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 C. Proffitt, Director Laura Kelly, Governor


January 19, 2024


The Honorable Adam Thomas, Chairperson
House Committee on Education
300 SW 10th Avenue, Room 218-N
Topeka, Kansas 66612
Dear Representative Thomas:
SUBJECT: Fiscal Note for HB 2480 by Representative Resman
In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning HB 2480 is
respectfully submitted to your committee.
HB 2480 would require each Kansas school district to employ at least one staff member
who has completed a comprehensive attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) professional
development training program. The required training would be applicable to at least one of the
following school staff: general education teacher, special education teacher, speech-language
pathologist, occupational therapist, guidance counselor, or school psychologist. The bill would
outline the requirements of the ADHD disorder training and would require the State Board of
Education to identify and approve any training programs for use by school districts. The bill would
allow the State Board of Education to adopt rules and regulations for this requirement.
The Department of Education indicates that the enactment of the bill would have a fiscal
effect on the agency and potentially for school districts. For the Department, the agency would be
required to investigate and approve ADHD professional development training programs, and
school districts could incur costs for training staff. However, the Department cannot estimate these
additional costs which would depend on the specific training programs evaluated.
The Kansas Association of School Boards (KASB) indicates that the required training
would increase costs to school districts; however, a fiscal effect cannot be estimated. KASB notes
that many of the specific job titles listed in HB 2480 are provided by special education cooperatives
or interlocal organizations. Some of these cooperatives or interlocal organizations may already
have ADHD training, but the staff are not specifically employed by a district. As a result, HB
2480 could result in duplicative spending to employ a staff member with this training when
someone with the training may already be present in a school through a cooperative or interlocal
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organization. Any fiscal effect associated with HB 2480 is not reflected in The FY 2025
Governor’s Budget Report.


Sincerely,

Adam C. Proffitt
Director of the Budget


cc: Angie Stallbaumer, Kansas Association of School Boards
Gabrielle Hull, Department of Education