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IntroducedFeb 02, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Passed House
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Became Law
Kansas Senate Bill
Requiring eligible boards of education to consider participation in the community eligibility program, providing a financial hardship exception from such participation and requiring the state department of education to assist school districts seeking such participation.
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Apr 10, 2026: Died on Calendar
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 438
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Senate Committee on Educationsponsor
Votes
Actions
- Apr 10, 2026 | Senate
- Died on Calendar
- Mar 11, 2026 | Senate
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Education
- Mar 05, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing: Thursday, March 5, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 144-S event
- Feb 24, 2026 | Senate
- Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Education; Rereferred to Senate Committee on Education
- Feb 19, 2026 | Senate
- Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Ways and Means; Referred to Senate Committee on Ways and Means
- Feb 03, 2026 | Senate
- Referred to Senate Committee on Education
- Feb 02, 2026 | Senate
- Introduced
Documents
- As Introduced - Fiscal NotePDF
- As Introduced - Fiscal NoteHTML
- As Amended by Senate Committee - Supplementary NotePDF
- As Amended by Senate Committee - Supplementary NoteHTML
- Senate Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Education (Wed, Mar 11, 2026)PDF
- Senate Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Education (Wed, Mar 11, 2026)HTML
- Senate · Committee on Education, Mar 5, 2026: Minutes
- Senate · Committee on Education, Mar 5, 2026: Testimony by Kari Rinker, Region Sr. State Government Relations Lead, American Heart Association
- Senate · Committee on Education, Mar 5, 2026: Testimony by Haley Kottler, Senior Campaign Director, Kansas Appleseed Center for Law and Justice
- Senate · Committee on Education, Mar 5, 2026: Testimony by Leah Fliter, Assistant Executive Director of Advocacy, Kansas Association of School Boards
- Senate · Committee on Education, Mar 5, 2026: Testimony by Jim Karleskint, United School Administrators
- Senate · Committee on Education, Mar 5, 2026: Testimony by Vikkie Mullins, President, Kansas PTA
- Senate · Committee on Education, Mar 5, 2026: Testimony by Susan Willis, Government Liaison, Wichita Public Schools
- Senate · Committee on Education, Mar 5, 2026: Testimony by Timothy R. Graham, Director of Government Relations and Legislative Affairs, Kansas National Education Association
- Senate · Committee on Education, Mar 5, 2026: Testimony by Dustin Hare, Economic Security Policy Advisor, Kansas Action for Children
- Senate · Committee on Education, Mar 5, 2026: Testimony by Tamara Lawrence, Assistant Revisor, Office of the Revisor of Statutes
