund in
an amount determined by the state board of education as provided in
this subsection.
(1) For general obligation bonds approved for issuance at an
election held prior to July 1, 2015, the state board of education shall:
(A) Determine the amount of the assessed valuation per pupil
(A VPP) of each school district in the state for the preceding school year
and round such amount to the nearest $1,000. The rounded amount is
the A VPP of a school district for the purposes of this subsection (b)(1);
(B) determine the median A VPP of all school districts;
(C) prepare a schedule of dollar amounts using the amount of the
median A VPP of all school districts as the point of beginning. The
schedule of dollar amounts shall range upward in equal $1,000
intervals from the point of beginning to and including an amount that is
equal to the amount of the A VPP of the school district with the highest
A VPP of all school districts and shall range downward in equal $1,000
intervals from the point of beginning to and including an amount that is
equal to the amount of the A VPP of the school district with the lowest
A VPP of all school districts;
(D) determine a state aid percentage factor for each school district
by assigning a state aid computation percentage to the amount of the
median A VPP shown on the schedule, decreasing the state aid
computation percentage assigned to the amount of the median A VPP by
one percentage point for each $1,000 interval above the amount of the
median A VPP, and increasing the state aid computation percentage
assigned to the amount of the median A VPP by one percentage point for
each $1,000 interval below the amount of the median A VPP. Except as
provided by K.S.A. 72-5463, and amendments thereto, the state aid
percentage factor of a school district is the percentage assigned to the
schedule amount that is equal to the amount of the A VPP of the school
district. The state aid percentage factor of a school district shall not
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exceed 100%. The state aid computation percentage is 25%;
(E) determine the amount of payments that a school district is
obligated to make from its bond and interest fund attributable to general
obligation bonds approved for issuance at an election held prior to July
1, 2015; and
(F) multiply the amount determined under subsection (b)(1)(E) by
the applicable state aid percentage factor.
(2) For general obligation bonds approved for issuance at an
election held on or after July 1, 2015, but prior to July 1, 2022, the state
board of education shall:
(A) Determine the amount of the A VPP of each school district in
the state for the preceding school year and round such amount to the
nearest $1,000. The rounded amount is the A VPP of a school district for
the purposes of this subsection (b)(2);
(B) prepare a schedule of dollar amounts using the amount of the
A VPP of the school district with the lowest A VPP of all school districts
as the point of beginning. The schedule of dollar amounts shall range
upward in equal $1,000 intervals from the point of beginning to and
including an amount that is equal to the amount of the A VPP of the
school district with the highest A VPP of all school districts;
(C) determine a state aid percentage factor for each school district
by assigning a state aid computation percentage to the amount of the
lowest A VPP shown on the schedule and decreasing the state aid
computation percentage assigned to the amount of the lowest A VPP by
one percentage point for each $1,000 interval above the amount of the
lowest A VPP. Except as provided by K.S.A. 72-5463, and amendments
thereto, the state aid percentage factor of a school district is the
percentage assigned to the schedule amount that is equal to the amount
of the A VPP of the school district. The state aid computation percentage
is 75%;
(D) determine the amount of payments that a school district is
obligated to make from its bond and interest fund attributable to general
obligation bonds approved for issuance at an election held on or after
July 1, 2015, but prior to July 1, 2022; and
(E) multiply the amount determined under subsection (b)(2)(D) by
the applicable state aid percentage factor.
(3) For general obligation bonds approved for issuance at an
election held on or after July 1, 2022, the state board of education shall:
(A) Except as provided in subsection (b)(9), determine the amount
of the A VPP of each school district in the state for the preceding school
year and round such amount to the nearest $1,000. The rounded amount
is the A VPP of a school district for the purposes of this subsection (b)
(3);
(B) except as provided in subsection (b)(9), prepare a schedule of
dollar amounts using the amount of the A VPP of the school district with
the lowest A VPP of all school districts as the point of beginning. The
schedule of dollar amounts shall range upward in equal $1,000
intervals from the point of beginning to and including an amount that is
equal to the amount of the A VPP of the school district with the highest
A VPP of all school districts;
(C) determine a state aid percentage factor for each school district
by assigning a state aid computation percentage to the amount of the
lowest A VPP shown on the schedule and decreasing the state aid
computation percentage assigned to the amount of the lowest A VPP by
one percentage point for each $1,000 interval above the amount of the
lowest A VPP. Except as provided by K.S.A. 72-5463, and amendments
thereto, the state aid percentage factor of a school district is the
percentage assigned to the schedule amount that is equal to the amount
of the A VPP of the school district. The state aid computation percentage
is 51%;
(D) determine the amount of payments that a school district is
obligated to make from its bond and interest fund attributable to general
obligation bonds approved for issuance at an election held on or after
July 1, 2022; and
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(E) multiply the amount determined under subsection (b)(3)(D) by
the applicable state aid percentage factor.
