---
type: "Bill"
title: "Defining teacher and paraprofessional for purposes of eligibility for a scholarship under the Kansas education opportunity scholarship program."
description: "Defining teacher and paraprofessional for purposes of eligibility for a scholarship under the Kansas education opportunity scholarship program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2487"
citation: "Kansas HB 2487 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Colleges and Universities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-01-21"
last_action: "2026-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2192ec4d-8bc2-4405-88ad-036ae563382f"
source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/HB2487/"
source_hash: "f0090dd302bf86d1fa91a54317eddf302a09b645e80216f5ea165d055d8a3a4e"
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 2487 (2025-2026) — Defining teacher and paraprofessional for purposes of eligibility for a scholarship under the Kansas education opportunity scholarship program.

## Version chain

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

1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2487/hb2487_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2487/hb2487_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Committee on Education — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-09** Approved by Governor on Monday, April 6, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-26** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 27, 2026
- **2026-03-19** Final Action - Passed; Yea 40, Nay 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-18** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2026-03-16** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Education `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-12** Referred to Senate Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2026-02-11** Final Action - Passed; Yea 121, Nay 0, Absent 4 `passage`
- **2026-02-10** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2026-02-06** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Education `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-21** Referred to House Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21** Introduced `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2192ec4d-8bc2-4405-88ad-036ae563382f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).