Kansas HB 2530: Adding additional individuals to the list of mandatory reporters of suspected abuse of adults and children.

Bill Text

As Amended by House Committee
Session of 2026
Substitute for HOUSE BILL No. 2530
By Committee on Education
2-4
AN ACT concerning education; relating to career readiness assessments;
providing for the transferability of credentials earned through such
assessments toward a degree; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 72-5179
and repealing the existing section.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 72-5179 is hereby amended to read as
follows: 72-5179. (a) The state board of education shall provide the ACT
college entrance exam and the three ACT workkeys assessments that are
required to earn a national career readiness certificate to each student
enrolled in grades 11 and 12, and the pre-ACT college entrance exam to
each student enrolled in grade nine. No student shall be required to pay
any fees or costs to take any such exam or assessments. The state board
shall not be required to provide more than one exam and three assessments
for each student. The state board of education may enter into any contracts
that are necessary to promote statewide cost savings to administer such
exams and assessments.
(b) The Kansas department of education and each school district shall
annually publish on their websites the times, dates and locations of the pre-
ACT college entrance exam, the ACT college entrance exam and the ACT
workkeys assessments that are offered in Kansas and information for
students on how to register for such exams or assessments.
(c) Participation in the pre-ACT college entrance exam, the ACT
college entrance exam or the ACT workkeys assessment shall be optional.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to require any student to
participate in such exams or assessments.
(d) Each postsecondary educational institution shall adopt and
implement a policy to use a platinum, gold or silver credential earned
through the ACT workkeys assessments, or other similar credential
earned through a similar career readiness assessment, as transferable
credit toward the attainment of a postsecondary technical degree. Such
transferability shall be based on the recommendations of the American
council on education national guide.
(e) On or before the first day of each regular legislative session, the
state board of education shall prepare and submit a report to the senate
standing committee on education and the house standing committee or any
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Sub for HB 2530—Am. by HC 2
successor committees on education that includes the aggregate exam and
assessment data for all students who were provided the exams and
assessments pursuant to this section.
(e)(f) As used in this section,:
(1) "Postsecondary educational institution" means the same as
defined in K.S.A. 74-3201b, and amendments thereto; and
(2) "student" means any person who is regularly enrolled in any
public school or accredited nonpublic school located in Kansas.
Sec. 2. K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 72-5179 is hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.
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