# Kansas HB 2618: Requiring the state board of education to report to the legislature on federal moneys received by the state, ending certain educational reporting requirements and applying expiration dates to other educational reporting requirements. Kansas HB 2618, Requiring the state board of education to report to the legislature on federal moneys received by the state, ending certain educational reporting requirements and applying expiration dates to other educational reporting requirements., 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-HB2618-2025-2026 - 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 2618 - State: Kansas - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session - Title: Requiring the state board of education to report to the legislature on federal moneys received by the state, ending certain educational reporting requirements and applying expiration dates to other educational reporting requirements. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-02-02 - 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 (284 yes, 40 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Military spouses pay no licensing fees: benefit, low. Qualifying military spouses pay no fees to obtain or renew a Kansas occupational credential. This covers spouses of current U.S. armed services, reserve, or state National Guard members, and honorably discharged former members. The waiver includes application, license, registration, certification,… - Targeted student help and public school reports: benefit, low. Ten selected Kansas districts must use annual student-support plans in 2024–2025 and 2025–2026; all districts start in 2026–2027. Plans must include a third-grade group and a kindergarten-through-eighth-grade group, each with more than 10 students. Groups must meet the law’s free-meal and assessmen… - Schools lose aid after missed goals: cost, medium. Starting in 2030–2031, Kansas reduces district at-risk aid when student groups miss four-year improvement goals after another evaluation year. The adjustment applies the following school year to both at-risk and high-density at-risk aid. If one group misses, the formula uses final-year base aid plu… ## 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: 102 Nay: 20 | pass | 102 | 20 | | | 2026-03-19 | Senate | Final Action - Passed | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2026-02-19 | House | Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 102 | 20 | | ## Actions (16) - 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) - 2026-03-10: Hearing: Tuesday, March 10, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 144-S (Senate) - 2026-02-26: Referred to Senate Committee on Education (Senate) - 2026-02-25: Engrossed on Monday, February 23, 2026 (House) - 2026-02-25: Received and Introduced (Senate) - 2026-02-19: Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 102, Nay 20, 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) - 2026-02-16: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on K-12 Education Budget (House) - 2026-02-09: Hearing: Monday, February 9, 2026, 3:30 PM — Room 546-S (House) - 2026-02-02: Introduced (House) - 2026-02-02: 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_2618/hb2618_01_0000.pdf) - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2618/hb2618_00_0000.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2618/hb2618_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_2618/hb2618_01_0000.pdf) - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2618/hb2618_00_0000.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2618/hb2618_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-HB2618-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-17).