Providing requirements for agreements between a school district and a postsecondary educational institution for the provision of postsecondary courses taught in secondary schools.

As Amended by Senate Committee
Session of 2026
SENATE BILL No. 341
By Committee on Education
1-15
AN ACT concerning education; relating to postsecondary courses taught in
secondary schools; providing requirements for agreements between
school districts and community colleges or technical colleges for the
provision of such courses in certain circumstances.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. (a) (1) Postsecondary educational institutions may enter
into agreements with school districts for the provision of postsecondary
courses that are held at a secondary school of the school district and taught
by a teacher employed by the school district. Such agreements shall adhere
to the state board of regents service area and concurrent enrollment
policies.
(2) On and after July 1, 2026, each such agreement shall require the
postsecondary educational institution to:
(A) Directly purchase any instructional materials and supplies
required for instruction of the course if such materials and supplies are not
available or provided by the school district;
(B) pay the standard amount for teaching services to the school
district. Any such amount received by the school district shall be paid to
the teacher employed by the school district who is teaching such course as
a supplement to such teacher's regular salary; and
(C) if a school district employee serves as a paid site coordinator for a
postsecondary educational institution, such employee shall be considered a
contractor of such institution. Payment for any such site coordinator
services shall be made directly to the school district employee and shall
not exceed the standard amount for non-teaching site coordinator services
per semester.
(3) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the postsecondary
educational institution may not provide any other financial or other
compensation for the provision of such courses to the school district or any
employee of the school district for any postsecondary educational service
provided in the school district during the normal school day.
(b) As used in this section:
(1) "Course" means any tiered or non-tiered course offered by a
postsecondary educational institution that meets the requirements of
subsection (a)(1), including, but not limited to, career and technical
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education courses.
(2) "Postsecondary educational institution" means a community
college or technical college as such terms are defined in K.S.A. 74-3201b,
and amendments thereto.
(3) (A) "Standard amount" means, for academic year 2026-2027, an
amount:
(i) Equal to $600 per credit hour not to exceed 10 credit hours per
semester for teaching services. If the number of students enrolled in and
attending a course is fewer than eight students, the payment for teaching
services may be prorated based on the number of students enrolled; or
(ii) not to exceed $1,500 per semester for non-teaching site
coordination services.
(B) For academic year 2027-2028 and each academic year thereafter,
the "standard amount" shall be the standard amount for the immediately
preceding year plus an amount equal to the average percentage increase in
the consumer price index for all urban consumers in the midwest region as
published by the bureau of labor statistics of the United States department
of labor during the three immediately preceding academic years rounded
to the nearest whole dollar.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit, preempt or
otherwise restrict any agreement or term or condition of any agreement
between a school district and postsecondary educational institution
negotiated agreement or term or condition of any negotiated agreement
between a school district and such school district's faculty or any
negotiated agreement or term or condition of any negotiated agreement
between a postsecondary educational institution and such institution's
faculty that was in effect before July 1, 2026. Any negotiated agreement
entered into or renegotiated on or after July 1, 2026, shall conform with
the requirements of this section.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to include any
accredited independent institution as defined in K.S.A. 72-3222, and
amendments thereto.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.
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