(4) For general obligation bonds approved for issuance at an
election held on or before June 30, 2016, the sum of the amount
determined under subsection (b)(1)(F) and the amount determined
under subsection (b)(2)(E) is the amount of payment the school district
is entitled to receive from the school district capital improvements fund
in the school year.
(5) (A) For general obligation bonds approved for issuance at an
election held on or after July 1, 2016, the amount determined under
subsection (b)(2)(E) or (b)(3)(E) is the amount of payment the school
district shall receive from the school district capital improvements fund
in the school year, except the total amount of payments school districts
receive from the school district capital improvements fund in the school
year for such bonds shall not exceed the six-year average amount of
capital improvement state aid as determined by the state board of
education.
(B) The state board of education shall determine the six-year
average amount of capital improvement state aid by calculating the
average of the total amount of moneys expended per year from the
school district capital improvements fund in the immediately preceding
six fiscal years, not to include the current fiscal year.
(C) (i) Subject to clause (ii), the state board of education shall
prioritize the allocations to school districts from the school district
capital improvements fund in accordance with the priorities set forth as
follows in order of highest priority to lowest priority:
(a) Safety of the current facility and disability access to such
facility as demonstrated by a state fire marshal report, an inspection
under the Americans with disabilities act, 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq., or
other similar evaluation;
(b) enrollment growth and imminent overcrowding as
demonstrated by successive increases in enrollment of the school
district in the immediately preceding three school years;
(c) impact on the delivery of educational services as demonstrated
by restrictive inflexible design or limitations on installation of
technology; and
(d) energy usage and other operational inefficiencies as
demonstrated by a district-wide energy usage analysis, district-wide
architectural analysis or other similar evaluation.
(ii) In allocating capital improvement state aid, the state board
shall give higher priority to those school districts with a lower A VPP
compared to the other school districts that are to receive capital
improvement state aid under this section.
(D) On and after July 1, 2016, the state board of education shall
approve the amount of state aid payments a school district shall receive
from the school district capital improvements fund pursuant to
subsection (b)(6) prior to an election to approve the issuance of general
obligation bonds.
(6) Except as provided in subsections (b)(7) through (b)(9), the
sum of the amounts determined under subsection (b)(4) and the amount
determined or allocated to the district by the state board of education
pursuant to subsection (b)(5), is the amount of payment the school
district is entitled to receive from the school district capital
improvements fund in the school year.
(7) A school district that had an enrollment of less than 260
students in the school year immediately preceding the school year in
which an election is held to approve the issuance of general obligation
bonds shall not be entitled to receive payments from the school district
capital improvements fund unless such school district applied for and
received approval from the state board of education to issue such bonds
prior to holding an election to approve such bond issuance. The
provisions of this paragraph shall apply to general obligation bonds
approved for issuance at an election held on or after July 1, 2017, that
are issued for the purpose of financing the construction of new school
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facilities.
(8) For general obligation bonds approved for issuance at an
election held on or after July 1, 2017, in determining the amount under
subsection (b)(2)(D) and (b)(3)(D), the state board shall exclude
payments for any capital improvement project, or portion thereof, that
proposes to construct, reconstruct or remodel a facility that would be
used primarily for extracurricular activities, unless the construction,
reconstruction or remodeling of such facility is necessary due to
concerns relating to the safety of the current facility or disability access
to such facility as demonstrated by a state fire marshal report, an
inspection under the Americans with disabilities act, 42 U.S.C. § 12101
et seq., or other similar evaluation.
