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Read. Follow. Verify.Kansas SB 338 includes home schools in private school definition
Last action · April 10, 2026: Died in Committee
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What This Bill Proposed
Kansas SB 338 explicitly includes home schools within the statutory definition of private elementary and secondary schools by amending K.S.A. 72-4345. The measure defines a home school as a directed by a parent or person acting as a parent.
Changes how home schools are legally classified under state educational definitions, affecting statutory references that apply to nonaccredited private schools.
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.
home school parents
Parents directing the private instruction of their child are newly brought under the explicit statutory definition of operating a private elementary or secondary school.
nonaccredited private schools
The legal definition governing nonaccredited private schools is expanded to explicitly incorporate home schools.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died in committee.
Procedural history
4 actions- Apr 10, 2026SenateDied in Committee
- Jan 26, 2026SenateHearing: Wednesday, January 21, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 144-S
- Jan 16, 2026SenateCommitteeReferred to Senate Committee on Education
- Jan 15, 2026SenateIntroducedIntroduced
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 35)
- Controversy40Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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