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• Introduced by Sen. Jay Emler (R) on February 5, 2009, in his role as a committee chair, to increase the number of low income families that can participate in the low-income family postsecondary savings account program. Beginning in 2009, 300 applications can be approved by per Kansas congressional district. If there are less than 300 approved applications in a congressional district, additional applications from other districts could be approved up to the program maximum of 1,200. Every dollar that program participants save in a family postsecondary savings account, after they establish the account with $100, is matched by the state on a dollar-per-dollar basis, up to a maximum of $600 in a calendar year.
  • Referred to the Senate Education Committee on February 6, 2009.
  • Reported in the Senate on February 18, 2009, recommending the bill be passed as amendment. Senate committee amendments direct the Kansas State Treasurer to transfer matching funds from the state general fund to the Postsecondary Education Savings Program Trust Fund up to the amount specified through legislative appropriations..
• Passed in the Senate (40 to 0) on February 26, 2009, to increase the number of low income families that can participate in the state funded low-income family postsecondary savings account program. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the House on February 27, 2009.
  • Referred to the House Education Committee on March 2, 2009.
  • Referred to the House Higher Education Committee on March 20, 2009.
    • Reported in the House on March 24, 2009, recommending the bill be passed as amended. House committee reinserted the requirement for the State Treasurer’s annual report.
• Passed in the House (106 to 17) on March 30, 2009, to increase the number of low income families that can participate in the state funded low-income family postsecondary savings account program. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the Senate on March 31, 2009.
  • Motion by Sen. Jean Schodorf (R) on March 31, 2009, to not concur in House amendments to the bill and to appoint a special House-Senate committee to negotiate a compromise proposal. The motion passed in the Senate by voice vote on March 31, 2009.
• Received in the House on March 31, 2009.
  • Motion by Rep. Ray Merrick (R) on March 31, 2009. The motion passed in the House by voice vote on March 31, 2009.
• Motion by Rep. Terrie Huntington (R) on April 1, 2009.
• The motion passed in the House (106 to 18) on April 1, 2009, to adopt a conference committee report that contained the provisions in the bill as approved by the House and adding a clarifying amendment to add a definition for an application for a matching grant. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Motion by Sen. Jean Schodorf (R) on April 2, 2009, to adopt the conference committee report which has been previously been adopted in the House.
• The motion passed in the Senate (39 to 0) on April 2, 2009, to increase the number of low income families that can participate in the state funded low-income family postsecondary savings account program. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Signed by Gov. Kathleen Sebelius on April 20, 2009.