(9) For general obligation bonds approved for issuance at an
election held on or after July 1, 2022, the state board of education shall:
(A) In preparing the schedule of dollar amounts pursuant to
subsection (b)(3)(B), exclude unified school district No. 207, Fort
Leavenworth, from such schedule and determine the point of beginning
based on the amount of the A VPP of the school district with the lowest
A VPP of the remaining school districts; and
(B) in determining the amount of the A VPP of a school district,
exclude the number of students enrolled in a virtual school, as defined
in K.S.A. 72-3712, and amendments thereto, that is offered by such
school district from the determination of the A VPP of such school
district.
(c) The state board of education shall certify to the director of
accounts and reports the entitlements of school districts determined
under the provisions of subsection (b), and an amount equal thereto
shall be transferred by the director from the state general fund to the
school district capital improvements fund for distribution to school
districts. All transfers made in accordance with the provisions of this
subsection shall be considered to be demand transfers from the state
general fund, except that all such transfers during the fiscal year ending
June 30, 2023, shall be considered to be revenue transfers from the
state general fund.
(d) Payments from the school district capital improvements fund
shall be distributed to school districts at times determined by the state
board of education to be necessary to assist school districts in making
scheduled payments pursuant to contractual bond obligations. The state
board of education shall certify to the director of accounts and reports
the amount due each school district entitled to payment from the fund,
and the director of accounts and reports shall draw a warrant on the
state treasurer payable to the treasurer of the school district. Upon
receipt of the warrant, the treasurer of the school district shall credit the
amount thereof to the bond and interest fund of the school district to be
used for the purposes of such fund.
(e) The provisions of this section apply only to contractual
obligations incurred by school districts pursuant to general obligation
bonds issued upon approval of a majority of the qualified electors of
the school district voting at an election upon the question of the
issuance of such bonds.
(f) Each year, the state board of education shall prepare and
submit a report to the legislature that includes information on school
district elections held on or after July 1, 2016, to approve the issuance
of general obligation bonds and the amount of payments school
districts were approved to receive from the school district capital
improvements fund pursuant to subsection (b)(5)(D).
Sec. 13. K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 72-9944 is hereby amended to read as
follows: 72-9944. (a) The state department of education and the
department for children and families shall collaborate to prepare a
Kansas foster care children annual academic report card. The annual
report card shall include the following data for the preceding school
year:
(1) The graduation rate of students in foster care;
(2) the number and percentage of students in foster care who were
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promoted to the next grade level;
(3) the number and percentage of students in foster care who were
suspended during the school year and the average length of time of
such suspensions;
(4) the number and percentage of students in foster care who were
expelled during the school year;
(5) state standardized assessment scores for students in foster care,
including the number and percentage of students meeting academic
standards as determined by the state board of education;
(6) the number and percentage of students in foster care enrolled
in any preschool-aged at-risk program, Kansas preschool pilot program
or early childhood special education program under section 619 of part
B of the individuals with disabilities act;
(7) the number and percentage of students in foster care who
participated in the mental health intervention team pilot program or a
similar mental health program;
(8) the total number of students in foster care enrolled in a school
district or nonpublic school and the disaggregated number and
percentage of students in foster care enrolled in school districts and
accredited nonpublic schools;
(9) de-identified disaggregated race and ethnicity data for each
data set required in paragraphs (1) through (8); and
(10) any additional data elements that both the state department of
education and the department for children and families deem
appropriate for inclusion.
(b) On or before January 15 of each year, the state department of
education and the department for children and families shall prepare
and submit the Kansas foster care children annual academic report card
to the senate standing committee on education and the house of
representatives standing committee on education.
(c) As used in this section:
(1) "School" means any school of a school district or any
nonpublic school accredited by the state board of education.
(2) "Student in foster care" means any individual who was in the
custody of the Kansas department for children and families at any time
when such student attended a school during the school year for which
the report required pursuant to this section is to be completed.
(d) This section shall take effect and be in force from and after
July 1, 2021 expire on July 1, 2032.
Sec. 14. K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 74-50,234 is hereby amended to read
as follows: 74-50,234. (a) There is hereby established the Kansas
educator registered apprenticeship grant program. The commissioner of
education, state board of education and the secretary shall coordinate to
develop the program and obtain such necessary approval and
registration of education apprenticeship programs as provided by
federal and state law. The secretary shall administer the grant program.
