SESSION OF 2022
SUPPLEMENTAL NOTE ON SENATE BILL NO. 362
As Amended by Senate Committee on
Education

Brief*
SB 362, as amended, would require local school boards
(boards) to annually review state academic assessments and
utilize such assessments and the school district’s (district)
building needs assessment when reviewing and approving
the school district’s budget.
The bill would require a board to utilize the district’s
building needs assessment during approval of the school
district budget. Boards would be required to include in their
minutes during approval of the budget that the board received
the district’s need assessment, how the board evaluated said
assessment, and how said assessment was utilized in the
district’s budget.
The bill would require a board to conduct an annual
review of state assessment results for its district and that the
review document the following findings:
● Barriers that must be overcome for all students to
achieve above level 1 proficiency on state
assessments;
● Budget actions that should be taken to address
and remove barriers; and
● The amount of time the board estimates it will take
for all students to achieve above level 1 on state
assessments if budget actions are implemented.
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*Supplemental notes are prepared by the Legislative Research
Department and do not express legislative intent. The supplemental
note and fiscal note for this bill may be accessed on the Internet at
http://www.kslegislature.org
 Each district would also be required to ensure all
building needs assessment and state assessment
documentation is available on the district’s website.
Background
The bill was introduced by the Senate Committee on
Education at the request of the Kansas Policy Institute.
Senate Committee on Education
In the Senate Committee hearing, proponent testimony
was provided by representatives of Educational Management
Consultants and the Kansas Policy Institute. The proponents
generally stated the bill was necessary due to few districts
conducting needs assessments and the need to focus on
individual buildings to guide district spending.
Neutral testimony was provided by representatives of
the Kansas Association of School Boards, Kansas School
Superintendent Association, and United School
Administrators of Kansas. The conferees generally stated
their concerns were for the added burden the bill could place
upon district staff and current vagueness within how building
needs assessment should be accomplished.
No other testimony was provided.
The Senate Committee amended the bill to change
school board “preparation” of the budget to “approval,”
change references to “each student” to “all students” with
regard to academic expectations, replace achievement of
grade level proficiency to achieving above level 1 on state
assessments, and require budget information and
assessment documentation to be published on the school
district’s website.


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Fiscal Information
According to the fiscal note prepared by the Division of
the Budget on the bill as introduced, the Kansas State
Department of Education states any cost associated with
enactment of the bill would be negligible and impact only local
school districts.
Education; school districts; building needs assessment; budget; state academic
assessments


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Statutes affected:
As introduced: 72-1163
As Amended by Senate Committee: 72-1163