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This story is updated as of 3:30 p.m. Thursday, April 10. It will be updated as information becomes available.
As the 2025 Kansas legislature entered veto session, at least five education-related bills were signed into law, including one that provides for the advanced enrollment of a military student whose parent will be stationed in Kansas, and another that adjusts how certain K-12 students are included in graduation rate calculations.
The budget bill, now SB 125, that includes the Kansas State Department of Education’s budget, also was approved by the governor, but line item vetoed on Wednesday, April 9.
First adjournment for the 2025 Kansas legislative session was Friday, March 28. Legislators are expected to reconvene on Thursday, April 10, for the veto session. The 90th day of the session will be Saturday, April 12. In the meantime, Gov. Laura Kelly has signed two education-related bills.
The Senate Committee on Ways and Means held hearings this week for Sub for HB 2007, the budget bill for state agencies including KSDE, and other education-related bills were heard in the House and Senate education committees during the ninth week of the 2025 Kansas legislative session.
Multiple education-related bills had hearings and recommendations on the budgets for the Kansas State Department of Education, the Kansas School for the Deaf and the Kansas State School for the Blind were discussed during week eight of the 2025 Kansas legislative session.
During the seventh week of the 2025 legislative session, numerous education-related bills had hearings in either the House or Senate education committees or were moved to other non-education committees to keep them alive.
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The following bills have been passed out of their chamber of origin:
Sub for HB 2007: Making and concerning supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2025, and appropriations for fiscal years 2026 and 2027 for KSDE and various state agencies.
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