Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas Senate Bill SR1726

Introduced
2/16/26  
Passed
2/16/26  
Enrolled
2/17/26  

Caption

Congratulating and commending award-winning educators in Kansas.

Impact

The resolution serves to elevate the status of teachers and education professionals within Kansas by recognizing their achievements at a state-level. It aims to encourage educational excellence and inspire current and future educators to strive for greatness in their teaching careers. This public acknowledgment of excellence creates a foundation for discussions around the importance of supporting and valuing teachers in the educational system.

Summary

Senate Resolution No. 1726 is a formal resolution that congratulates and commends several award-winning educators in Kansas. The resolution recognizes outstanding educators selected for their unique contributions to the field of education. Among those highlighted are recipients of the Kansas Horizon Awards, which celebrates exemplary first-year teachers, as well as the Milken Educator Award, an honor that recognizes the impact of outstanding educators in elementary and secondary education.

Contention

While resolutions like SR1726 are generally non-controversial and serve to celebrate achievements in education, they may draw attention to broader discussions regarding educational funding, support mechanisms for educators, and the recognition systems that are in place for teachers. There may be differing opinions regarding how awards are distributed and whom they recognize, which might lead to debates about equity in educational recognition across the state.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

KS SR1702

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

KS HB2002

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

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 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.

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 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 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.

Similar Bills

HI HB2294

Relating To Public School Land Transfer.

HI SB3113

Relating To Public School Land Transfer.

HI SB2613

Relating To Public School Land Transfer.

MO SB1751

To appropriate money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the State Board of Education and the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, and the several divisions and programs thereof

MO HB2

Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the State Board of Education and Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

MO HB2002

Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the State Board of Education and Department of Elementary and Secondary Education