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SB406 • 2026

Directing the governor to approve eligible programs for workforce Pell grants and providing requirements for the state workforce development board with regard to eligibility, approval and financing of such programs.

Directing the governor to approve eligible programs for workforce Pell grants and providing requirements for the state workforce development board with regard to eligibility, approval and financing of such programs.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Last action
2026-04-10
Official status
Died on House Calendar
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Directing the governor to approve eligible programs for workforce Pell grants and providing requirements for the state workforce development board with regard to eligibility, approval and financing of such programs.

Directing the governor to approve eligible programs for workforce Pell grants and providing requirements for the state workforce development board with regard to eligibility, approval and financing of such programs.

What This Bill Does

  • Directing the governor to approve eligible programs for workforce Pell grants and providing requirements for the state workforce development board with regard to eligibility, approval and financing of such programs.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-04-10 House

    Died on House Calendar

  2. 2026-03-17 House

    Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Education

  3. 2026-03-16 House

    Hearing: Monday, March 16, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 218-N event

  4. 2026-03-13 House

    Referred to House Committee on Education

  5. 2026-03-13 House

    Received and Introduced

  6. 2026-03-12 Senate

    Final Action - Passed; Yea 40, Nay 0

  7. 2026-03-11 Senate

    Committee of the Whole - Be passed

  8. 2026-03-02 Senate

    Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Ways and Means and referred to Committee of the Whole

  9. 2026-02-27 Senate

    Withdrawn from Calendar; Referred to Senate Committee on Ways and Means

  10. 2026-02-12 Senate

    Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Education

Official Summary Text

Directing the governor to approve eligible programs for workforce Pell grants and providing requirements for the state workforce development board with regard to eligibility, approval and financing of such programs.

Current Bill Text

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As Amended by House Committee
Session of 2026
SENATE BILL No. 406
By Committee on Education
1-28
AN ACT concerning education; relating to workforce development;
directing the governor to approve short-term workforce training
programs for Pell grant eligibility; requiring the state workforce
development board to establish an internal process for such eligibility.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. (a) As used in this section:
(1) "Eligible workforce training program" means any program that
meets the requirements of section 83002 of public law 119-21.
(2) "State workforce development board" means the board established
pursuant to the federal workforce innovation and opportunity act, 29
U.S.C. § 3111.
(b) Pursuant to section 83002 of public law 119-21, the governor, in
consultation with the state workforce development board, shall approve
workforce training programs for federal workforce Pell grants if such
programs meet the requirements to be eligible workforce training
programs as provided in such law.
(c) The state workforce development board shall:
(1) Establish an internal process for postsecondary educational
institutions and programs to apply for approval for eligibility for
workforce Pell grants and appeal any denial of such eligibility;
(2) coordinate approval of eligible workforce training programs with
other state and federal workforce programs to prevent duplicative funding
for programs that have the same purpose; and
(3) align and leverage available state and federal moneys to support
the implementation and expansion of eligible workforce training programs.
(d) The requirements of this section shall be consistent with
applicable federal rules that govern the workforce Pell grant program. If
any provision of this section is in conflict or inconsistent with federal law,
the federal law shall govern.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book Kansas register.
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