Kansas · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 2485: Authorizing the chief executive officer of the board of regents to negotiate and settle repayment obligations arising under financial aid programs administered by the board, providing requirements for agreements between postsecondary educational institutions and school districts for postsecondary courses taught in secondary schools, directing the governor to approve short-term workforce training programs for Pell grant eligibility, modifying requirements under the every child can read act and prohibiting Kansas promise scholarship awards for remedial hours.

Enacted Last action April 9, 2026: Engrossed on Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Plain-language summary

HB 2485 is a bill introduced in the Kansas House on January 21, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Authorizing the chief executive officer of the board of regents to negotiate and settle repayment obligations arising under financial aid programs administered by the board, providing requirements for agreements between postsecondary educational institutions and school districts for postsecondary courses taught in secondary schools, directing the governor to approve short-term workforce training programs for Pell grant eligibility, modifying requirements under the every child can read act and prohibiting Kansas promise scholarship awards for remedial hours. Primary sponsor: Committee on Education. Most recent recorded action (April 9, 2026): Engrossed on Tuesday, March 31, 2026.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Committee on Education.