Kansas SB 387: Establishing a healthcare benefits package not covered or affiliated with a health insurer or health benefits plan, to be administered by Kansas state employees healthcare commission.

Bill Text

As Amended by House Committee
{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}
As Amended by Senate Committee
Session of 2026
SENATE BILL No. 387
By Committee on Government Efficiency
1-26
AN ACT concerning education; relating to school districts; requiring
school districts to verify the household gross earned income of each
student who qualifies for free meals under the national school lunch
program is deemed an at-risk student; authorizing the state
department of education to reimburse school districts for the cost of
reduced-price meals; requiring legislative authorization to receive
special assistance payments under federal law amending K.S.A. 2025
Supp. 72-5132 and repealing the existing section.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
New Section 1. (a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary
For purposes of the Kansas school equity and enhancement act, K.S.A.
72-5131 et seq., and amendments thereto , Each school year, each school
districts district shall verify that each student enrolled in and attending
school in such district who qualified who is deemed an at-risk student, as
defined in K.S.A. 72-5132, and amendments thereto, by such school
district meets the requirements to qualify for free meals under the national
school lunch program by submitting a national school lunch program
application is eligible for such program{ satisfies the requirements of
K.S.A. 72-5132(c)(1), and amendments thereto. Such verification may
be conducted through direct certification or} based on written evidence
of the applicant's student's household gross earned income as evidenced
by the form 1040 federal income tax return filed by such student's
parent or person acting as parent. This section does not apply to
students who qualified for free meals under the national school lunch
program by direct certification Such evidence may be submitted as part of
the national school lunch program application or through another
method. If no form 1040 is submitted, then other documentation may
be submitted as evidence of household gross earned income. If a
student does not{ qualify satisfy the requirements of K.S.A. 72-5132(c)
(1), and amendments thereto, through direct certification or} provide
written evidence of such student's household gross earned income, such
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student shall not be deemed an at-risk student for the purposes of the
Kansas school equity and enhancement act. Each such student may
submit an application and be eligible for the national school lunch
program under federal law. Nothing in this subsection shall be
construed to be verification under the national school lunch act.
(b) Subject to appropriations, the state department of education
shall provide to each school district state aid for each reduced-price
meal served to each student, not to exceed one breakfast and one lunch
per student per school day. The state board shall determine the amount
of such state aid by subtracting the actual federal reimbursement
received for the reduced-price meal by the participating school district
for the breakfast and lunch served to the student plus any amount
reimbursed for such meal pursuant to K.S.A. 72-17,137, and
amendments thereto, from the applicable federal reimbursement rate for
a full-priced meal at the school site, as determined annually by the
United States department of agriculture.
(c) Except as provided in subsection (c) (d) , on and after July 1, 2026,
no school, school district or local education agency shall seek or
implement any authorization from the federal government to receive
special assistance payments as provided in the community eligibility
provision of 42 U.S.C. § 1759a(a)(1)(F) unless the legislature expressly
consents to and approves of such authorization by an act of the legislature.
(c)(d) When the legislature is not in session, a school, school district
or local education agency may notify the legislative coordinating council
that such school, district or agency is seeking the legislative coordinating
council's approval for authorization to receive special assistance payments
as provided in the community eligibility provision of 42 U.S.C. § 1759a(a)
(1)(F). The legislative coordinating council shall meet within 14 calendar
days of receiving such notification. Pursuant to K.S.A. 46-1202, and
amendments thereto, the legislative coordinating council may approve or
deny such request or refer such request to a legislative committee for
review and recommendation.
Sec. 2. K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 72-5132 is hereby amended to read as
follows: 72-5132. As used in the Kansas school equity and
enhancement act, K.S.A. 72-5131 et seq., and amendments thereto:
(a) "Adjusted enrollment" means the enrollment of a school
district, excluding the remote enrollment determined pursuant to
K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 72-5180, and amendments thereto, adjusted by
adding the following weightings, if any, to the