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SB529 • 2026

Requiring the state department of education to prepare and publish a Kansas building report card for virtual schools offered by a school district separately from any report card prepared and published for a traditional school operated by such school district.

Requiring the state department of education to prepare and publish a Kansas building report card for virtual schools offered by a school district separately from any report card prepared and published for a traditional school operated by such school district.

Education
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 in Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requiring the state department of education to prepare and publish a Kansas building report card for virtual schools offered by a school district separately from any report card prepared and published for a traditional school operated by such school district.

Requiring the state department of education to prepare and publish a Kansas building report card for virtual schools offered by a school district separately from any report card prepared and published for a traditional school operated by such school district.

What This Bill Does

  • Requiring the state department of education to prepare and publish a Kansas building report card for virtual schools offered by a school district separately from any report card prepared and published for a traditional school operated by such school district.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-04-10 Senate

    Died in Committee

  2. 2026-03-10 Senate

    Referred to Senate Committee on Education

  3. 2026-03-09 Senate

    Introduced

Official Summary Text

Requiring the state department of education to prepare and publish a Kansas building report card for virtual schools offered by a school district separately from any report card prepared and published for a traditional school operated by such school district.

Current Bill Text

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Session of 2026
SENATE BILL No. 529
By Committee on Federal and State Affairs
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AN ACT concerning education; requiring the state department of
education to prepare and publish a Kansas building report card for
virtual schools separately from any such report card prepared and
published for a traditional school operated by the school district;
amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 72-1181 and repealing the existing
section.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 72-1181 is hereby amended to read as
follows: 72-1181. (a) All reports prepared pursuant to K.S.A. 72-1167, 72-
5170 and 72-5171, and amendments thereto, and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 72-
5178, and amendments thereto, shall be published on the state department
of education's website with a link to such reports prominently displayed on
the website homepage titled, "Accountability Reports."
(b) Reports prepared pursuant to K.S.A. 72-1167 and 72-5171, and
amendments thereto, for each school district and each school operated by
such school district shall be published on such school district's website
with a link to such reports prominently displayed on the website homepage
titled, "Accountability Reports," and if a school operated by such school
district has a separate website, then such reports shall be published for
such school on such website with a link to such reports prominently
displayed on the website homepage titled, "Accountability Reports."
(c) Each school district shall provide a link to the state department of
education's webpage where the reports prepared pursuant to K.S.A. 72-
5170, and amendments thereto, and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 72-5178, and
amendments thereto, for such school district and each school operated by
such school district are published. The link shall be prominently displayed
on the school district's accountability reports webpage.
(d) (1) The state department of education shall prepare and publish a
Kansas building report card for each virtual school offered by a school
district. Such report card shall be separate from the other report cards
prepared and published for any traditional school operated by such school
district.
(2) As used in this subsection, "virtual school" means the same as
defined in K.S.A. 72-3713, and amendments thereto.
Sec. 2. K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 72-1181 is hereby repealed.
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Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.
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