Kansas committee debates CTE proviso that would require reporting and allow funding clawbacks if students fail courses

The Committee on K‑12 Education Budget spent most of a session discussing a proposed proviso that would require a new, detailed K‑12 career and technical education (CTE) report and a funding change that could withhold or recoup 0.5 weighted CTE funding for students who do not pass course work.

Nick, a committee staff member, told lawmakers the reporting portion would ask KSTE to list K‑12 CTE pathway courses offered by districts and provide enrollment counts, course passage and failure rates, industry‑recognized credentials earned, counts of eligible students who did not test or earn credentials and per‑pathway per‑unit costs. "This report would be required of KSTE to list the courses and the career pathway clusters that are available," Nick said.

The proviso’s second component would affect funding. Under the plan, a student’s 0.5 CTE weighting applied to FTE enrollment would be withheld or recouped…