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SB 491

Kansas Senate bill in Session 2025-2026.

Status: in_committee. Latest action: February 26, 2026.

SB491 - Enacting the Haylee Weissenbach protecting students act to establish the office of education inspector general, authorize the education inspector general to conduct audits, investigations and reviews of educational institutions, require reporting of suspected professional and criminal misconduct by school employees and agents, require certain individuals to register on an educator misconduct registry, require criminal history record checks of school employees and agents and provide for civil penalties for violations of this act.

Bill ID KS-2025-2026-SB-491
Session 2025-2026
Status in_committee
Committee Education
Senate in_committee 2026-02-26
Criminal Justice Education
Summary

AN ACT concerning education; enacting the Haylee Weissenbach protecting students act; establishing the office of education inspector general; authorizing the education inspector general to conduct audits, investigations and reviews of educational institutions; requiring reporting of suspected professional and criminal misconduct by school employees and agents; requiring certain individuals to register on an educator misconduct registry established by the education inspector general; requiring school employees and agents to submit to a criminal history record check; providing for civil penalties for violations of the act; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 22-4714 and 75-702 and repealing the existing sections.

Sponsor
Committee on Education
Official Source Back to Bills
Actions Timeline
Date Event Detail
2026-02-05 Introduced Bill introduced
2026-02-26 Status in_committee
2026-02-26 Latest Action Hearing: Monday, March 2, 2026, 1:30 PM Room 144-S
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