Committee hears bill to tighten school needs assessments and require boards to receive detailed state assessment counts

Senate Bill 49, which would amend the cited KSA provision governing attendance‑center needs assessments, received testimony at a Kansas Senate Education Committee hearing focused on increasing local board access to assessment data and making district budgeting more transparent.

Tamara Lawrence, committee reviser, told the committee the bill would (1) require local needs assessments to include input from school board members, teachers, school site councils and school administrators; (2) require that each local board member receive state assessment results showing the number of students scoring at levels 1, 2, 3 and 4; and (3) require that any time monies are allocated to…