Kansas SB 491: Enacting the Haylee Weissenbach protecting students act to establish the office of education inspector general, authorize the education inspector general to conduct audits, investigations and reviews of educational institutions, require reporting of suspected professional and criminal misconduct by school employees and agents, require certain individuals to register on an educator misconduct registry, require criminal history record checks of school employees and agents and provide for civil penalties for violations of this act.

Status: Died in Committee (as of 2026-04-10)

State: Kansas · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: SB 491

Subjects: Attorney General, Named Acts, Schools

Sponsors: Committee on Education

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