Education legislation that passed
- School calendar changes now and in the future
- Juvenile justice reforms
- Extension of graduation time for refugee students
- Nonprofit entities allowed to provide only dental care in schools (currently must also provide health care)
- Allow trained school personnel to administer diabetes and similar drugs; allow students to self-administer
- Affirmation of state funding of premiums for school employees newly qualified under
- Affordable Care Act
- Increase training topics for new superintendents
- Requirements for data security breach notification
- Restrictions on use of student data by cloud computing service providers
- Minimum standards for school finance officers
- Additional training for school board members
Education legislation that didn’t pass
- Repeal of Common Core State Standards
- Exemption of most school construction projects from prevailing wage requirements
- Allow computer programming to count as a foreign language
- Alternative assessment option for Districts of Innovation
- Allow students to use KEES money for dual-credit courses
- Increase in teacher tax credit for buying classroom supplies
- Charter school option for persistently low-achieving schools
- New process for awarding teacher tenure
- Reform of the tribunal process
- Mandatory teacher planning time
- Require districts to develop plans to deal with cyberbullying
- Mandatory curriculum for financial literacy
- Required rating system for all early childhood programs, covering schools
- Minimum wage increase
- “Protection” of student religious expression