Authorizing the Kansas state high school activities association to establish a school classification system based on student attendance and other factors.
Impact
As a result of SB32, high school sports and other activities in Kansas may be significantly affected. The new classification system aims to standardize the participation of schools in sports and other extracurricular programs based on their size and other relevant metrics. This could lead to more balanced competitions and may allow schools with similar attendance figures to compete more fairly. The bill also emphasizes the accountability of the KSHSAA by requiring it to report operational outcomes and ensuring that its internal governance is representative of various stakeholders in education.
Summary
Senate Bill 32 relates to the governance of the Kansas State High School Activities Association (KSHSAA), enabling it to adopt a classification system for high schools based on student attendance and other criteria. Through this bill, the classification will consider factors that can provide a more equitable framework for high schools participating in various activities. The bill amends K.S.A. 72-7114 and repeals the existing section to give the KSHSAA the necessary authority for these actions, thus impacting the way interscholastic activities are organized and regulated throughout the state.
Contention
There may be contention surrounding the implementation of a new classification system, especially regarding how the KSHSAA will determine the other factors aside from student attendance to be used in classification. Stakeholders may express concerns about the potential for favoritism or bias in the classification process, which could disproportionately affect small versus larger schools. Furthermore, this bill opens discussions about maintaining local control over high school governance and whether a statewide, uniform approach is beneficial to individual schools given their unique contexts.
Authorizing the Kansas state high school activities association to establish a school classification system based on student attendance and other factors.
Requiring the Kansas state high school activities association to establish a school classification system based on student attendance and a multiplier factor that adjusts certain schools' student attendance.
Authorizing nonpublic and virtual school students to participate in ancillary public school activities and making it unlawful for the Kansas state high school activities association and school districts to discriminate against such students based on enrollment status.
Authorizing nonpublic school students to participate in activities regulated by the Kansas state high school activities association and allowing nonpublic school students who enroll part time in a public school to participate in nonpublic school activities.
Authorizing students enrolled in virtual schools to participate in activities that are regulated by the Kansas state high school activities association at such student’s resident school district without a minimum enrollment requirement in such resident school district.
Specifying the eligibility requirements to participate in activities governed by the Kansas state high school activities association for students enrolled in a nonpublic school.
House Substitute for SB 113 by Committee on K-12 Education Budget - Making appropriations for the department of education for FY 23, FY 24 and FY 25; establishing the mental health intervention team program; authorizing certain students to participate in activities regulated by the Kansas state high school activities association; requiring school districts to post certain enrollment and academic information on school district websites; revising school district open-enrollment procedures; authorizing local school board members to receive compensation from their school district; authorizing current-year student enrollment for determinations of state foundation aid; continuing the 20 mill statewide tax levy for schools; amending the school districts that qualify for and the amount that school districts are able to levy pursuant to the cost-of-living weighting.
Authorizing students attending public schools with low proficiency scores and certain private elementary and secondary school students to participate in the tax credit for low income students scholarship program.