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type: "Bill"
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title: "Establishing the Kansas blueprint for literacy and a literacy advisory committee, directing the board of regents to appoint a director of literacy education, requiring the board of regents and board of education to collaborate on a literacy micro-credential, providing university presidents and deans of education oversight over postsecondary literacy courses, requiring a plan to establish centers of excellence in reading, requiring the board of education to submit annual reports to the legislature on literacy goals; establishing the Kansas education opportunity scholarship to replace the Kansas ethnic minority scholarship, removing limits on Kansas nursing service scholarship awards and modifying the interest rate terms and repayment obligations for such awards, eliminating the requirement to subtract other aid from the state payment for the AO-K program, modifying financial limitations on Kansas hero's scholarship awards and broadening eligibility requirements for such awards."
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description: "Establishing the Kansas blueprint for literacy and a literacy advisory committee, directing the board of regents to appoint a director of literacy education, requiring the board of regents and board of education to collaborate on a literacy micro-credential, providing university presidents and deans of education oversight over postsecondary literacy courses, requiring a plan to establish centers of excellence in reading, requiring the board of education to submit annual reports to the legislature on literacy goals; establishing the Kansas education opportunity scholarship to replace the Kansas ethnic minority scholarship, removing limits on Kansas nursing service scholarship awards and modifying the interest rate terms and repayment obligations for such awards, eliminating the requirement to subtract other aid from the state payment for the AO-K program, modifying financial limitations on Kansas hero's scholarship awards and broadening eligibility requirements for such awards."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
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legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
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session: "2023-2024"
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identifier: "SB 438"
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citation: "Kansas SB 438 (2023-2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2024-02-01"
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last_action: "2024-04-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18089990-1110-4653-a2d8-1c6bdd386cf7"
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source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/sb438/"
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source_hash: "3c9262cddec58584a67ea2730e2184358f8ec2d22a63d03e430c720b9157c216"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ks"]
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---
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# Kansas SB 438 (2023-2024) — Establishing the Kansas blueprint for literacy and a literacy advisory committee, directing the board of regents to appoint a director of literacy education, requiring the board of regents and board of education to collaborate on a literacy micro-credential, providing university presidents and deans of education oversight over postsecondary literacy courses, requiring a plan to establish centers of excellence in reading, requiring the board of education to submit annual reports to the legislature on literacy goals; establishing the Kansas education opportunity scholarship to replace the Kansas ethnic minority scholarship, removing limits on Kansas nursing service scholarship awards and modifying the interest rate terms and repayment obligations for such awards, eliminating the requirement to subtract other aid from the state payment for the AO-K program, modifying financial limitations on Kansas hero's scholarship awards and broadening eligibility requirements for such awards.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **As introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb438_00_0000.pdf)
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2. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb438_01_0000.pdf)
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3. **{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb438_02_0000.pdf)
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4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb438_enrolled.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Committee on Education — primary (organization)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-02-01** Introduced `introduction`
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- **2024-02-02** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-06** Hearing: Wednesday, February 14, 2024, 1:30 PM Room 144-S
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- **2024-02-20** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Education `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
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- **2024-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
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- **2024-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
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- **2024-02-22** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
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- **2024-02-28** Received and Introduced `introduction`
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- **2024-02-29** Referred to Committee on K-12 Education Budget `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-11** Withdrawn from Committee on K-12 Education Budget; Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-14** Hearing: Wednesday, March 20, 2024, 1:30 PM Room 218-N
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- **2024-03-25** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Education `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
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- **2024-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Thomas `amendment-introduction`
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- **2024-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Thomas was adopted `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
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- **2024-03-27** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 122 Nay: 0 `passage`
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- **2024-03-27** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
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- **2024-04-01** Motion to accede adopted; Representative Thomas, Representative Estes and Representative Stogsdill appointed as conferees
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- **2024-04-04** Conference committee report now available
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- **2024-04-04** Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Representative Thomas, Representative Estes and Representative Stogsdill appointed as second conferees
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- **2024-04-04** Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Senator Baumgardner, Senator Erickson and Senator Sykes appointed as second conferees
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- **2024-04-04** Conference committee report now available
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- **2024-04-04** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 98 Nay: 22 `passage`
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- **2024-04-05** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 34 Nay: 3 `passage`
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- **2024-04-25** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, April 15, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-25** Approved by Governor on Wednesday, April 24, 2024 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/18089990-1110-4653-a2d8-1c6bdd386cf7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).
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