# Kansas SB 50: Establishing uniform interest rate provisions for service scholarship programs administered by the Kansas board of regents, authorizing the board of regents to recover the costs of collecting such repayment and charge fees for administration costs, requiring eligible students to enter into agreements with the board of regents as a condition to receiving a grant under the adult learner grant act and sunsetting the low-income family postsecondary savings accounts incentive program in 2028 and reducing the number of audits required for such program. Kansas SB 50, Establishing uniform interest rate provisions for service scholarship programs administered by the Kansas board of regents, authorizing the board of regents to recover the costs of collecting such repayment and charge fees for administration costs, requiring eligible students to enter into agreements with the board of regents as a condition to receiving a grant under the adult learner grant act and sunsetting the low-income family postsecondary savings accounts incentive program in 2028 and reducing the number of audits required for such program., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Committee on Education; status signed, last action 2025-04-10 (Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 4, 2025); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB50-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Kansas SB 50 - State: Kansas - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session - Title: Establishing uniform interest rate provisions for service scholarship programs administered by the Kansas board of regents, authorizing the board of regents to recover the costs of collecting such repayment and charge fees for administration costs, requiring eligible students to enter into agreements with the board of regents as a condition to receiving a grant under the adult learner grant act and sunsetting the low-income family postsecondary savings accounts incentive program in 2028 and reducing the number of audits required for such program. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-01-21 - Last action: 2025-04-10, Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 4, 2025 - Sponsor: Committee on Education - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: house committee on education, senate committee on education - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 8 (640 yes, 8 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 7 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Adult learner grants require signed commitments: cost, medium. Students must sign an agreement with the Board of Regents before receiving a Kansas Adult Learner Grant. They must complete their program and meet the two-year Kansas residence and work requirement afterward. Kansas tax withholding or estimated tax payments document the work requirement. A permitte… - Students must repay aid paid for them: cost, medium. Recipients who break covered aid agreements owe money paid on their behalf, not just money they received directly, plus interest. Covered aid includes military, medical, nursing, teacher, fellowship, workforce, Kansas Promise, and adult learner programs. Most installments start six months after int… - Kansas aid users face possible added fees: cost, low. The Board of Regents can recover reasonable collection costs, including court costs, attorney fees, and collection agency fees. Its chief executive can also charge application-processing and administration fees to cover direct and indirect program costs. The law sets no specific fee amounts; admini… - New savings match applications end in 2028: cost, low. Beginning January 1, 2028, the Kansas treasurer cannot accept or approve applications for the low-income college savings matching program. This closes access for new applicants. The provision does not itself cancel previously approved applications or existing account matches. - Kansas standardizes interest on student aid repayments: mixed, medium. Beginning July 1, 2025, covered Kansas student aid repayments carry 5% yearly interest when the program requires interest. A lower rate set when the aid was received remains protected. Interest cannot start before repayment is required; the Board of Regents sets the applicable accrual date. The rul… - Limited college savings matches for low-income families: mixed, medium. For 2025–2027, approved Kansas account owners receive a dollar-for-dollar college savings match, up to $600 per account each year. They must contribute at least $100 that year and have approval for that year. Eligible Kansas households need prior-tax-year income above zero and no more than 200% of… - Savings withdrawals face audits and repayment: mixed, medium. The treasurer need not approve matching-fund withdrawals beforehand, but must audit at least 10 withdrawals from each year, 2025–2027. Selected participants must submit requested documents by the audit deadline; missing it conclusively makes the withdrawal nonqualified. A nonqualified withdrawal re… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Committee on Education ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 119 Nay: 3 | pass | 119 | 3 | | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 39 Nay: 1 | pass | 39 | 1 | | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 122 Nay: 0 | pass | 122 | 0 | | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 40 Nay: 0 | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2025-03-27 | Senate | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2025-03-26 | House | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 122 | 0 | | | 2025-03-18 | House | Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 119 | 3 | | | 2025-02-19 | Senate | Final Action - Passed | pass | 39 | 1 | | ## Actions (20) - 2025-04-10: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 4, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 8, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-03-27: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 40, Nay 0 (Senate) - 2025-03-26: Conference committee report now available (House) - 2025-03-26: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 122, Nay 0, Absent 3 (House) - 2025-03-19: Motion to accede adopted; Rep. Susan Estes, Rep. Kyle McNorton and Rep. Jerry Stogsdill appointed as conferees (House) - 2025-03-18: Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Sen. Renee Erickson, Sen. Adam Thomas and Sen. Dinah Sykes (Senate) - 2025-03-17: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (House) - 2025-03-17: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (House) - 2025-03-17: Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 119, Nay 3, Absent 3 (House) - 2025-03-03: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Education (House) - 2025-02-25: Hearing: Tuesday, February 25, 2025, 1:30 PM — Room 218-N (House) - 2025-02-19: Final Action - Passed; Yea 39, Nay 1 (Senate) - 2025-02-19: Received and Introduced (House) - 2025-02-19: Referred to House Committee on Education (House) - 2025-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Be passed (Senate) - 2025-02-11: Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Education (Senate) - 2025-02-04: Hearing: Tuesday, February 4, 2025, 1:30 PM — Room 144-S (Senate) - 2025-01-22: Referred to Senate Committee on Education (Senate) - 2025-01-21: 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/sb_50/sb50_01_0000.pdf) - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_50/sb50_00_0000.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_50/sb50_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 Education (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_50/sb50_01_0000.pdf) - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_50/sb50_00_0000.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_50/sb50_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-SB50-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-17).