Kansas · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 47: Requiring school districts to publicly list the names and email addresses of current school board members, authorizing local school board members to add new items to board meeting discussions, ask questions or engage in discussion with members of the public and access school property, authorizing members of the public to address school boards at board meetings and authorizing payment of annual dues to any not-for-profit organization that provides services to member school districts.

Did not advance Last action April 10, 2026: Died in House Committee

Plain-language summary

SB 47 is a bill introduced in the Kansas Senate on January 21, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Requiring school districts to publicly list the names and email addresses of current school board members, authorizing local school board members to add new items to board meeting discussions, ask questions or engage in discussion with members of the public and access school property, authorizing members of the public to address school boards at board meetings and authorizing payment of annual dues to any not-for-profit organization that provides services to member school districts. Primary sponsor: Committee on Education. Most recent recorded action (April 10, 2026): Died in House Committee.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Committee on Education.