# Kansas HB 2320: Authorizing children in the custody of the secretary of the department for children and families to attend school in any school district, requiring records for such students to be timely transferred between school districts and requiring a transportation plan if the child remains in the school of origin. Kansas HB 2320, Authorizing children in the custody of the secretary of the department for children and families to attend school in any school district, requiring records for such students to be timely transferred between school districts and requiring a transportation plan if the child remains in the school of origin., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Committee on K-12 Education Budget; status signed, last action 2026-04-06 (Approved by Governor on Monday, April 6, 2026); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2320-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Kansas HB 2320 - State: Kansas - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session - Title: Authorizing children in the custody of the secretary of the department for children and families to attend school in any school district, requiring records for such students to be timely transferred between school districts and requiring a transportation plan if the child remains in the school of origin. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-06 - Last action: 2026-04-06, Approved by Governor on Monday, April 6, 2026 - Sponsor: Committee on K-12 Education Budget - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: senate committee on education, house committee on k-12 education budget - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 4 (324 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - More school choices for children in custody: benefit, medium. School-age children in Kansas child welfare custody can attend any Kansas district or stay at their original school. After a placement move within a district, they can attend the new placement’s school or keep their original school. When the secretary decides staying at the original school is best… - Faster school access for state-placed children: benefit, low. For child welfare placement moves across school boundaries, the secretary must decide what is best before planned moves. After an unplanned disruption, that decision is due within two business days; district notice and record requests also have a two-business-day deadline. Records must transfer wit… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Committee on K-12 Education Budget ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 40 Nay: 0 | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 122 Nay: 0 | pass | 122 | 0 | | | 2026-03-19 | Senate | Final Action - Passed | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2026-02-19 | House | Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 122 | 0 | | ## Actions (17) - 2026-04-06: Approved by Governor on Monday, April 6, 2026 (House) - 2026-03-26: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 27, 2026 (House) - 2026-03-19: Final Action - Passed; Yea 40, Nay 0 (Senate) - 2026-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Be passed (Senate) - 2026-03-12: Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Education (Senate) - 2026-03-11: Hearing: Wednesday, March 11, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 144-S (Senate) - 2026-02-26: Referred to Senate Committee on Education (Senate) - 2026-02-25: Engrossed on Friday, February 20, 2026 (House) - 2026-02-25: Received and Introduced (Senate) - 2026-02-19: Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 122, Nay 0, Absent 3 (House) - 2026-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (House) - 2026-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (House) - 2026-02-17: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on K-12 Education Budget (House) - 2026-02-11: Hearing: Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 3:30 PM — Room 546-S (House) - 2025-02-13: Hearing: Thursday, February 13, 2025, 3:30 PM — Room 546-S (House) - 2025-02-06: Introduced (House) - 2025-02-06: Referred to House Committee on K-12 Education Budget (House) ## Bill text - As Amended by House Committee on K-12 Education Budget: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2320/hb2320_01_0000.pdf) - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2320/hb2320_00_0000.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2320/hb2320_enrolled.pdf) ## Related bills - SB 430: Adding mitragynine to schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act and reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes in the Kansas criminal code. (signed) - SB 82: Providing tax credits for expenditures for lockable gun and ammunition storage and the retail sale of higher ethanol blends of fuel, discontinuing the tax cred… (signed) - SB 300: Providing for the apportionment of business income by manufacturers of alcoholic liquor depending on whether the taxpayer is a qualifying Kansas investor or a… (signed) - HB 2029: Reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes. (signed) - HB 2018: Senate Substitute for HB 2018 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Creating the crime of interference with the conduct of a religious assembly, providin… (became law) - HB 2036: Providing a Kansas income tax subtraction modification for certain amounts received as compensation for members of the armed forces. (failed) ## Sources - [As Amended by House Committee on K-12 Education Budget (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2320/hb2320_01_0000.pdf) - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2320/hb2320_00_0000.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2320/hb2320_enrolled.pdf) ## Related - [SB 430: Adding mitragynine to schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act and r…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB430-2025-2026) - [SB 82: Providing tax credits for expenditures for lockable gun and ammunition storage…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB82-2025-2026) - [SB 300: Providing for the apportionment of business income by manufacturers of alcoholi…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB300-2025-2026) - [HB 2029: Reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2029-2025-2026) - [HB 2018: Senate Substitute for HB 2018 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Creat…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2018-2025-2026) - [HB 2036: Providing a Kansas income tax subtraction modification for certain amounts rece…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2036-2025-2026) - [Kansas bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/kansas/bills) - [Kansas state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/kansas) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2320-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-17).