SESSION OF 2025
SUPPLEMENTAL NOTE ON HOUSE BILL NO. 2382
As Further Amended by House Committee on K-
12 Education Budget
Brief*
HB 2382 as amended, would require that members of
the State Board of Education receive compensation in an
amount that corresponds to the daily rate of compensation
provided to members of the Legislature during session.
The bill would establish the following daily rates of
compensation for State Board of Education members:
●$286.81 per calendar day for regularly scheduled
State Board of Education meetings;
●$286.81 per calendar day for the first 12 calendar
days a board member is attending other official
business within the state; and
●$172.0 per calendar day for calendar days 13 or
more that a board member is attending other
official business within the state.
The bill would also clarify that State Board of Education
members receive either travel expenses or subsistence
expenses during out-of-state travel.
Background
The bill was introduced by the House Committee on
Appropriations at the request of Representative Goetz.
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*Supplemental notes are prepared by the Legislative Research
Department and do not express legislative intent. The supplemental
note and fiscal note for this bill may be accessed on the Internet at
https://klrd.gov/ House Committee on K-12 Budget
In the House Committee hearing on February 17, 2025,
written-only proponent testimony was provided by
representatives of the State Board of Education. During the
hearing, representatives of the Kansas State Department of
Education (KSDE) clarified the mechanics of how
compensation payments would work and addressed
questions from the Committee.
No other testimony was provided.
The House Committee amended the bill to make some
technical changes on February 18, 2025.
On February 25, 2025, the bill was withdrawn from the
House Calendar and referred back to the House Committee,
On March 3, 2025, the House Committee further amended
the bill to:
●Set board member pay to $286.81 per calendar
day for regularly schedule State Board of
Education meetings and the first 12 calendar days
a board member is attending other official business
within the state;
●Set board member pay at $172.00 per calendar
day for days 13 or more of other official business a
board member is attending within the state; and
●Clarify that a board member would receive either
travel expenses or subsistence expenses for out-
of-state travel.
Fiscal Information
According to the fiscal note prepared by the Division of
the Budget on the bill, as introduced, KSDE estimates that
enactment of the bill would require an additional $169,324
2- 2382 from the State General Fund (SGF) for board member
salaries and wages for a total cost of $294,966 SGF for FY
2026. The estimate is based on a current daily legislative
salary of $286.81 with an average of 78 days worked per
fiscal year for the State Board of Education members.
Any fiscal effect associated with enactment of the bill is
not reflected in The FY 2026 Governor’s Budget Report.
A fiscal note on the bill, as further amended, was not
available at the time of Committee action; however, a KSDE
representative stated to the Committee that the amendments
would decrease the additional SGF required to $120,000.
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