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Division of the Budget
Landon State Office Building                                                                        Phone: (785) 296-2436
900 SW Jackson Street, Room 504                                                                    adam.c.proffitt@ks.gov
Topeka, KS 66612                               Division of the Budget                             http://budget.kansas.gov
Adam Proffitt, Director                                                                          Laura Kelly, Governor

                                                  February 22, 2023


          The Honorable Molly Baumgardner, Chairperson
          Senate Committee on Education
          300 SW 10th Avenue, Room 144-S
          Topeka, Kansas 66612
          Dear Senator Baumgardner:
                    SUBJECT:      Fiscal Note for SB 184 by Senator Holscher
                  In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning SB 184 is
          respectfully submitted to your committee.
                 SB 184 would require each nonpublic school in Kansas to administer the statewide
          assessments provided by the State Board of Education. However, the bill would exclude home
          schools or home school organizations and community consortiums or groups from this
          requirement. The bill would require the publication of performance and accountability reports, as
          well as longitudinal achievement reports of the nonpublic schools on the Department of
          Education’s website.
                  According to the Department of Education, the fiscal effect from the enactment of the bill
          cannot be estimated. Nonaccredited private schools do not currently report student data to the
          agency. The agency would need to provide training and technical assistance for each of the
          nonaccredited private schools for collecting and reporting the necessary data. In addition, some
          of the nonaccredited private schools likely do not have student data management systems
          necessary to collect student data at the level required for the reporting. Adding this capability
          would require additional expenditures for the nonaccredited private schools, as well as for the
          Department for training these schools; however, a fiscal effect cannot be estimated as the agency
          does not know the number of nonaccredited private schools or the schools’ reporting capabilities.
          Any fiscal effect associated with SB 184 is not reflected in The FY 2024 Governor’s Budget
          Report.

                                                              Sincerely,

                                                              Adam Proffitt
                                                              Director of the Budget
          cc: Craig Neuenswander, Education
Statutes affected: 
As introduced: 72-5178