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Updated as of 2 p.m., Friday, April 5. The Kansas Statehouse was busy with conference committees during week 13 of the 2024 Kansas Legislative Session.
House Sub for SB 387
After House Sub for 387 was in conference committees this week, agree to disagree conference committee reports were adopted in both the House and Senate. It then went back to both floors. The conference committee report was adopted in the House 65-58. However, it was not adopted in the Senate, with a vote of 12-26 late Thursday evening. A motion to reconsider was adopted, and the Senate voted to not adopt the conference committee report. A new conference committee was appointed in both the House and the Senate.
Below is a timeline of where the bill has gone so far:
The original bill, SB 387, stated it would provide for the continued enrollment of students who attend a school district of non-residence pursuant to the school district open enrollment law.
After it was referred to the House Committee on K-12 Education Budget, the contents of several other bills were inserted. The bill was then passed out of committee as House Sub for SB 387.
The following bills and their amendments were added into House Sub for SB 387:
To read more about the bill, click here.
House Sub for SB 73
The contents of SB 73 were removed and became a shell for the contents of SB 386 on Wednesday, April 3, becoming House Substitute for SB 73.
SB 386 was passed in the Senate 33-6 on March 26. Now, in its current form in SB 73, the bill’s conference committee report was adopted in the House 120-3 on Thursday, April 4. It also was adopted in the Senate 35-4.
The bill would amend certain enrollment determination criteria in the Kansas School Equity and Enhancement Act to require school district enrollment be determined using the maximum of the current or preceding school year, or the average of the two preceding school years.
Senate Bill 19
The contents of HB 2567 (EMERGE program) and Substitute for HB 2494 (cardiac emergency response plans) were added into SB 19 on Friday, April 5.
SB 19 as amended would establish the Kansas National Guard Educational Master's for Enhanced Readiness and Global Excellence (EMERGE) program to provide financial assistance to Kansas National Guard members pursuing a masters degree at a Kansas educational institution. It also would require school districts to adopt cardiac emergency response plans based on the statewide standards developed by the Secretary of the Kansas Departmentment of Health and Environment (KDHE).
The conference committee report was adopted 119-3 in the House. You can read that report at this link.
Other bills making movement
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Up Next Friday, April 5 is scheduled as First Adjournment. No bills will be considered after this date except bills vetoed by the governor. The veto session begins Monday, April 29.
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