---
type: "Bill"
title: "Senate Substitute for HB 2402 by Committee on Education - Requiring eligible boards of education to consider participation in the community eligibility provision, providing a financial hardship exception to such participation, requiring the state department of education to assist school districts seeking such participation, extending the application deadline for authorization to operate as a public innovative district from December 1 to May 1 and deeming such applications approved if not approved or denied within 45 days of submission."
description: "Senate Substitute for HB 2402 by Committee on Education - Requiring eligible boards of education to consider participation in the community eligibility provision, providing a financial hardship exception to such participation, requiring the state department of education to assist school districts seeking such participation, extending the application deadline for authorization to operate as a public innovative district from December 1 to May 1 and deeming such applications approved if not approved or denied within 45 days of submission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2402"
citation: "Kansas HB 2402 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards", "Commissions and Task Forces", "Colleges and Universities", "SB 384"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-06"
last_action: "2026-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9af7153a-904c-4df3-a518-47e7229c85be"
source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/HB2402/"
source_hash: "025371076977ec5458559979ef2241822ddc063eb0e1b5957e5912a1062ccaa3"
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 2402 (2025-2026) — Senate Substitute for HB 2402 by Committee on Education - Requiring eligible boards of education to consider participation in the community eligibility provision, providing a financial hardship exception to such participation, requiring the state department of education to assist school districts seeking such participation, extending the application deadline for authorization to operate as a public innovative district from December 1 to May 1 and deeming such applications approved if not approved or denied within 45 days of submission.

## 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/year1/ready_for_publication/hb_2402/hb2402_00_0000.pdf)
2. **S Sub for** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2402/hb2402_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2402/hb2402_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Committee on Appropriations — primary (organization)
- Committee on Education — cosponsor (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-09** Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 7, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-09** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 30, 2026
- **2026-03-27** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 91, Nay 33, Absent 1
- **2026-03-27** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 31, Nay 9
- **2026-03-27** Conference committee report now available
- **2026-03-24** Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Renee Erickson, Sen. Adam Thomas and Sen. Dinah Sykes appointed as conferees
- **2026-03-23** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Susan Estes, Rep. Kyle McNorton and Rep. Jerry Stogsdill
- **2026-03-19** Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed; Yea 38, Nay 2 `passage`
- **2026-03-19** Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed `passage`
- **2026-03-19** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Cindy Holscher was rejected
- **2026-03-19** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Cindy Holscher
- **2026-03-19** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed `passage`
- **2026-03-17** Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Senate Committee on Education `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-19** Referred to Senate Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2025-03-17** Final Action - Passed; Yea 98, Nay 24, Absent 3 `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2025-03-13** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-06** Referred to House Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06** Introduced `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9af7153a-904c-4df3-a518-47e7229c85be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).