# Kansas SB 517: Expanding the every child can read act reporting requirements and amending the Kansas blueprint for literacy to provide certain requirements for the state board of education, the state board of regents and school districts with regard to literacy education and reporting.

Kansas SB 517, Expanding the every child can read act reporting requirements and amending the Kansas blueprint for literacy to provide certain requirements for the state board of education, the state board of regents and school districts with regard to literacy education and reporting., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Committee on Ways and Means; status failed, last action 2026-04-10 (Died in House Committee) (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Kansas SB 517
- State: Kansas
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session
- Title: Expanding the every child can read act reporting requirements and amending the Kansas blueprint for literacy to provide certain requirements for the state board of education, the state board of regents and school districts with regard to literacy education and reporting.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-02-24
- Last action: 2026-04-10, Died in House Committee
- Sponsor: Committee on Ways and Means
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: house committee on education, senate committee on education
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (78 yes, 2 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Committee on Ways and Means

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 39 Nay: 1 | pass | 39 | 1 |   |
| 2026-03-19 | Senate | Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 39 | 1 |   |

## Actions (10)

- 2026-04-10: Died in House Committee (House)
- 2026-03-20: Received and Introduced (House)
- 2026-03-20: Referred to House Committee on Education (House)
- 2026-03-19: Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 39, Nay 1 (Senate)
- 2026-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (Senate)
- 2026-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (Senate)
- 2026-03-17: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Education (Senate)
- 2026-03-13: Hearing: Friday, March 13, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 144-S (Senate)
- 2026-02-25: Referred to Senate Committee on Education (Senate)
- 2026-02-24: Introduced (Senate)

## Bill text

- As Amended by Senate Committee: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_517/sb517_01_0000.pdf)
- As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_517/sb517_00_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 2530: Substitute for HB 2530 by Committee on Education - Providing for the transferability of credentials earned through ACT workkeys career readiness assessments to… (failed)

## Sources
- [As Amended by Senate Committee (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_517/sb517_01_0000.pdf)
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_517/sb517_00_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 2530: Substitute for HB 2530 by Committee on Education - Providing for the transferab…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2530-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB517-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-17).