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Read. Follow. Verify.Kansas requires colleges to accept ACT WorkKeys credentials as transfer credits toward degrees
Last action · April 10, 2026: Died in Senate Committee
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What This Bill Proposed
Postsecondary institutions in Kansas are required to adopt policies accepting platinum, gold, or silver ACT WorkKeys credentials as transferable college credit toward technical degrees. The measure also mandates that the state board of education provide specific ACT exams and assessments free of charge to students in grades nine, eleven, and twelve.
Students earning career readiness certificates gain a direct pathway to apply high school assessments toward college degree credits without paying exam fees. Public schools, districts, and postsecondary institutions must update their published schedules and credit-transfer policies accordingly.
- Substitute HB 2530 was introduced by the House Committee on Education during the 2025-2026 legislative session in Kansas. context
- The ACT WorkKeys is a skill assessment system that measures foundational work skills and provides employability certificates. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Postsecondary educational institutions
Postsecondary educational institutions must adopt and implement policies using specific ACT WorkKeys credentials as transferable credit toward technical degrees.
Students enrolled in grades 9, 11, and 12
Students are provided free access to specific college entrance and career readiness exams and gain a mechanism to apply earned credentials toward college credit.
Kansas Department of Education
The department must annually publish exam schedules and registration information on its website and submit an annual exam data report to legislative committees.
School districts
School districts must annually publish exam times, dates, locations, and registration information on their websites.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Are high school students required to pay for the ACT or WorkKeys exams under this measure?
How do colleges determine how many transfer credits to award for a WorkKeys credential?
Is exam participation mandatory for high school students?
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This bill did not become law - Died in committee.
Procedural history
15 actions- Apr 10, 2026SenateDied in Senate Committee
- Feb 25, 2026SenateCommitteeReferred to Senate Committee on Education
- Feb 25, 2026HouseEngrossed on Friday, February 20, 2026
- Feb 24, 2026SenateIntroducedReceived and Introduced
- Feb 18, 2026HouseFloorFinal Action - Substitute passed
- Feb 17, 2026HouseCommittee of the Whole - Now working on
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- Feb 17, 2026HouseFloorCommittee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed
- Feb 17, 2026HouseFloorCommittee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed
- Feb 12, 2026HouseFloorCommittee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by
- Feb 5, 2026HouseWithdrawn from Calendar, Rereferred to House Committee on Education
- Feb 4, 2026HouseFloorCommittee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by
- Jan 26, 2026HouseHearing: Monday, January 26, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 218-N — CANCELED
- Jan 26, 2026HouseHearing: Monday, January 26, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 218-N
- Jan 23, 2026HouseIntroducedIntroduced
- Jan 23, 2026HouseCommitteeReferred to House Committee on Education
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Mandatory Credit Transfer for Career Certificates
The measure establishes a formal linkage requiring higher education institutions to recognize high school vocational and career readiness certificates for college technical degree credits.
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Sources
www.kslegislature.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 55)
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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