Roll Call: KS SB438 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session
For additional roll call votes on Kansas SB438 please see the Vote List
Bill Title: Establishing the Kansas blueprint for literacy and a literacy advisory committee, directing the board of regents to appoint a director of literacy education, requiring the board of regents and board of education to collaborate on a literacy micro-credential, providing university presidents and deans of education oversight over postsecondary literacy courses, requiring a plan to establish centers of excellence in reading, requiring the board of education to submit annual reports to the legislature on literacy goals; establishing the Kansas education opportunity scholarship to replace the Kansas ethnic minority scholarship, removing limits on Kansas nursing service scholarship awards and modifying the interest rate terms and repayment obligations for such awards, eliminating the requirement to subtract other aid from the state payment for the AO-K program, modifying financial limitations on Kansas hero's scholarship awards and broadening eligibility requirements for such awards.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2024-04-25 - Senate Approved by Governor on Wednesday, April 24, 2024 [SB438 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]
Bill Title: Establishing the Kansas blueprint for literacy and a literacy advisory committee, directing the board of regents to appoint a director of literacy education, requiring the board of regents and board of education to collaborate on a literacy micro-credential, providing university presidents and deans of education oversight over postsecondary literacy courses, requiring a plan to establish centers of excellence in reading, requiring the board of education to submit annual reports to the legislature on literacy goals; establishing the Kansas education opportunity scholarship to replace the Kansas ethnic minority scholarship, removing limits on Kansas nursing service scholarship awards and modifying the interest rate terms and repayment obligations for such awards, eliminating the requirement to subtract other aid from the state payment for the AO-K program, modifying financial limitations on Kansas hero's scholarship awards and broadening eligibility requirements for such awards.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2024-04-25 - Senate Approved by Governor on Wednesday, April 24, 2024 [SB438 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]
Vote: House Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 98 Nay: 22
| Vote | Tally | Democrat | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yea | 98 | 25 | 73 |
| Nay | 22 | 13 | 9 |
| Not Voting | - | - | - |
| Absent | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| TOTAL | 125 | 40 | 85 |
