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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 16, 2023


          The Honorable Susan Concannon, Chairperson
          House Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care
          300 SW 10th Avenue, Room 152-S
          Topeka, Kansas 66612
          Dear Representative Concannon:
                    SUBJECT:      Fiscal Note for HB 2407 by House Committee on Child Welfare and Foster
                                  Care
                  In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning HB 2407 is
          respectfully submitted to your committee.
                  Under current law, a nonacademic test (questionnaire, survey, or examination) containing
          any questions about the personal and private attitudes, values, beliefs, or practices of a student or
          family, friends or peers cannot be administered to any student in kindergarten through grade 12
          unless the parent or guardian gives written consent. The parent has to be informed in writing not
          more than four months in advance of the administration of the test.
                 HB 2407 would amend current law to state that no test regarding personal beliefs could be
          given without each student being informed that participation is voluntary. In addition, the parent
          or guardian may opt out of the student participating in the test. In addition, the results of these
          types of tests would only be reported as aggregate data. The bill would specify that school
          counselors or other school-based health professionals would not be prohibited from providing
          counseling services to a student, including the administration of tests and forms. Any information
          obtained through the tests would not be permitted to be stored on personal devices, such as laptops,
          mobile phones, or tablets.
                  The Department of Education indicates the enactment of HB 2407 would have a negligible
          fiscal effect on administrative costs for school districts.


                                                                Sincerely,

                                                                Adam Proffitt
                                                                Director of the Budget
          cc: Craig Neuenswander, Education
Statutes affected: 
As introduced: 72-6316