{"data":{"id":"us-ks/k.s.a.-72-3258","jurisdiction":"us-ks","citation":"K.S.A. 72-3258","heading":"Grant program for professional learning; prioritization of grants; reports to state board of education.","body":"(a) Subject to appropriations therefor, the state board of education may award grants to high-quality professional learning providers to develop and implement teacher professional development programs for the computer science courses required to be taught pursuant to K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 72-3257, and amendments thereto.\n(b) Grants awarded pursuant to this section may be used for the following purposes:\n(1) Providing high-quality professional learning;\n(2) credentialing for computer science teachers, including, but not limited to, reimbursement to teachers or providers for professional learning, exam fees or college coursework;\n(3) supporting computer science professional learning, including mentoring and coaching;\n(4) creating resources to support implementation of this act;\n(5) student recruitment; and\n(6) the development of teacher preparation programs.\n(c) As a condition of receiving a grant pursuant to this section, a high-quality professional learning provider shall submit an application to the state department of education on a form and in a manner determined by the state department of education. The application shall, at a minimum, address how the provider will:\n(1) Recruit new and existing teachers with little to no computer science background;\n(2) use research-based or evidence-based practices for high-quality professional development;\n(3) focus the professional learning on the conceptual foundations of computer science;\n(4) reach and support marginalized racial and ethnic groups underrepresented in computer science;\n(5) provide teachers with concrete experience with hands-on, inquiry-based practices;\n(6) accommodate both teacher and student needs; and\n(7) ensure that participating districts shall begin offering a computer science course within the same or next school year after the teacher receives the professional learning.\n(d) The state board of education shall prioritize the following applications:\n(1) School districts that work in partnership with providers of high-quality professional learning;\n(2) proposals that describe strategies to enroll female students, students from marginalized racial and ethnic groups underrepresented in computer science, students eligible for free and reduced-price meals, students with disabilities and English language learners; and\n(3) proposals from rural or urban areas that experience difficulties providing computer science offerings.\n(e) Each high-quality professional learning provider that receives a grant pursuant to this section shall annually report to the state board of education:\n(1) The number of teachers prepared;\n(2) the number of students reached;\n(3) the number and percent of students reached disaggregated by gender, race, ethnicity and socioeconomic status; and\n(4) the number of teachers and school districts that implemented computer science courses versus the number of prepared teachers that attended professional learning.","path":["Chapter 72.—SCHOOLS","Article 32.—SCHOOL CURRICULUM"],"source_url":"https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch72/072_032_0058.html","current_through":"2025 legislative session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-10-15T06:28:06Z","sha256":"3463f125d5eeb6528dc39a972f14ef9943c34fdf2a91a4fb401ce34ec59bedab","source_id":"us-ks","stale":false,"prev":"us-ks/k.s.a.-72-3257","next":"us-ks/k.s.a.-72-3261"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}