# Kansas HB 2402: Senate Substitute for HB 2402 by Committee on Education - Requiring eligible boards of education to consider participation in the community eligibility provision, providing a financial hardship exception to such participation, requiring the state department of education to assist school districts seeking such participation, extending the application deadline for authorization to operate as a public innovative district from December 1 to May 1 and deeming such applications approved if not approved or denied within 45 days of submission. Kansas HB 2402, Senate Substitute for HB 2402 by Committee on Education - Requiring eligible boards of education to consider participation in the community eligibility provision, providing a financial hardship exception to such participation, requiring the state department of education to assist school districts seeking such participation, extending the application deadline for authorization to operate as a public innovative district from December 1 to May 1 and deeming such applications approved if not approved or denied within 45 days of submission., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Committee on Appropriations; status signed, last action 2026-04-09 (Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 30, 2026); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2402-2025-2026 - 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 2402 - State: Kansas - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session - Title: Senate Substitute for HB 2402 by Committee on Education - Requiring eligible boards of education to consider participation in the community eligibility provision, providing a financial hardship exception to such participation, requiring the state department of education to assist school districts seeking such participation, extending the application deadline for authorization to operate as a public innovative district from December 1 to May 1 and deeming such applications approved if not approved or denied within 45 days of submission. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-03-06 - Last action: 2026-04-09, Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 30, 2026 - Sponsor: Committee on Appropriations - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: senate committee on education, house committee on appropriations - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 8 (516 yes, 136 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Eligible districts must review free school meals: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, eligible Kansas districts must consider joining the Community Eligibility Provision, a federal free school meal program. Districts with any school at or above 50% direct certification for free meals must count directly certified students at each school annually. Districts ma… - Faster approvals for innovative school districts: benefit, low. Kansas districts seeking public innovative district status now apply by May 1, replacing December 1, for the following school year. The State Board of Education has 45 days after submission to approve or deny, down from 90 days. Applications are automatically approved if the board misses that deadl… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Committee on Appropriations - Cosponsor: Committee on Education ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 91 Nay: 33 | pass | 91 | 33 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 31 Nay: 9 | pass | 31 | 9 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 38 Nay: 2 | pass | 38 | 2 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 98 Nay: 24 | pass | 98 | 24 | | | 2026-03-27 | House | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 91 | 33 | | | 2026-03-27 | Senate | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 31 | 9 | | | 2026-03-19 | Senate | Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed | pass | 38 | 2 | | | 2025-03-18 | House | Final Action - Passed | pass | 98 | 24 | | ## Actions (21) - 2026-04-09: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 30, 2026 (House) - 2026-04-07: Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 7, 2026 (House) - 2026-03-27: Conference committee report now available (Senate) - 2026-03-27: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 31, Nay 9 (Senate) - 2026-03-27: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 91, Nay 33, Absent 1 (House) - 2026-03-24: Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Renee Erickson, Sen. Adam Thomas and Sen. Dinah Sykes appointed as conferees (Senate) - 2026-03-23: Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Susan Estes, Rep. Kyle McNorton and Rep. Jerry Stogsdill (House) - 2026-03-19: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed (Senate) - 2026-03-19: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Cindy Holscher (Senate) - 2026-03-19: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Cindy Holscher was rejected (Senate) - 2026-03-19: Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed (Senate) - 2026-03-19: Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed; Yea 38, Nay 2 (Senate) - 2026-03-17: Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Senate Committee on Education (Senate) - 2025-03-19: Referred to Senate Committee on Education (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Received and Introduced (Senate) - 2025-03-17: Committee of the Whole - Be passed (House) - 2025-03-17: Final Action - Passed; Yea 98, Nay 24, Absent 3 (House) - 2025-03-13: Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Appropriations (House) - 2025-03-12: Hearing: Wednesday, March 12, 2025, 9:00 AM — Room 112-N (House) - 2025-03-06: Introduced (House) - 2025-03-06: Referred to House Committee on Appropriations (House) ## Bill text - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2402/hb2402_00_0000.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2402/hb2402_enrolled.pdf) - S Sub for: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb2402_01_0000.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 Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2402/hb2402_00_0000.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2402/hb2402_enrolled.pdf) - [S Sub for (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb2402_01_0000.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-HB2402-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-17).