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Kansas legislators are on a three-week break, after they reached First Adjournment last week. They will return to the Kansas Statehouse Thursday, April 25. When they return, they will have a couple of bills to consider for passage and any bills that are vetoed by the Governor. The veto session begins Monday, April 29.
Bills that have passed both chambers
SB 19 – EMERGE Program and cardiac plans
The contents of HB 2567 (EMERGE Program) and HB 2494 (developing emergency cardiac plans for schools) were added into SB 19.
The EMERGE Program is a master’s degree scholarship program for Kansas National Guard members.
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) would be required to develop model emergency cardiac plans for schools and for local school boards to adopt an emergency cardiac plan.
The bill passed the House 119-3 and the Senate 26-2. It will now head to the governor's desk.
SB 73 – Current year enrollment
The contents of SB 73 were stripped from the bill and the contents of SB 386, as passed by the Senate, were inserted. Starting in 2024-2025, enrollment for funding will be based on the highest of current or prior year enrollment. For 2024-2025, the highest of current, prior or average of prior and second preceding year can be used.
The bill was passed in the House 120-3 and in the Senate 35-4. It will now head to the governor's desk.
SB 438 – AO-K Scholarship (now includes Blueprint for Literacy, State Board reporting requirements
The contents of four bills were added into SB 438, which originally only included eliminating the requirement to subtract other aid from the state payment in the AO-K program.
The following bills were added into SB 438:
The bill passed the House 98-22 and the Senate 34-3. It will now head to the governor’s desk.
Bills that have not passed either chamber
House Sub for SB 387 – K-12 budget package bill
Nine different bills were added into House Sub for SB 387. The following are other changes made during conference committee last week:
The contents of the following bills were not changed in conference committee:
Although the conference committee came to agreement on all the above, the bill was not considered in either chamber before First Adjournment.
Bills of interest:
SB 28 – Codifying the Mental Health Intervention Team (MHIT) program administered by the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS) in state statute.
SB 96– Transferring certain childcare programs to the Kansas Office of Early Childhood and separating licensing duties between the secretary for the Kansas Department of Health and Environment and the executive director of early childhood.
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