Kansas SB 349: Establishing procedure for filling vacancy in office of Lieutenant Governor and requiring notice of resignation from Governor and Lieutenant Governor when resigning from office.

Bill Text

Session of 2026
SENATE BILL No. 349
By Committee on Education
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AN ACT concerning education; relating to the Kansas state high school
activities association and the system for classification of high schools;
requiring the association to use a multiplier factor to adjust a private
school's student attendance for purposes of classification of such school
for activities; amending K.S.A. 72-7114 and repealing the existing
section.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
New Section 1. (a) All private schools shall be subject to a student
attendance multiplier factor for the purpose of determining such school's
classification for activities regulated by the association described in K.S.A.
72-7114, and amendments thereto. A private school's student attendance
shall be multiplied by such school's multiplier factor as determined under
subsection (e), and the resultant product shall be such school's student
attendance for the purpose of school classification. A private school shall
not be classified higher than one class above its student attendance
classification as determined without the application of its multiplier factor.
The multiplier factor shall be used to determine a school's classification for
all activities, except that a school's multiplier factor shall not be used to
change a school's classification from six-person football to eight-person
football or from eight-person football to 11-person football. A private
school's change in classification due to the application of a multiplier
factor shall not be appealable.
(b) (1) A private school that has won five or more state
championships during the immediately preceding five school years shall
be subject to a championship multiplier factor. The championship
multiplier factor shall be determined as follows:
(A) For a school that has won at least five such state championships
but not more than nine such state championships, the championship
multiplier factor shall be 1.15; and
(B) for a school that has won 10 or more such state championships,
the championship multiplier factor shall be 1.3.
(2) The number of state championships won is determined by
calculating the cumulative number of state championships in all team
activities won by teams from such school during the immediately
preceding five school years.
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(c) (1) If a private school is subject to a championship multiplier
factor as determined under subsection (b), then such private school shall
also be subject to a geographic population multiplier factor. The
geographic population multiplier factor shall be determined as follows:
(A) For a school located within the school attendance territory of a
public school that is classified as either class 5A or class 6A, the
geographic population multiplier factor shall be 0.3;
(B) for a school located within the school attendance territory of a
public school that is classified as either class 3A or class 4A, the
geographic population multiplier factor shall be 0.15; and
(C) for a school located within the school attendance territory of a
public school that is classified as either class 1A or class 2A, the
geographic population multiplier factor shall be 0.
(2) The geographic location of a private school shall be determined
by the physical address of such school.
(d) (1) If a private school is subject to a championship multiplier
factor as determined under subsection (b), then such private school shall
also be subject to a socio-economic population multiplier factor. The
socio-economic population multiplier factor shall be determined as
follows:
(A) For a school that does not have more than 20% of its students
receiving free or reduced meals under the national school lunch act, the
socio-economic population multiplier factor shall be 0.15; and
(B) for a school that has more than 20% of its students receiving free
or reduced meals under the national school lunch act, the socio-economic
population multiplier factor shall be 0.
(2) If a private school does not collect or report student data for
determining eligibility for free or reduced meals, then such school shall be
deemed to have 0% of such school's students receiving free or reduced
meals.
(e) A private school's multiplier factor shall be determined by
calculating the sum of the multiplier factors determined under subsections
(b), (c) and (d).
(f) As used in this section:
(1) "Private school" means any school that offers any of the grades
nine through 12 and is not operated by a unified school district; and
(2) "public school" means any school operated by a unified school
district that offers any of the grades nine through 12.
(g) This section shall expire on June 30, 2031.
Sec. 2. K.S.A. 72-7114 is hereby amended to read as follows: 72-
7114. (a) Any association with a majority of the high schools of the state
as members and the purpose of which association is the statewide
regulation,