Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas House Bill HB2140

Introduced
1/29/25  
Refer
1/29/25  

Caption

Creating the drug abuse resistance education (D.A.R.E.) educator position.

Impact

The introduction of a D.A.R.E. educator is seen as a crucial step towards strengthening drug awareness and prevention programs within schools. By having a centralized educator, the state aims to ensure consistent delivery of educational content across public schools, promoting a unified approach to drug resistance education. The bill allows the D.A.R.E. educator to not only instruct students but also to facilitate the distribution of educational materials, thereby broadening the reach of the program.

Summary

House Bill 2140 establishes a formal position for a Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) educator within the Kansas Attorney General's office. The purpose of this bill is to enhance the drug education efforts in public elementary and secondary schools across the state by appointing a dedicated educational coordinator. It tasks the D.A.R.E. educator with implementing a curriculum that includes important topics related to drug abuse, such as fentanyl and other opioid substances.

Contention

While the bill reflects a proactive approach to addressing drug abuse education, there may be discussions regarding its funding and resource allocation. Concerns about the effectiveness of the D.A.R.E. program in recent years could also arise, as critics have debated the program's success rates in combating drug use. The requirement for an annual report to the legislature implies a mechanism for accountability, which may help mitigate some opposition by ensuring transparency in the program's implementation and outcomes.

Companion Bills

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Previously Filed As

KS HB2002

Expanding medical assistance eligibility and enacting the cutting healthcare costs for all Kansans act.

KS SB8

Exempting the sale of firearms, firearms accessories, ammunition, firearm safes and firearm safety devices from the retatilers' sales tax.

KS SB6

Providing a sales tax exemption for sales of electricity to residential premises by municipally owned or operated utilities.

KS SB1

Modifying income tax rates for individuals, exempting all social security benefits from Kansas income tax, increasing the Kansas standard deduction and the Kansas personal exemption, increasing the income tax credit amount for household and dependent care expenses, decreasing the privilege tax normal tax, excluding internal revenue code section 1031 exchange transactions as indicators of fair market value for property tax valuation purposes, increasing the extent of property tax exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy, providing for certain transfers to the state school district finance fund and abolishing the local ad valorem tax reduction fund and the county and city revenue sharing fund.

KS SB2

Eliminating the income limit to qualify for the subtraction modification exempting social security benefits, increasing the income tax credit amount for household and dependent care expenses, establishing the veterans' valor property tax relief act providing for an income tax credit or refund for eligible individuals, citing the increased property tax homestead refund claim section as the homeowners' property tax freeze program, decreasing the normal privilege tax rate, increasing the extent of property tax exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy, decreasing the rate of ad valorem tax imposed by a school district; providing for certain transfers to the state school district finance fund, reducing the state rate of tax on sales of food and food ingredients and modifying the percent credited to the state highway fund from revenue collected.

KS SB7

Authorizing federally licensed firearm dealers, in addition to county sheriffs, to receive applications for concealed carry licenses and forward such applications to the attorney general, prohibiting sheriffs from assessing any fee related to application services and allowing dealers to assess a fee related to application services not to exceed $20.

KS HB2003

Establishing the veterans' valor property tax relief act providing for an income tax credit or refund for eligible individuals, modifying the definition of household income and increasing the appraised value threshold for eligibility of seniors and disabled veterans related to increased property tax claims and citing the section as the homeowners' property tax freeze program, providing property tax exemptions for certain personal property including watercraft, marine equipment, off-road vehicles, motorized bicycles and certain trailers, excluding internal revenue code section 1031 exchange transactions as indicators of fair market value, providing for certain exclusions from the prohibition of paying taxes under protest after a valuation notice appeal and providing four prior years' values on the annual valuation notice.

KS HB2001

Authorizing the secretary of commerce to enter into agreements with major professional sports franchises to establish STAR bond projects for a major professional sports complex, providing for additional revenue sources, expanding the powers and discretion of the secretary and making other changes to the STAR bonds financing act to facilitate such projects, limiting the secretary’s authority to approve such projects to one year unless extended by the legislative coordinating council, authorizing the Kansas development finance authority to issue STAR bonds for such projects, transferring funds under certain circumstances from the state gaming revenues fund to the attracting professional sports to Kansas fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and, if approved by the legislative coordinating council, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026.

KS SR1703

Recognizing November 14, 2024, as Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day.

KS SCR1602

Approving the creation of a port authority in Wyandotte County Kansas.

Similar Bills

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