Kansas House adopts conference report requiring three‑minute fetal development video and gives State Board authority over pay

The Kansas House of Representatives on April 9 adopted the conference committee report on House Bill 2382, approving a requirement that schools show a three‑minute fetal development video during instruction that touches on human growth or development and giving the State Board of Education authority to set its own pay.

Supporters said the measure bundles two education priorities: promoting instructional materials on early human development and restoring board pay authority the House had sought. Representative Jon Getz, the bill’s carrier, said the package reflected compromise after the Senate substituted language and the conference committee reconciled the two…