# Kansas 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.

Kansas 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., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Committee on Education; status signed, last action 2026-04-09 (Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Kansas SB 382
- State: Kansas
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session
- Title: 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.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-01-26
- Last action: 2026-04-09, Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026
- Sponsor: Committee on Education
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: house committee on education, senate committee on ways and means, senate committee on education
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 8 (538 yes, 110 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 5

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Exchange students gain local school access: benefit, low. Kansas school districts can enroll foreign exchange students as residents when they live or will live with a host family. This applies to the host family's resident district and removes the nonresident open-seat lottery. Districts still decide whether to allow enrollment.
- Contracted special teachers count for aid: benefit, low. Qualified staff employed by or under contract with a third party can count as special teachers under Kansas aid rules. The third party must contract with a school district to provide special education or related services. Staff must meet state board standards to provide or help provide those servic…
- Schools get revised special education funding: mixed, medium. Starting in fiscal year 2025, Kansas requires at least $601.018818 million yearly for special education aid. Of that, $528.018516 million follows the existing distribution schedule; the rest follows an equalization schedule based on district excess costs. The state calculates aid at 92% of special…
- Private school activity access includes fees: mixed, low. Nonpublic schools can approve activity participation for Kansas residents enrolled in and attending nonaccredited private elementary or secondary schools. Students gain access to association-regulated activities and directly related school events, with the same participant rights and responsibiliti…
- Virtual students get monitored statewide tests: mixed, low. Virtual schools must test full-time students during the same statewide testing date range as nonvirtual students in their district. A virtual-school employee manages each live session, with no more than 10 students per proctor. Students must use browser-lockdown software and stay in the testing pla…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Committee on Education

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 37 Nay: 3 | pass | 37 | 3 |   |
| 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 111 Nay: 12 | pass | 111 | 12 |   |
| 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 38 Nay: 0 | pass | 38 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 83 Nay: 40 | pass | 83 | 40 |   |
| 2026-03-27 | Senate | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 37 | 3 |   |
| 2026-03-26 | House | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 83 | 40 |   |
| 2026-03-17 | House | Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 111 | 12 |   |
| 2026-03-05 | Senate | Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 38 | 0 |   |

## Actions (25)

- 2026-04-09: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026 (Senate)
- 2026-04-09: Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 9, 2026 (Senate)
- 2026-03-27: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 37, Nay 3 (Senate)
- 2026-03-26: Conference committee report now available (House)
- 2026-03-26: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 83, Nay 40, Absent 2 (House)
- 2026-03-23: Motion to accede adopted; Rep. Susan Estes, Rep. Kyle McNorton and Rep. Jerry Stogsdill appointed as conferees (House)
- 2026-03-19: Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Sen. Renee Erickson, Sen. Adam Thomas and Sen. Dinah Sykes (Senate)
- 2026-03-17: Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 111, Nay 12, Absent 2 (House)
- 2026-03-16: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (House)
- 2026-03-16: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (House)
- 2026-03-13: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Education (House)
- 2026-03-12: Hearing: Thursday, March 12, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 218-N (House)
- 2026-03-10: Received and Introduced (House)
- 2026-03-10: Referred to House Committee on Education (House)
- 2026-03-05: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (Senate)
- 2026-03-05: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Adam Thomas (Senate)
- 2026-03-05: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Adam Thomas was adopted (Senate)
- 2026-03-05: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended (Senate)
- 2026-03-05: Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 38, Nay 0, Absent 2 (Senate)
- 2026-02-24: Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Ways and Means and referred to Committee of the Whole (Senate)
- 2026-02-19: Withdrawn from Calendar; Referred to Senate Committee on Ways and Means (Senate)
- 2026-02-16: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Education (Senate)
- 2026-02-10: Hearing: Tuesday, February 10, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 144-S (Senate)
- 2026-01-27: Referred to Senate Committee on Education (Senate)
- 2026-01-26: Introduced (Senate)

## Bill text

- As Amended by House Committee on Education: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb382_03_0000.pdf)
- As Amended by Senate Committee on Education: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_382/sb382_01_0000.pdf)
- As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_382/sb382_00_0000.pdf)
- Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_382/sb382_enrolled.pdf)
- {As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_382/sb382_02_0000.pdf)

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## Sources
- [As Amended by House Committee on Education (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb382_03_0000.pdf)
- [As Amended by Senate Committee on Education (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_382/sb382_01_0000.pdf)
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_382/sb382_00_0000.pdf)
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_382/sb382_enrolled.pdf)
- [{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole} (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_382/sb382_02_0000.pdf)

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- [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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB382-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-17).