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Read. Follow. Verify.Kansas Bill Proposes Adding Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder to Special Education Health Impairment Definitions
Last action · April 10, 2026: Died in Committee
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What This Bill Proposed
HB 2203 amends Kansas special education law to explicitly include fetal alcohol syndrome disorder under the definition of "," potentially qualifying affected children for specialized educational services.
Expands statutory eligibility criteria for specialized public school support services by explicitly incorporating fetal alcohol syndrome disorder into health-related disability categories.
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.
Children with fetal alcohol syndrome disorder
Their medical condition is explicitly added to the statutory definition of other health impairment, potentially affecting their eligibility for specialized educational services.
School districts
They must evaluate and provide special education and related services to qualifying children who meet the updated health impairment criteria.
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What does HB 2203 change?
What are the criteria for a condition to be considered an other health impairment?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died in committee.
Procedural history
5 actions- Apr 10, 2026HouseDied in Committee
- Jan 22, 2026HouseHearing continuation: Thursday, January 22, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 218-N
- Jan 15, 2026HouseHearing: Thursday, January 15, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 218-N
- Feb 3, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduced
- Feb 3, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to House Committee on Education
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 35)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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