(b) The Kansas educator registered apprenticeship program shall
be established to award grants to education apprentices for tuition, fees,
books and materials to obtain their postsecondary degrees for the
purpose of increasing the number of qualified, credentialed teachers in
the state of Kansas. The program shall seek to identify a diverse group
of candidates to participate as education apprentices in a registered
education apprenticeship program or programs and obtain a bachelor's
degree in education, secure licensure and engage in the profession of
teaching in Kansas. Grants shall be awarded by the secretary upon
approval of the registered education apprenticeship program of an
applicant school by the secretary as compliant with all applicable
federal and state law.
(c) On or before March 1, 2024, the state board of education and
the secretary shall coordinate to adopt rules and regulations to
implement and administer the Kansas educator registered
apprenticeship grant program. Such rules and regulations shall
establish:
(1) Application procedures, forms and terms and conditions and
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requirements for an award of a Kansas educator registered
apprenticeship program grant to an education apprentice by the
secretary;
(2) the terms, conditions and requirements for acceptance by the
secretary of an applicant school into the Kansas educator registered
apprenticeship program. The applicant school's registered education
apprenticeship program design shall include the following
requirements:
(A) Applicant schools shall partner with at least one eligible
related training instruction provider and identify such provider in their
application; and
(B) applicant schools shall identify projected candidates in the
manner designated by the secretary of commerce and the state board
with appropriate protections for candidate privacy;
(3) grant funds shall be used for payment of education apprentice
tuition, fees and the cost of books and materials up to a maximum of
$2,750 per year for four years, or completion of their academic
program, whichever comes first;
(4) prioritization for applications from applicant schools
partnering with eligible related training instruction providers that
permit the apprentice to continue their current employment by utilizing
flexible learning models such as online delivery, competency-based
education or courses offered on nights or weekends; and
(5) a method to award grants equitably across the state
geographically.
(d) (1) The commissioner of education, the state board of
education and the secretary shall, beginning in 2025, annually evaluate
the Kansas educator registered apprenticeship program grant and
prepare and submit a report before January 31, 2026, and before
January 31 of each year thereafter, to the senate standing committee on
education and the standing committee on commerce and to the house of
representatives standing committee on education and the standing
committee on commerce, labor and economic development.
(2) The provisions of this subsection shall expire on July 1, 2034.
(e) Subject to appropriation acts, on July 1, 2023, and each July 1
thereafter, the director of accounts and reports shall transfer $3,000,000
from the state general fund to the Kansas educator registered
apprenticeship grant program fund. Any unencumbered balance in such
fund at the end of a fiscal year shall remain credited to the fund for use
in the succeeding fiscal year, except that the amount of such
unencumbered balance at the end of the fiscal year to remain credited
to the fund for use in the succeeding fiscal year shall not exceed
$3,000,000. On June 30, 2024, and each June 30 thereafter, the director
of accounts and reports shall transfer the amount, if any, of
unencumbered moneys in the fund in excess of $3,000,000 to the state
general fund.
(f) There is hereby created in the state treasury the Kansas
educator registered apprenticeship grant program fund, which shall be
administered by the secretary. All expenditures from the Kansas
educator registered apprenticeship grant program fund shall be for
grants awarded pursuant to the Kansas educator registered
apprenticeship grant program. All expenditures from the Kansas
educator registered apprenticeship grant program fund shall be made in
accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of
accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the
secretary, or the secretary's designee. All moneys received by the
secretary for the Kansas educator registered apprenticeship grant
program shall be deposited in the state treasury 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 educator
registered apprenticeship grant program fund.
Sec. 15. K.S.A. 48-3406, 48-3406a, 72-2291, 72-4355 , 72-5538
and 72-6320 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 72-3123, 72-3262, 72-3422a, 72-
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3574, 72-5170, 72-5178, 72-5179, 72-5462, 72-9944 and 74-50,234 are
hereby repealed.
Sec. 16. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.
I hereby certify that the above BILL originated in the HOUSE, and passed
that body
Speaker of the House.
Chief Clerk of the House.

Passed the SENATE ______________________________________________________________________________
President of the Senate.
Secretary of the Senate.
APPROVED __________________________________________________________________________________________________
Governor.