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Kansas · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 382: Providing for the administration of statewide assessments to virtual school students by such students' virtual schools, adding third parties who contract with school districts to the definition of special teacher, providing for special education state aid reimbursement for certain qualified teachers, authorizing nonpublic schools to permit nonaccredited private elementary or secondary school students to participate in certain activities and authorizing foreign exchange students who reside with a host family to enroll in and attend the resident school district of the host family.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 382 is a bill introduced in the Kansas Senate on January 26, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Providing for the administration of statewide assessments to virtual school students by such students' virtual schools, adding third parties who contract with school districts to the definition of special teacher, providing for special education state aid reimbursement for certain qualified teachers, authorizing nonpublic schools to permit nonaccredited private elementary or secondary school students to participate in certain activities and authorizing foreign exchange students who reside with a host family to enroll in and attend the resident school district of the host family. Primary sponsor: Committee on Education. Most recent recorded action (April 9, 2026): Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Committee on EducationPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026
  2. Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 9, 2026
  3. Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 37, Nay 3
  4. Conference committee report now available
  5. Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 83, Nay 40, Absent 2
  6. Motion to accede adopted; Rep. Susan Estes, Rep. Kyle McNorton and Rep. Jerry Stogsdill appointed as conferees
  7. Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Sen. Renee Erickson, Sen. Adam Thomas and Sen. Dinah Sykes
  8. Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 111, Nay 12, Absent 2
  9. Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
  10. Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
  11. Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Education
  12. Received and Introduced

Showing 12 most recent of 23 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source