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46-1208a.Legislative educational planning committee. (a) The legislative educational planning committee is hereby established and shall be composed of 13 members, seven of whom shall be members of the house of representatives and six of whom shall be senators. Members of the legislative educational planning committee shall be appointed by the legislative coordinating council. The legislative coordinating council shall determine the number of members of the committee who shall be members of the majority party and the number of members of the committee who shall be members of the minority party. The committee shall be permanent with membership changing from time to time as the legislative coordinating council shall determine.

(b) Except for matters or issues relating to school finance, the legislative educational planning committee shall plan for public and private postsecondary education in Kansas, including vocational and technical education; explore, study and make recommendations concerning preschool and K-12 education in Kansas; review implementation of legislation relating to educational matters; and consider such other matters as the legislative coordinating council may assign. The committee shall annually make a report and recommendations to the legislature and the governor and may cause the same to be published separately from other documents which are required by law to be submitted to the legislative coordinating council. The reports and recommendations of the committee shall include a developmental schedule for implementation of educational goals established by the committee. The committee shall from time to time update such schedule as new or additional information is developed or refined.

(c) The provisions of the acts contained in article 12 of chapter 46 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, applicable to special committees shall apply to the legislative educational planning committee to the extent that the same do not conflict with the specific provisions of this act applicable to the committee.

(d) Upon request of the legislative educational planning committee, the state board of regents and the state board of education shall provide consultants from the faculties and staffs of institutions and agencies under the respective control and jurisdiction thereof.

(e) The legislative educational planning committee shall meet upon call of its chairperson and may introduce such legislation as it deems necessary in performing its functions.

History: L. 1974, ch. 216, § 1; L. 1985, ch. 179, § 1; L. 2001, ch. 215, § 16; L. 2005, ch. 152, § 9; July 1.



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