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• Introduced in the Senate on January 14, 2008, to change some of the rules for operating the Kansas Academy of Mathematics and Science (KAMS), a residential program for high school students gifted in math and science. The bill would allow KAMS enrollment of nonresident and international pupils as well as Kansas residents, but those students can constitute no more than one-third of KAMS enrollment. KAMS pupils would also be required to pay tuition and fees, but those expenses would be covered by the student's Kansas school district if the student is currently enrolled in a Kansas public school.
  • Referred to the Senate Education Committee on January 14, 2008.
    • Reported to the Senate on February 20, 2008, recommending the bill be passed as amended. Committee amended the bill to allow more than five KAMS students from any given congressional district if any other congressional district produces less that five KAMS candidates. Also, the committee altered the admission standards for Kansas colleges to account for KAMS graduates .
  • Amendment offered by Sen. Anthony Hensley (D), Sen. Janis Lee (D) and Sen. Jean Schodorf (R) on February 21, 2008, to revise details that would not change the substance of the bill as previously described. The amendment passed in the Senate by voice vote on February 21, 2008.
• Passed in the Senate (39 to 0) on February 21, 2008, to change some of the rules for operating the Kansas Academy of Mathematics and Science (KAMS), a residential program for high school students gifted in math and science. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the House on February 22, 2008.
  • Referred to the House Education Committee on February 25, 2008.
    • Reported to the House on March 19, 2008, recommending the bill be passed as amended. House committee amendments deleted the proposed authority for KAMS to admit nonresident and international students. Also, funding from each student's home school district to cover KAMS tuition and fees would be increased by earmarking all of the state aid that the school district receives for the student rather than just the "base state aid" ($4,492) for that student.
• Passed in the House (101 to 22) on March 27, 2008, to change some of the rules for operating the Kansas Academy of Mathematics and Science (KAMS), a residential program for high school students gifted in math and science. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the Senate on March 28, 2008.
  • Motion by Sen. Jean Schodorf (R) on March 28, 2008, to not approve the House version of the bill, but to send the bill to a conference committee to negotiate the two chambers' differences. The motion passed in the Senate by voice vote on March 28, 2008.
• Motion in the House on April 3, 2008, to adopt a compromise version of the bill reported by a House-Senate conference committee. The report recommends reinserting authority to admit nonresident and international pupils into KAMS (limiting them to one-fourth of total KAMS enrollment) and to limit the amount any school district must pay toward a KAMS student's tuition and fees to the "base state aid" ($4,492) that district receives for the student.
• The motion passed in the House (110 to 11) on April 3, 2008, to change some admission requirements and funding sources for the Kansas Academy of Mathematics and Science. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Motion in the Senate on April 4, 2008, to adopt the conference committee report that was approved earlier by the House.
• The motion passed in the Senate (39 to 0) on April 4, 2008, to change some admission requirements and funding sources for the Kansas Academy of Mathematics and Science. The bill was thereby forwarded to the governor for her consideration. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Signed by Gov. Kathleen Sebelius on April 22, 2008.