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Panel favors bill defining 'employed in Kansas' for Education Opportunity Scholarship eligibility

Committee on Education · February 4, 2026
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Summary

The Committee on Education passed House Bill 24-87 to add a statutory definition of what it means for a parent to be "employed in Kansas as a teacher or paraprofessional," specifying employment by a unified school district or the governing authority of a nonpublic school and requiring administrator certification to the state board.

The Committee on Education voted to advance House Bill 24-87 after the reviser explained changes to eligibility definitions in the Kansas Education Opportunity Scholarship Program Act.

Jason, the committee reviser, told members HB 24-87 amends statutory definitions to clarify that a…

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