SB 424 Kansas Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Enacting the student secular bill of rights to establish statutory protections against religious coercion and discrimination in public schools.

SB 424 establishes statutory protections in Kansas public schools against religious coercion and discrimination, directly affecting students, parents, and school staff. It defines prohibited actions like forced participation in religious activities, school-sponsored prayer, religious displays, or proselytizing, while clarifying that academic study of religion remains permissible when objective and secular. The bill creates a legal cause of action for students or parents to seek remedies if schools violate these protections. It aligns with established constitutional principles, referencing Supreme Court rulings on church-state separation, and aims to codify existing First Amendment safeguards into state law.
Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 29, 2026 Last action Apr 10, 2026