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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 • Mar 11, 2026: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Education
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 438
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Sponsors
- Committee on Educationsponsor
Votes
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Actions
- Mar 11, 2026 | Senate
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Education
- Mar 05, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing: Thursday, March 5, 2026, 1:30 PM Room 144-S
- Feb 24, 2026 | Senate
- Withdrawn from Committee on Ways and Means; Rereferred to Committee on Education
- Feb 19, 2026 | Senate
- Withdrawn from Committee on Education; Referred to Committee on Ways and Means
- Feb 03, 2026 | Senate
- Referred to Committee on Education
- Feb 02, 2026 | Senate
- Introduced
Documents
- As introduced - Fiscal Note
- As Amended by Senate Committee - Supplementary Note
- Senate Committee on Education, Thu, Mar 5, 2026: Minutes
- Senate Committee on Education, Thu, Mar 5, 2026: Testimony by Kari Rinker, Region Sr. State Government Relations Lead, American Heart Association (Proponent)
- Senate Committee on Education, Thu, Mar 5, 2026: Testimony by Haley Kottler, Senior Campaign Director, Kansas Appleseed Center for Law and Justice (Proponent)
- Senate Committee on Education, Thu, Mar 5, 2026: Testimony by Leah Fliter, Assistant Executive Director of Advocacy, Kansas Association of School Boards (Opponent)
- Senate Committee on Education, Thu, Mar 5, 2026: Testimony by Jim Karleskint, United School Administrators (Opponent)
- Senate Committee on Education, Thu, Mar 5, 2026: Testimony by Vikkie Mullins, President, Kansas PTA (Opponent)
- Senate Committee on Education, Thu, Mar 5, 2026: Testimony by Susan Willis, Government Liaison, Wichita Public Schools (Opponent)
- Senate Committee on Education, Thu, Mar 5, 2026: Testimony by Timothy R. Graham, Director of Government Relations and Legislative Affairs, Kansas National Education Association (Opponent)
- Senate Committee on Education, Thu, Mar 5, 2026: Testimony by Dustin Hare, Economic Security Policy Advisor, Kansas Action for Children (Proponent)
- Senate Committee on Education, Thu, Mar 5, 2026: Testimony by Tamara Lawrence, Assistant Revisor, Office of the Revisor of Statutes (Revisor Memo)
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Education
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