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SB 45 Kansas Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Substitute for SB 45 by Committee on Education - Requiring the state board of education to calculate graduation rates for all school districts for purposes of accreditation using an alternative calculation.

SB 45 changes how Kansas calculates high school graduation rates for school accreditation. It requires the state board of education to use a new method that only counts students who were on track to graduate when they first enrolled, and excludes students who transferred to non-accredited private schools. This applies to all school districts and their virtual schools, which must now report separate graduation rates using the same new calculation. The bill also bans financial incentives for enrolling in virtual schools and repeals the previous graduation rate calculation method.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Jan 21, 2025 Signed Apr 10, 2025
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What changed between versions

As Amended by House Committee on Education → Enrolled · 3 edits · Apr 10, 2025
MINOR
This bill finalizes the text of SB 45 by adding standard legislative certification and signature lines required for a bill to become law. It removes internal committee tracking headers and fixes formatting errors found in the previous draft, ensuring the document is ready for official publication and enforcement.
Scope change
The substantive scope of the law remains unchanged; the bill continues to regulate graduation rate calculations for school districts and virtual schools in Kansas. The change is purely procedural, moving the document from a committee draft to an enrolled, final version.
TECHNICAL

Removed internal committee headers and page numbers that were used during the drafting and amendment process but are not part of the final law.

Added the standard certification block, including spaces for the President of the Senate, Speaker of the House, and Governor to sign the bill into law.

Corrected formatting inconsistencies and line breaks in the text to ensure the final statute is clean and readable.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
19
Key actions
14
Committee
8
Apr 10, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor on Monday, April 7, 2025
upper
Mar 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 40, Nay 0
upper
Mar 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 117, Nay 5, Absent 3
lower
Mar 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
Conference committee report now available
lower
Mar 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Motion to accede adopted; Rep. Susan Estes, Rep. Kyle McNorton and Rep. Jerry Stogsdill appointed as conferees
lower
Mar 12, 2025
Upper · Passed
Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Sen. Renee Erickson, Sen. Adam Thomas and Sen. Dinah Sykes
upper
Mar 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 86, Nay 36, Absent 3
lower
Mar 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
lower
Mar 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
lower
Mar 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Education
lower
Feb 20, 2025
Committee
Referred to House Committee on Education
lower
Feb 20, 2025
Introduced
Received and Introduced
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
Final Action - Substitute passed; Yea 32, Nay 8
upper
Feb 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed
upper
Feb 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed
upper
Feb 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Senate Committee on Education
upper
Jan 22, 2025
Committee
Referred to Senate Committee on Education
upper
Jan 21, 2025
Introduced
Introduced
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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