Session of 2025
Substitute for SENATE BILL No. 45
By Committee on Education
2-17
AN ACT concerning education; relating to graduation rate determinations;
requiring the state board of education to calculate graduation rates for
purposes of accreditation using an alternative calculation for all school
districts; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 72-3713 and repealing the
existing section.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
New Section 1. For purposes of accreditation by the state board, the
four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate for each school district and any
schools operated by such school district, including any virtual school, shall
be determined by:
(a) Only including students enrolled in such school or school district
who had earned sufficient credits to be expected to graduate in the same
school year as such student's cohort at the time that such student first
enrolled in such school; and
(b) excluding students who were enrolled in such school but
subsequently transferred to a nonaccredited private school in Kansas or
another state.
Sec. 2. K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 72-3713 is hereby amended to read as
follows: 72-3713. (a) Virtual schools shall be under the general
supervision of the state board. The state board may adopt any rules and
regulations relating to virtual schools that the state board deems necessary
to administer and enforce the virtual school act.
(b) For purposes of accreditation by the state board, the four-year
adjusted cohort graduation rate for a virtual school shall be determined by
only including those students enrolled in such virtual school who had
earned sufficient credits to be expected to graduate in the same school year
as such student's cohort at the time such student first enrolled in such
virtual school. The virtual school's four-year adjusted cohort graduation
rate shall be determined in addition to the graduation rates determined for
the school district that operates the virtual school and any other high
schools operated by the school district.
(c) No virtual school shall offer or provide any financial incentive for
a student to enroll in a virtual school.
(d)(c) As used in this section, "financial incentive" means any
monetary payment or award that is intended to encourage, entice or
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motivate a student to enroll in a virtual school.
Sec. 3. K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 72-3713 is hereby repealed.
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.
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