---
type: "Bill"
title: "Including placement in foster care as a criteria for a student to be eligible for at-risk programs and services."
description: "Including placement in foster care as a criteria for a student to be eligible for at-risk programs and services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2703"
citation: "Kansas HB 2703 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-02-06"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ac8168f-3630-4dbf-ba59-dc7b0153b292"
source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/hb2703/"
source_hash: "ce22aa5c498a52dc9afb193e706e8e00baa70525ddb471130edfd57c90eb313d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ks"]
---

# Kansas HB 2703 (2023-2024) — Including placement in foster care as a criteria for a student to be eligible for at-risk programs and services.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2703_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2024** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2703_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Committee on Education — primary (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-02-06** Introduced `introduction`
- **2024-02-07** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-16** Hearing: Tuesday, February 20, 2024, 1:30 PM Room 218-N
- **2024-02-21** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Education `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2024-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2024-02-22** Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea: 119 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2024-02-29** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-06** Hearing: Tuesday, March 12, 2024, 1:30 PM Room 144-S
- **2024-03-14** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Education `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-25** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2024-03-25** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2024-03-26** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-01** Engrossed on Thursday, March 28, 2024
- **2024-04-02** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, April 2, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-25** Approved by Governor on Friday, April 12, 2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6ac8168f-3630-4dbf-ba59-dc7b0153b292`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).