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The Kansas Legislature meets once a year, but it plans, budgets and tracks legislation across a two-year cycle. Because of this, 68 education-related bills were carried over from last session. Several new education-related bills have also been introduced so far, starting Monday, Jan. 12, the first day of the legislative session.
The Kansas Legislature passed a number of education-related bills during the 2025 session that are either already in effect or will go into effect as of Tuesday, July 1.
The Kansas State Department of Education’s transition from the Kansas Individual Data on Students (KIDS) system, created nearly 20 years ago, to a more advanced Kansas Education Data System (KEDS) continues to progress.
This week's Picture of the Week features Holton USD 336’s earliest learners.
This story is updated as of 3:30 p.m. Thursday, April 10. It will be updated as information becomes available.
As the 2025 Kansas legislature entered veto session, at least five education-related bills were signed into law, including one that provides for the advanced enrollment of a military student whose parent will be stationed in Kansas, and another that adjusts how certain K-12 students are included in graduation rate calculations.
The budget bill, now SB 125, that includes the Kansas State Department of Education’s budget, also was approved by the governor, but line item vetoed on Wednesday, April 9.
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