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Committee examines SB 341 to standardize pay and responsibilities for dual‑credit courses taught in high schools
Summary
SB 341 would require new agreements between districts and community/technical colleges to specify that colleges purchase instructional materials, pay a standard stipend for district teachers ($600 per credit hour up to 10 credits) and site coordinators ($1,500/semester), and include an inflation adjustment. Regents and independent colleges urged clarifications; districts worried about local bargaining and pay caps.
The Senate Education Committee took testimony on Senate Bill 341, a proposal to standardize certain terms of agreements between Kansas school districts and community or technical colleges when postsecondary courses are delivered in high schools by district-employed teachers.
Under the draft read by reviser Tamara Lawrence, SB 341 would require colleges to purchase instructional materials and supplies where districts do not provide them, pay a defined 'standard amount' to school districts for teaching services (set in the draft at $600 per credit hour, not to exceed 10 credits), and directly compensate site coordinators up to $1,500 per semester. The bill includes an inflation adjustment calculated from a three‑year…
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