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Committee reviews HB 2663 to ease cohort rules for at‑risk student accountability plans
Summary
The Committee on Education heard testimony on HB 2663, which would change cohort and goal requirements for at‑risk student accountability plans — moving a required cohort from third to fourth grade, removing a free‑meal cohort requirement, adding flexibility for small districts and allowing single‑subject achievement goals.
The Committee on Education heard a presentation on House Bill 2663, which would amend statute 72‑35‑74 to alter how school districts select and measure cohorts for at‑risk student accountability plans.
Nick Myers, Office Supervisor of Statutes, told the committee the 2024 pilot program is ending and the law would be implemented statewide in the 2026‑27 school year. Myers said HB 2663 proposes four changes: require the previously mandated third‑grade cohort to be a fourth‑grade cohort; remove the option that one cohort be based solely on eligibility for free meals under the National School Lunch Program; allow Kansas…
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