Enacting the attorney training program for rural Kansas act to provide financial assistance to lawyers and law students who practice law in rural areas.

HB 2174 establishes a financial assistance program to encourage legal professionals to serve rural Kansas communities. It provides law students at Washburn University or the University of Kansas with up to $30,000 per year in tuition loans (forgivable upon meeting requirements) and offers loan repayment assistance to licensed attorneys practicing law in rural Kansas counties (excluding Douglas, Johnson, Sedgwick, Shawnee, and Wyandotte). Participants must commit to full-time rural practice for at least 12 consecutive months for each year they received funding, with specific repayment terms if obligations aren't met. The program is administered by a committee of rural attorneys, law school representatives, and non-attorneys, pending legislative approval. This bill is currently pending in committee and has not yet become law.