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2025 Regular Session Introduced by Nick Freitas

HB 2202 would standardize FASD-related competencies in Kansas pre-service teacher programs to improve identification, understanding, and referrals for affected students.

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Bill Summary · HB 2202

Summary — HB 2202 (2025): Pre‑service teacher training on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD)

Status: Referred to Committee on Education (Introduced Jan. 29, 2025)
Primary sponsor (as listed): Rep. Tony M. McCombie
Companion: SB 1031

Purpose / Intent

Require the Kansas State Board of Regents and each postsecondary educational institution that prepares teachers to ensure pre‑service teachers receive essential knowledge and skills to identify, understand, and appropriately respond to children affected by fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD).

Key provisions

  • Applicability: Applies to pre‑service teachers preparing for careers in early childhood, elementary, secondary, and special education.
  • Required content areas — programs must equip pre‑service teachers with knowledge and skills that include, but are not limited to:
    1. Common signs and behaviors associated with FASD.
    2. The impacts of FASD on learning and behavior.
    3. Techniques for communicating with a parent or guardian regarding suspected FASD, educational intervention options, and considerations for referral or evaluation for special education and related services.
  • Definitions provided in the bill:
    • “Pre‑service teacher” = an individual receiving training to become a licensed teacher but not yet licensed.
    • “Postsecondary educational institution” = state educational institutions (per K.S.A. 76‑711), municipal universities, community colleges, and qualifying not‑for‑profit institutions with main campuses in Kansas that maintain open enrollment and regional/national accreditation.
  • Responsibility: The State Board of Regents and each named institution must ensure compliance within their teacher preparation programs.
  • Effective date: The act takes effect upon publication in the statute book.

Who is affected

  • Postsecondary institutions in Kansas that prepare teachers (state universities, municipal universities, community colleges, qualifying private nonprofits).
  • Pre‑service teachers in early childhood, elementary, secondary, and special education programs.
  • Indirectly, K‑12 students with FASD and their families (through more informed identification, communication, and referral practices).

Fiscal impact / implementation issues

  • Kansas Division of the Budget fiscal note (Mar. 7, 2025) reports:
    • No fiscal effect on the operations of the State Board of Regents itself.
    • Possible fiscal effects on individual postsecondary institutions if they must develop or revise curricula, but those costs cannot be estimated.
    • Any fiscal effect is not reflected in the FY 2026 Governor’s Budget Report.
  • Practical implications may include curriculum development, faculty training, instructional hours, and materials — costs and timeline will vary by institution.

Procedural / timeline notes

  • Introduced Jan. 29, 2025; referred to Committee on Education.
  • Companion bill SB 1031 is noted.
  • Institutions and the Board of Regents would be expected to plan and implement curricular adjustments after enactment; the bill’s effective date is upon statutory publication.

If enacted, HB 2202 would standardize a minimum set of FASD‑related competencies in teacher preparation across Kansas postsecondary programs, aiming to improve school responses to students affected by prenatal alcohol exposure.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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