Kansas Legislature
SB 532
AN ACT concerning education; relating to literacy; establishing the Kansas blueprint for literacy; creating a literacy advisory committee; directing the state board of regents to appoint a director of literacy education and develop a comprehensive assessment system; requiring the state board of regents and the state board of education to collaborate on a literacy micro-credential and professional development; authorizing the state board of regents to recommend diagnostic and formative literacy assessments; authorizing university presidents and deans of education oversight over postsecondary literacy courses; requiring a plan to establish centers of excellence in reading.
Senate - Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; - 03/27/2024
On roll call the vote was:
Yea - (35):
Alley, Baumgardner, Billinger, Blasi, Bowers, Claeys, Corson, Dietrich, Doll, Fagg, Faust-Goudeau, Francisco, Haley, Holland, Holscher, Kerschen, Kloos, Longbine, Masterson, McGinn, O'Shea, Olson, Peck, Petersen, Pettey, Pittman, Reddi, Ryckman, Shallenburger, Straub, Sykes, Thompson, Ware, Warren, Wilborn,
Nay - (3):
Pyle, Steffen, Tyson,
Present and Passing - (2):
Erickson, Gossage,
Absent and Not Voting - (0):
Not Voting - (0):