Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas Senate Bill SB270

Introduced
2/13/25  

Caption

Requiring grants awarded pursuant to the Kansas educator registered apprenticeship program for education apprentice tuition and fees to be made twice per year and at the time payments for such tuition and fees are due.

Impact

The bill is expected to positively impact state education laws by enhancing the teacher workforce in Kansas, particularly through an inclusive approach to identifying diverse candidate pools. By requiring schools to partner with training providers and implement flexible learning models, the program aims to create a more adaptable educational environment for prospective teachers. Additionally, the establishment of a dedicated fund for the grant program ensures consistent financial backing to support these educational initiatives going forward.

Summary

Senate Bill 270 establishes the Kansas educator registered apprenticeship grant program, aiming to provide financial assistance to education apprentices pursuing a bachelor's degree in education. The program is designed to increase the number of qualified teachers in Kansas by awarding grants that cover tuition, fees, books, and materials. The grants are intended to be distributed twice per year, aligning with the timing of tuition payments, making it more accessible for candidates to manage their education expenses.

Contention

While the bill has clear benefits in terms of addressing teacher shortages, there may be points of contention regarding the allocation of state funds and the administrative structure of the grant program. Opponents may argue about the efficiency in managing these grants or the sufficiency of funding, especially given that a significant amount is earmarked from the state general fund each year. Moreover, some stakeholders might question whether the criteria for selecting diverse candidates adequately address underlying systemic issues in teacher recruitment.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

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 HB2002

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

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 SCR1604

Proposing to amend section 1 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to limit property tax valuation increases for real property and personal property mobile homes.

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 SR1702

A resolution honoring the life, career and trailblazing achievements of Kansas icon Ed Dwight.

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 SCR1603

Proposing to amend section 1 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to limit property tax valuation increases for residential property.

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 SCR1602

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

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MS HB1696

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State apprenticeship program advisory council; create.

CA SB550

An act to add and repeal Article 9.

IA SSB3072

A bill for an act relating to apprenticeships.(See SF 2169.)

IA SF2169

A bill for an act relating to apprenticeships.(Formerly SSB 3072.)

CA SB1227

Department of Industrial Relations: apprenticeship pilot program.