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Read. Follow. Verify.Kansas HB 2673 Establishes Teacher Rights and School Management Plans for Student Behavior
Last action · April 10, 2026: Died in Committee
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What This Bill Proposed
The Positive Learning Environment Act establishes explicit statutory rights for teachers, including the authority to discipline students and remove persistently disruptive individuals from the classroom. It requires every Kansas school district board of education to adopt a school management plan featuring a tiered system of consequences and interventions for minor and s.
School districts statewide would be required to overhaul behavioral management policies, establish formal definitions for student infractions, and implement mandatory notification protocols for parents.
- HB 2673 was introduced in the 2025-2026 legislative session by the House Committee on K-12 Education Budget and ultimately died in committee. 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.
teachers
Teachers receive statutory rights regarding classroom discipline, removal of disruptive students, protection from retaliation, and guaranteed collaboration time.
school administrators
Administrators must respect teacher disciplinary decisions, accept removed students into custody for further action, and implement school management plans.
students
Students are subject to a formal tiered system of consequences and interventions for minor and major behavioral infractions.
parents and persons acting as parents
Parents receive notifications regarding student behavioral infractions, copies of teacher rights, and the annual school management plan.
Key Facts
- The act establishes specific legal rights for teachers, including the right to discipline students, remove persistently disruptive students from the classroom, have professional judgment respected, and work in a safe environment.
- School boards and administrators are prohibited from establishing policies that prevent teachers from exercising these rights or retaliating against teachers for exercising them.
- School districts must provide annual copies of teacher rights to all teachers, post them in every school building, provide them to parents, and publish them on the district website.
- School boards must adopt a school management plan for each school outlining expected behaviors and procedures for responding to misconduct.
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- School management plans must include clear definitions of minor and major behavioral infractions and a tiered system of consequences and interventions managed by teachers or administrators.
- Plans must include procedures for documenting repeated minor infractions and major infractions in student files and notifying parents.
- School management plans must be presented to parents at the beginning of each school year, included in handbooks, published online, and reviewed annually.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died in committee.
Procedural history
3 actions- Apr 10, 2026HouseDied in Committee
- Feb 3, 2026HouseIntroducedIntroduced
- Feb 3, 2026HouseCommitteeReferred to House Committee on Education
Version history
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 65)
- Controversy50Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz30Current news / social attention level
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